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Short-term students: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on how short-term student applications for entry clearance or leave to enter are considered.

Updates to this page

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published:
27 April 2015
Last updated:
11 November 2025
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  1. Updated to reflect the change from Part 9 of the Immigration Rules to Part Suitability.

  2. Updated the Short-term students caseworker guidance. A full list of changes can be found in the guide.

  3. Updated guidance on short-term students.

  4. Updated guidance for use on or after 6 April 2021.

  5. Updated guidance for new 1 December changes.

  6. Updated guidance on short-term students.

  7. Replaced the Short-term student document.

  8. Added a link to guidance for Tier 4 sponsors, migrants and short-term students on temporary concessions in response to the outbreak of coronavirus.

  9. New Short-term students guidance document added.

  10. Updated guidance document

  11. Added the 'Guidance for institutions with non-visa national students' document.

  12. Updated guidance.

  13. Updated guidance.

  14. Updated guidance.

  15. Guidance updated.

  16. Updated guidance.

  17. Updated guidance.

  18. Updated guidance.

  19. Updated guidance

  20. First published.

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Short-term students caseworker guidance

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff consider applications for the Short-term Student (English Language) route under Appendix Short term student of the immigration rules. The previous short-term student (6 months) and the short-term student (Child) routes have been incorporated into the permitted activities on the visit route.

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