The cost for a student visa postal application is £295 while in-person applications made at the Home Office costs £500.
Points to consider before applying for a UK visa
Before you actually consider applying for a visa to the UK, it is important that you take some time to consider if you can afford studying in the country. This is done by calculating your expected expenses and the available finances and financial help you can avail.
Tuition fees
First and foremost, find out your tuition fees, as students from different countries have to pay different fees. Students who are not from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales are considered to be international students. However, these students are considered as ‘home’ or ‘overseas’ students when it comes to paying fees.
Home tuition fees is about £3,000 a year while overseas tuition fees ranges from £3,500 to £18,000 a year, depending on the chosen institution and course. ‘Home’ students are generally students from the UK, European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and people who are living legally in the UK. People who don’t fall in these categories have to pay overseas tuition fees.
Tips
You can study Master UK healthcare in London
Accommodation costs
Next in line in your expenses list in the UK is your accommodation costs. According to the Immigration Rules, Students who are not European nationals have to be able to meet UK accommodation costs, without working or claiming any welfare benefits. So to find out if you can afford your UK rent, you have to consider both the location and cost of the rent. If the rent is cheap, but you have to travel a lot to the university, the travel costs will over ride any savings you have in rentals.
Usually universities help students find accommodation in the first year of study. First year students usually prefer staying in halls of residence as they are cheap and may at times also include meals. However, as demand for these halls of residence is high, you have to make an application here as soon as you are accepted into any institution.
It is because of this high demand that second and third year students usually look for their own accommodation. So while calculating your accommodation costs in the UK, don’t calculate only the rent of hall of residence, but also the costs of private renting.
