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by rajesh21 » Tue Sep 16, 2014 1:30 pm
After my MPhil, I have applied for a PhD in a Russell Group University. My application is successful and I am offered a place. However, the course duration is 4 years. (It is an MPhil/PhD). I have already stayed in the UK for four and half years. This means, according to the 8 years cap, I have only three and a half years left. The admissions department in the University says that they can issue a CAS only for 4 years, for an MPhil/PhD. They do not have a program code for a stand alone PhD. My professor says that his hands are tied, but he can give me a letter which says that he fully expects me to complete the course within a three years period, and even if the course spills over to a fourth year, he can supervise me remotely, over Skype. Is this letter will be of help? If I'm to apply for a Visa with a CAS letter that mentions the course duration as four years along with the letter from my professor which says he expects me to complete the course within three years, will that application be successful? Somebody please help. Thanks a lot.