Graduate Visa Question

[alishajaved111]

Hey everyone,

I just finished my 3-year degree in the UK (it had an optional placement year, but I didn’t take it). My uni emailed saying they’ve reported my completion to UKVI, and that my student visa will be curtailed soon, and I’ll get an email from the Home Office about when it ends.

The thing is, I haven’t received any curtailment letter yet, and my eVisa still shows expiry in Nov 2026 (I entered the UK in Sep 2022).

To make it a bit more complicated, while I was still on my Student visa, I applied to switch to be my father’s dependent, but that was refused. I’ve submitted an Administrative Review (AR) and I’m still waiting for a decision.

I’m planning to apply for the Graduate (Post-Study Work) visa, but I’m wondering:

• Has anyone else in a similar situation actually received their curtailment letter yet?
  
  Does UKVI even send the curtailment while an AR is pending?
  
  How long did it take after your university said they notified UKVI?
  
  Did your eVisa update automatically, or only after the letter arrived?

[secret.simon]

Your visa remains valid till the date stated for it or, if curtailed, the date in the curtailment letter.

The curtailment letter make take some time (weeks or even months) to come.

To the best of my knowledge, AR reviews have nothing to do with curtailment letters. Different, unrelated processes and likely dealt with by different teams within the Home Office/UKV&I.

If you applied to become your father's dependent after your 18th birthday, and your father is a British citizen or a person on ILR, the refusal is likely correct and the AR will likely uphold it. British citizens and people on ILR can only start sponsoring their children before the child's 18th birthday, though they can continue that sponsorship after the child reaches their 18th birthday in certain limited circumstances. Different rules apply if your father is an EEA citizen or married to an EEA citizen who has lived in the UK before 31st December 2020.