Can I entre UK if my student visa will end soon?

[LAK]

I am a PhD student and have been back home (overseas) for christmas. My visa will expire in February and I intended to extend it. However, since I am sponsored I need some papers from my sponsor that will take a month from now(!!!) to approve. I was wondering, since my work is 'on hold' if I could enter the UK in January with my current visa and leave just a couple of days before it expires so I can renew it when my sponsor paper work is done. I can this way meet up with my supervisor and get some work sorted out. So is this possible? Do I need to have a minmum number of months on my visa to be able to enter the UK?

[arsenal49]

if your course is finished and you are out of country... your student visa can be revoked upon entering uk, since you no longer satisfy student visa requirements!

regards

[LAK]

Thank you. No my course has not finished. I still have a year ahead and need to renew my visa but it will take time. I want to return in January till the end of my visa and then come back home to follow up the paper work. The question is, will I be stopped in the airport because I only have one month left before my visa expires? Is there a minimum period needed for me to be allowed an entry?

[vinny]

You should be okay (20A), subject to 321A.

[kkj]

If course of study is not finished and you have a documentary proof of it, you can even enter on the day before your visa going to be expired. In your case as you are saying, you are a student who went back to home for festival/holidays and returning back to complete your course. Thats it!

I hope you did not forget to collect holiday letter from your college before going to your home country.