shakeelburki wrote:
Hi
My friend got visa few days ago,he got the same background as mine he came here in end on 2004 was student till 2011 then psw then apply for tier 4 student visa level 8 and he got the visa.so dnt know what to do,shall i try on T 4 visa what u recommend.Many thanks
Degree level: 5-year cap
Some time limits were introduced on 6 April 2012 for degree level study. Any new Tier 4 application must lead to you spending no more than five years on courses at degree level. All time you have had leave under Tier 4 (or as a pre-Tier 4 student) counts towards the 5 years, except for the short extra time you are given before the course (maximum one month) and after a course (maximum four months).
There are some exceptions to the 5-year cap:
If you have successfully completed a UK degree course which was at least four years long, and you are making a Tier 4 application to study a Master's degree at a higher education institution (recognised body or institution in receipt of public funding), the limit is six years.
If your Tier 4 application is to study a PhD (or one of the postgraduate research qualifications listed in Annex 6 of the Home Office's Tier 4 Policy Guidance) at a higher education institution, there is no limit while you are studying the PhD.
If you have already completed a PhD (or one of the postgraduate research qualifications listed in Annex 6 of the Home Office's Tier 4 Policy Guidance) in the UK, any new Tier 4 application is subject to an 8-year limit (including courses below degree level, but not including Tier 4 leave granted under the Doctorate Extension Scheme).
Courses in architecture, medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and science, or music at a conservatoire, are exempt from the limit.
If you have completed a UK degree, and your current Tier 4 application is to study certain legal qualifications the legal qualification is exempt from the limit. In England and Wales the relevant qualifications are a law conversion course, a Legal Practice Course and the Bar Professional Training Course. In Northern Ireland the relevant qualifications are a Masters in Legal Science (MLegSc), the Solicitors Course and the Bar Course. In Scotland the relevant qualifications are an accelerated graduate LLB and a Diploma in Professional Legal Practice.
The Home Office will not grant further leave to someone whose current Tier 4 application means they will exceed these limits, unless there are "compelling and compassionate circumstances", such as injury or disability.
I think you friend got his visa on the basis of above, so you can do the same as well.
