Tier 4 Placement year and extension from home country

[Avinash69]

Hi everyone,

I wonder if any one can help me with my problem.

I am an international student in UK from Pakistan. Soon after the completion of my 2nd year i went on my placement however my visa was valid for 3 years and i was ensured that when i will be back after a year my visa will be extended to continue my studies further on.

I was issued by a CAS stating that i can apply for the extension with in 6 months period after the CAS date.
When i tried making an appointment with the university, a week before i received an email that i cannot apply from UK i have to apply for extension from my home country.
I researched about this change and could not find any clue that if the student wants to extend for the same course he has to go back and apply.

If so i would appreciate if some one can share a link and provide a detail for documents required to apply, i tried getting advise from university but the appointments are fully booked until next month and i can't wait because i need to make prior arrangements.

Therefore i had no other option rather than looking into public forums, your kind advise will be highly appreciated.

Regards,

Avinash
Middlesex University

[sah10406]

It is because your sponsor cannot confirm on your CAS that your new application shows Academic Progression on your previous studies. Tier 4 applications without Academic Progression confirmed can only be made overseas.

See the Tier 4 Policy Guidance, page 20 onwards.