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Do I require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) Clearance

Certificate?

 

 

145. You must obtain an Academic ATAS clearance certificate if you are applying for leave to

take:

 

• undergraduate or postgraduate studies leading to a Doctorate or Masters degree by research in one of the subjects listed in paragraph 1 of Appendix 6 of the Immigration Rules; or

 

• undergraduate or postgraduate studies leading to a taught Masters degree or other

 

 

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postgraduate qualification in one of the subjects listed in paragraph 2 of Appendix 6 of

the Immigration Rules; or

 

• study or research of more than 6 months at an institution of higher education in the UK, where this forms part of an overseas postgraduate level course, in any subject listed in Appendix 6 of the Immigration Rules.

 

146. Applications for an ATAS clearance certificate must be made online on the Foreign and Commonwealth.This site also contains information about the scheme and the list of designated subjects.

 

147. An ATAS clearance certificate is issued for a specific course with a named Tier 4 sponsor and remains valid as long as the Tier 4 sponsor and/or course details do not change, including the length of the course.

 

148. You will need to apply for a new ATAS certificate if:

 

 

• you wish to start a new course that requires ATAS clearance, including where the course is delivered by your last sponsor or where the course is not a new course but the content of the original course has changed; or

 

• you apply for an extension of leave in order to continue on and complete a course; or

 

• the area of research/modules change for the course you originally applied to; or

 

• you move to another institution; or

 

• your Visa was issued on or after 30 November 2007, and you need further permission

to stay for writing up a thesis.

 

149. You will not be required to obtain a new ATAS clearance certificate if you are applying for further leave to remain under the doctorate extension scheme and your undergraduate or postgraduate course will finish within 28 days from your doctorate extension scheme application date.

 

150. If you are applying for further permission to stay to write up your thesis and your previous

visa did not require an ATAS clearance certificate as it was issued before 30 November

2007, an ATAS clearance certificate is not required.

 

151. If you are applying to study a course which requires an ATAS clearance certificate, you

must provide a print-out of your ATAS clearance certificate.

 

 


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