As part of your UK student visa application you must provide supporting evidence to show that you meet the financial requirement set by UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI). If you are a sponsored student and If you are partly (If your official financial sponsor is not covering all of your course fees and maintenance, you must show that you have the rest of the money required) or fully supported by an “official financial sponsor” you must submit a letter confirming the details of the funding as part of your Student visa application.An “official” sponsor can only be one of the following:
If your official financial sponsor is your university, you do not need a letter if the details of your financial sponsorship are on your CAS.
Your sponsor letter does not have to be original, so an electronic version that has been emailed to you should be sufficient but the letter should still be signed by your sponsor and include all the required information.The letter should be on official letterhead paper
If you have studied in the UK previously and have been financially sponsored you may need to provide a letter of consent from your past financial sponsor, in addition to your new financial evidence. This consent letter is only required if:
The letter must specifically confirm:
You do not need to provide this if you were not fully financially sponsored, if your financial sponsor was not a government or international scholarship agency, or if you received money more than 12 months ago.
Sample letter 1: for student
Entry Clearance Officer
UK Visas and Immigration
United Kingdom
Confirmation of financial sponsorship
We confirm that (name of the student) has been awarded a financial scholarship by (sponsoring organisation) for study at the University of ………………………….. for the degree of (qualification) in (subject). The scholarship will commence (date) and last for a period of (months).
The scholarship covers all of the student’s tuition fees for the above course and living expenses during his study at the University of …………………………………., UK.
In addition, (sponsoring organisation) gives unconditional consent to (name of student) to make an application for immigration permission to stay in or re-enter the United Kingdom for an unlimited time.
Should you require any further information in relation to this, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sample letter 2: for student with dependants
Entry Clearance Officer
UK Visas and Immigration
United Kingdom
Re: Name of the student, date of birth, nationality
Name of the spouse, date of birth, nationality
Name of the child, date of birth, nationality
Confirmation of financial sponsorship
We confirm that (name of the student) has been awarded a financial scholarship by (sponsoring organisation) for study at the University of ………………………….. for the degree of (qualification) in (subject). The scholarship will commence (date) and last for a period of (months).
The scholarships covers (name of student) and his/her family members as listed above. The scholarship covers all of the student’s tuition fees for the above course and living expenses of the student and his above mentioned dependants during his study at the University of …………………………, UK.
In addition, (sponsoring organisation) gives unconditional consent to (name of student) to make an application for immigration permission to stay in or re-enter the United Kingdom for an unlimited time.
Should you require any further information in relation to this, please do not hesitate to contact us.