The Visa Section is open Monday-Thursday, 0900 - 1100.  You do not need an appointment; everyone who arrives before 1100 will be able to submit their application.  Applicants are received on a ‘first come, first served’ basis; you should be aware that queues are possible.
If you are applying for a visa for the UK, you must attend the Visa Section in person to enable digital scans of your fingerprints to be taken.  

You will need:

• the relevant visa application form completed in full and in English
  
• Student Summary Form for Student-Visitors
  
• Points Based System Tier 4, General Student Checklist (excel, new window)
  
• Points Based System Tier 4, Child Student Checklist (word, new window)
  
• your passport or travel document
  
• two recent, passport-sized (45mm x 35mm), colour photographs of yourself. These should be:
  
  - taken against a light coloured background
  
  - clear and of good quality and not framed or backed
  
  - printed on normal photographic paper, and
  
  - full face without sunglasses, hat or other head covering unless you wear this for cultural or religious reasons  
  
• the visa fee in US Dollars.  
  
• any supporting documents relevant to your application as suggested in the Guidance notes plus one photocopy of each original document that you would like to be returned to you.

Please note:

• you will not be permitted to submit your application unless your visa application form has been completed in full and in English;
  
• we can only return original documents (such as payslips and birth certificates) if a photocopy of each document is submitted with the application;
  
• applications in which false representations are made or where false documents are submitted will be refused.

What happens once I have submitted my application?