Right to Study Check

This page will tell you what documents you will need to provide for 'Right to Study Check’ if you have been granted an eVisa this includes student status, permission under the EU Settlement Scheme or other digital visa status. If you have already provided this information to us through Part 1 of the Right to Study process you should not need to provide it again.

If you have a EUSS application pending but have not yet received Settled or Pre-Settled status then you will just need to e-mail studentRTS@manchester.ac.uk with a scan of your Passport, your certificate of application and a share code from the UKVI website so we can verify your immigration status online. We may also need to contact UKVI to verify your Right to Study if you have a visa application in progress. If you are an EEA national who has not received settled or pre-settled status, then you will need some other form of immigration permission to study in the UK.

Providing your Right to Study when you have digital immigration status

You need to email us a share code from the UKVI website so we can verify your immigration status along with your stamped 90 day vignette visa if you are a student visa holder. If you are an EU national with a student visa you will not be issued with a vignette visa as you can enter through the eGates at the airport so you will also need to email us your boarding pass or flight tickets so we can check the date that you entered the UK.

1. Go to the Gov.uk webpage and click Start Now
2. Select the document used when making your visa application
3. Enter your document reference number
4. Enter your date of birth
5. Select how you would like to receive a security code (this will be contact details you provided when making your application).
6. Enter the security code sent to you and you will be able to login
7. This page will show your immigration status and provide other information
8. Select Prove your Status, just below your details.
9. Tick 'Something Else' and Select 'Preview what the checker will see'
10. Click continue to generate a Share Code, this will be a combination of letters and numbers, make sure to copy or screen shot this code.
11. E-mail studentRTS@manchester.ac.uk with your will be your Passport and your share code giving your e-mail the subject line 'Right to Study'. If you password protect any document scans that you send us you must e-mail from your University email address and use your University of Manchester student ID as your password.

What happens next

We will check your status with UKVI using your share code and reply to your e-mail to either confirm that you have completed Right to Study check or to advise you of additional information that is needed.

If you are studying a course of less than 6 months' duration on a student visa (e.g. pre-sessional English Language student), you must e-mail a scan of the following to studentRTS@manchester.ac.uk with the subject line 'Right to Study check' and your student ID number:

• The biometric page of your passport (this is the page with your personal information and photo);
• The visa vignette sticker in your passport;
• A Right to Study share code from the UKVI website along with your date of birth so we can verify your student visa online;
• If your vignette sticker is not stamped you will also need to email us your boarding pass or airline tickets as evidence of the date that you travelled to the UK

What happens next

We will check your documents and reply to your e-mail to either confirm that you have completed Right to Study check or to advise you of additional information that is needed.

If you are a Student visa holder who is eligible to apply for a visa extension in the UK, you must e-mail the following to studentRTS@manchester.ac.uk once you have arrived in the UK and before the start date of your course:

• A copy of your passport personal data page;
• A share code from the UKVI website along with your date of birth so we can check the expiry date of your current visa as evidence that you have submitted an in-time student visa application;
• A UKVI document which confirms your 'date of visa application', for example, a UKVI Document Checklist (.pdf) or UKVI payment receipt, which shows your online visa application date (or equivalent). We can accept IHS receipt as evidence of your visa application.

We will assess the evidence provided and confirm by email whether you are permitted to start studying.

You must pay for your new student visa application BEFORE you start your course. Please read the information on our website about how to extend your student visa before you apply.

Please note: If you currently hold a Graduate visa you cannot use it to start your course; you must obtain your new student visa BEFORE you start your course.

Important: If your course requires ATAS clearance, you will not be permitted to start your course without ATAS clearance even if you can evidence the submission of your visa extension application.

You may or may not have a visa sticker or entry stamp in your passport depending on your nationality, whether you entered the UK via the E-Gates or if you applied in advance of travel.

If you have a vignette (sticker) or an entry stamp in your passport 

You must email a scan of the following to studentRTS@manchester.ac.uk with the subject line 'Right to Study check':

• The biometric page of your passport (this is the page with your personal information and photo);
• The stamped visitor visa vignette sticker in your passport

If you do not have a vignette (sticker) or an entry stamp in your passport

If you were able to obtain your standard visitor permission by entering the UK via an eGate, or if you travelled to the UK via the Republic of Ireland, you will not have a sticker or entry stamp in your passport.  Instead, once you have arrived in the UK, you must email a scan of the following to studentRTS@manchester.ac.uk with the subject line 'Right to Study Check':

• The biometric page of your passport (this is the page with your personal information and photo);
• Evidence of your arrival in the UK (i.e. boarding pass or flight ticket)

If you have an electronic travel authorisation (ETA)

If you obtained an ETA before entering the UK you must email a scan of the following to studentRTS@manchester.ac.uk with the subject line 'Right to Study Check':

• The biometric page of your passport (this is the page with your personal information and photo);
• Your ETA confirmation from UKVI;
• Evidence of your arrival in the UK (ie. boarding pass or flight ticket)

What happens next

We will check your documents and reply to your e-mail to either confirm that you have completed Right to Study check or to advise you of additional information that is needed.