University of Lincoln International Handbook 2013 (PDF)

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Step 1Accept and confirm your offerAccepting and confirming your offer is a very important stageof your application to the University of Lincoln, so it is importantthat you read this information very carefully and follow theguidelines below. This section contains information on how to:■■■■■■accept your offerpay your depositreceive your CAS (Certificate of Acceptance on Studies)Accept your offer■■■■■■■■By now you should have received an unconditional offerfor your course.Once you have received your unconditional offer you mustconfirm that you want to accept this offer with us as soonas possible.If you are not sure if you have accepted your offer; thenplease contact us as soon as possible and we can adviseyou what to do.If you still have a conditional offer and are waiting fordocumentation e.g. results or transcripts, then you shouldcontact us and send any outstanding documentation assoon as you can.Pay your DepositIf you are an international student you may be required to paya deposit of £2000. Your offer letter will inform you if a depositpayment is required.You can make this payment using a number of differentmethods which are all explained on the ‘How to Pay’ pageon our website:Visit the ‘How to Pay’ pageIf you pay online, remember to keep arecord of all the payments you make.International Student Handbook 2013/14www.lincoln.ac.uk5
Receive your Certificate of Acceptanceof Studies (CAS)The University of Lincoln is on the Tier 4 Highly Trusted Registerof sponsors. If you are from a visa national country then youmust apply for a visa from the British High Commission orEmbassy in your country of residence. In order to apply for yourTier 4 Student visa you will require a CAS.CAS stands for Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies. We willonly issue a CAS to successful applicants once they have metall conditions of their offer (if applicable) as follows:■■■■■■Undergraduate students - your CAS is issued when youhave accepted your unconditional offer with us.Postgraduate Taught Masters students - your CAS is issuedwhen you have accepted your unconditional offer and paidthe required international deposit.Postgraduate Research students - your CAS is normallyissued when you have formally accepted your unconditionaloffer and paid the required international deposit.Please remember that we can only issue a CAS to you3 months before the start of your course.A Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) is a ‘virtualdocument’ similar to a database record. You will receive yourCAS number in a statement, which we will send to you as aPDF attachment in an email to the correspondence addresswhich you have supplied to us. Please note that we do notsend the CAS to you in the post.The statement will contain your specific CAS number whichyou will be asked to provide to the UKBA as part of yourvisa application. The Home Office will have received all theinformation we have about you (name, address, course,fees of your course, start date, what fees you have paid tothe University already etc) and will access this informationabout you through your CAS number.The student visa you gain is specific to the institution andcourse stated on the CAS.Visit our visa pageInternational Student Handbook 2013/14www.lincoln.ac.uk6
Page 1 and 2: International StudentHandbook 2013A
Page 3 and 4: Welcome to theUniversity of Lincoln
Page 5: Your step by step guideThe informat
Page 9 and 10: If you are coming to Lincoln to stu
Page 11 and 12: Arrange your AccommodationIt is imp
Page 13 and 14: Arrival FormAs part of the registra
Page 15 and 16: Pre-Departure Checklist 2 - Packing
Page 17 and 18: Step 3Final checklist prior to depa
Page 19 and 20: International Arrivals LoungeThe In
Page 21 and 22: Step 5 Welcome to LincolnYour first
Page 23 and 24: MapsLocation of Lincoln in the UKGL
Page 25: Useful contactsFor all general enqu

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