If you would like to extend tier 4 visa you might think for a second masters. Check our article to get step by step guidelines about how to extend your tier 4 visa with just simply applying for a second masters.
Who are eligible for
- If your new course has a higher academic level than your current course.
- If you apply for a course that has the same level of your previous course For instance if you are business student your not eligible to apply for a second masters in IT or Computing course.
- If you wants to apply for a second masters you must have to complete your previous course successfully or you have to provide official evidence of your course completion
- Finally if you have done you bachelors and first masters from UK you have to check your time limit before applying for a second masters
When to apply for
- If you wants to apply for a second masters from inside UK you have to apply before your current visa expires. Remember overstay is a criminal offence and will effect your visa extension.
- You should not apply for a new visa more than 3 months before your course start date mentioned in the new CAS
- You should keep enough time to start your application to complete your admission within right time.
- Once you applied for your tier 4 visa extension you can stay in the UK until any decision make.
- If you wants to extend your visa for a second masters and want to apply from inside UK, the start date of your new course must not be less than 28 days after the expiry date shows your latest visa.
- If there is a more than 28 days gap of your current visa expiry date to your new course starts date, you have to go back to your home country and apply from there.
Time limit
- You have six years time limit in total if you completed a four or five year undergraduate course in the UK and wants to apply for a masters course ;
- You have five years and 11 months time limit in total to complete your degree level course;
- There is no limit to study DPhil or MSc by research course but there is eight year overall limit if you already have completed a doctorate degree and wants to apply for a new course to study including study below degree level;
- applications for some courses are exempt from the limit including architecture, medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and science, conversion or professional law courses following a degree in the UK, or music at a Conservatoire. However time spent on these courses cannot be deducted from any future time limit calculation for study on a non-exempt course.
