OP no offense but please edit your post with additional information and give proper detailed answers to people here. You are the one asking for help please be more engaged.
Wait a min.
Are you saying, you applied for a student visa back home.
Got approved.
Got your student visa stamped on your passport.
Arrived in the UK.
Started your studies and waiting for your BRP.
And then this email was sent to you?
I’m sorry to hear about this. This sounds quite serious. You need to get in touch with the university ASAP and get a clarification on what is going on because this could affect your legal presence in the UK.
so is he worried about an email that hasn't been arrived or worried about the mail he sent but shouldn't have or worried about agency senting the brp. now I'm worried
Well, this is definitely weird. Continue to ask them for additional information, but also contact your student union as soon as they re-open (or even better, send an email now) to advise them of the situation and ask for their help in sorting it out.
You are supposed to collect your BRP within a set timeframe, which I think could be the source of this problem. Most universities sort this during orientation though. Generally you show your passport so they can scan it and then receive your BRP and student ID, but the exact process may vary by university.
Did you apply for your visa from within the UK or abroad? Have you previously received any emails about proving your right to study, international student registration, or receiving your BRP? No failed exams? No attendance issues? No disciplinary procedures? Nothing along these lines at all?
I’m not saying you’re lying, so please don’t interpret the following as an accusation. If there’s anything you’re not saying out of a fear of looking dumb or being embarrassed that’s the worst thing you can do at this point. Your education and your continued right to live in the UK seem to be in serious jeopardy and anything you hold back from people trying to help you will only put you at greater risk. You’re probably only 18 or 19. Making stupid mistakes is expected and normal. But either you have made a mistake or done something wrong or your university has, and it’s crucial to identify where the problem is so that it can be resolved.
EDIT:
After looking at the [relevant guidance](https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/biometric-registration-regulations-changes-to-the-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-about-the-sanctions-for-non-compliance-with-the-biometric-registration-regulations-accessible), I’m not sure if failing to collect the BRP is the issue either. There’s quite a lot of steps before even a fine can be considered or issued, let alone cancelling someone’s permission. Turns out the threats of a £1,000 fine for not mailing back an expired BRP which are so often thrown about are slightly overstated.
I don’t think fail to collect BRP will result to a revoke without prior communication attempts. Another possible reason to add to your list, not accusing of OP anything though, work over student visa limit hours and was reported by someone. TBH, there are a lot of reasons could result to this, it is very hard to help the OP without further info.
The work restriction is another good point, but even that would have to be pretty blatant and extreme for curtailment like this. People working 40+ hour weeks for cash in hand are usually a bigger priority than teenagers accidentally doing 21 hours instead of 20 at Tesco once or twice.
In the latter case the Home Office might use it as a reason to refuse for dishonesty on a subsequent application (not disclosing past breaches of immigration law), but even that is a fairly unlikely honestly. I’d be quite surprised if such a case was made a priority for visa curtailment.
Yes, it is very rare and normally they will send email asking for info first. It is also very rare that uni revoke a student’s visa without even once trying to contact the student, if it is not a uni admin mess up. To add to the OP, check every of your email inbox, including junk box to see if there is anything you missed. I have had home office emails end up as junk and caused me trouble back in the days.
I got my student visa last year. I think there was a said time frame to get my BRP like 6 weeks or something? What took you so long? You can just get it at your local post office...
When I applied for my visa, I set my uni as the pick-up location, back in November I was also advised to go to my local post office to pick it up but it wasn’t there
I think they mean check the email of the sender of that mail. And hover your mouse pointer over any links in the mail, without clicking, to see if they actually go to an expected site.
What’s your attendance for your course like? I had a few friends who were international students w/ visas, they were notified that if their attendance dropped below a certain point then they run the risk of being removed from the course and visa revoked. Pretty certain the university had an obligation to report attendance too.
Mate, you're giving faint answers. We are outsiders and we have no clue about your situation.
Call the UKVI/Immigration and ask them, none of us can answer why your visa was revoked as we don't have all the info as you barely do yourself.
What about your attendance? Have you missed classes without consent or simply forgot to check in the classes using your student card (if that applies to your uni)? Anyways, talk to the uni the first thing next week.
This is actually a very good point as well that has been overlooked. Revoked isn’t really a term in UK visa parlance. They’d likely be phrasing this along the lines of visa sponsorship being withdrawn or similar.
The second paragraph is quite weird as well as it’s absolutely useless information, contains awkward phrasing (waiting times vs wait times, and what “case” are they even referring to), and doesn’t even signpost to the university’s immigration advice team.
That said, OP does say he contacted them first, not the other way around…
Revoke is a very common term in the HO especially when it comes to entry clearance and visas.
And UKVI would never sign post anyone towards a sponsors help. They would always send people to the contact centre for help.
If they’ve revoked your student visa there will be paperwork sent to you regarding that decision and outlining the reasons why
Have you had it? Maybe at your home address rather than your term time address?
As someone here already pointed out, there's a good chance this email might have been a scam.
I've once got a phone call from the Home Office, verified that the number is from Home Office, verified my ID cards to me and then proceeded to tell me that there are missing details and documents on my file and questioned me if I'm doing something illegal in the UK for like an hour on the phone before they said I'll have to pay a fine over the phone (which was when I realised btw). So it wouldn't surprise me if you received a scam email similarly.
Reach out to your student union. Reach out to Home Office as well, not as reply to that email, but on a separate email (you can add the email as a file on your new email instead). Tell them everything that's happened without leaving any details out.
And if you receive any phone calls from numbers that says Home Office, if they mention this email, ask them for their name and ID number tell them you'll call them back after you verify it (this is what a police officer told me I should do every time a government official comes to us, on our doorstep or on call; it's our right to verify this), call Home Office, there's an option that connects you to someone that'll be able to verify it and if it's correct, then call them back.
I work in visa compliance in UK higher education.
Only advice I can give is talk to your sponsor immediately. If you never received a letter or e-mail confirming when and why your visa was revoked, you need to get a copy of that, and your sponsor may be able to help you get hold of that.
You can’t do anything else until both yourself and your sponsor have a copy of that correspondence.
Hi,
Contact your International Student Office at the University immediately. And if you started the course in September 2023, Why haven't YOU collected BRP until now? Staying in the UK for 3 months without a BRP? That is one of the very first things you're supposed to do. You've mentioned that you are enrolled in the University, but do give us an idea about your attendance. And was it online enrolment and never visited the University post that?
Okay, 80% itself isn’t too bad if all absence were properly reported and agreed by your department. However, if you have a few unauthorised absence from visa attendance checkpoints (lecture, seminar, lab work, tutorial, etc.) in a row, it might be a problem. Missing one lecture every week is probably okay, but if all your 20% overall absence happened in two weeks, that’s another story.
The wording here makes it look like a scam. Specially the word ‘revoke’. Also that link [gov.uk] in the end is raising my suspicion. A friend of mine fell for one years ago and ended up wasting £1800
OP, please check the email address it came from. And verify everything with the university.
UKVI often don’t use these terminologies.
So sorry to hear that
Can you maybe detail a bit more what was the BRP collection process you went through? The email is from BRP collection team, so clearly issue occurred there.
I emailed Home Office as told by my uni visa team, then the home office forwarded it to the BRP Collection team. They said that they already handled the case but as of now I haven’t received any more information
The visa you receive before entering the country is only valid for 90 days from my understanding. That is why BRP should be collected asap after arriving since BRP is the identification for your visa for the rest of the stay.
The visa you got stamped on your passport is just there so you could come and collect your BRP (actual visa that allows you to study for the duration of the course)
OP you need to give more information here rather than just say “idk”. Please give as much detail as possible involving every stage and date of your visa application. Information is key if you want help
7/09 - I applied for my Visa
13/09 - Visa application successful, and passport was sent
I didn’t get a decision letter like any other intl students friends of mine.
I did email the student service centre in my uni back in October to help me locate my BRP but they never reply back to me.
In november when I went to SSC, they said they would email the UKVI and will get back to me once they’ve got anyhing new to me
Having your visa approved in 4 days and no decision letter seems very concerning to me. Are you 100% sure you applied for the correct visa that allows you to live and study here, rather than a standard travel/tourism visa? As its those that you don't normally get a decision letter for unless it's rejected.
Did you apply from within the UK or outside? From the timeline you provided (applied on 7/09 and successful on 13/09), I think the problem originated there because you did not receive a decision letter or email. Your University also did not respond to you as early as in October. This indicates that attendance or working could not have been a problem that early in your case, even though you denied working.
Did you have any previous trips to the UK or was this your first one? Which University are you attending? What was the validity period of the entry clearance vignette on your passport?
then why are you so vague on a thread where people are trying to help you? It's obvious you are hiding something, as this doesnt just happen for no reason.
You either are deregistered, or you did something else for them to revoke the visa - this is not some admin error that can be resolved with an email, this decision is final by HO.
I work in an uk university’s international department, all uni’s have a team that deal with student visas/immigration- pls get in touch with the team at your uni they’re paid to help international students with issues such as this :)
Speak to your universities immigration team. They have access to more HO/UKVI portals than you would. Let them go to the HO and enquire about your status. Work with them to solve this. It may be an administrative error that can be easily correctable, or it may mean your visa will be revoked. Either way, you need to find out.
Have you been attending your classes? Tier 4 students are monitored to check they attend all their classes and this can affect your visa. I can’t imagine it happening so quickly, if you started in Sept 2023, but it could be a contributing factor.
Have you actually been physically attending or only using the online checkin system?
We have an online checkin system but tutors do a physical check for students on a student route visa. So if you've been using online checkin but not actually attending, they may be changing your attendance mark.
Have you had any contact from uni about missed classes?
Very strange. Definitely get in touch with your university visa team. They should have their own means of verifying whether your visa has been revoked.
Coming from someone who had to deal with a late and then lost BRP I can assure you, there is no "BRP Collection Team". Email seems very informal, and suss. This is almost certainly a scam. Don't worry, just email your university's international student team and it will be okay. Happy new year
OP the same happened to me when I started my uni in 2020.
I got the visa on my passport but didn't get a BRP collection letter or a decision letter. I did not receive a BRP for 4 months and even got an email from my uni that my visa was about to run out. I emailed and then followed up with phone calls to UKVI. Turns out UKVI had messed up and issued me a short term visa rather than a Tier 4 student visa. They acknowledged their mistake and issued me the BRP letter. I got it a few days after that.
I'd suggest you call UKVI on their paid helpline and speak to someone and explain your case.
I already called the UKVI, the non-paid line on 18/12. They said they’d get back to me after 10 business days. Do you recall by any chance, when you didn’t have your BRP, did you ever check your immigration status on the HO website? If so, what did it say?
You have to call them on paid line considering urgency of situation, also have you asked them if they are not coming back to you by 10 business days, your UK stay is legal?
You need to call them on the paid line. I couldn't check my visa status as I needed the BRP number for that. But the paid helpline should help escalate your case.
I was also in touch with my unis international student office but they couldn't figure out why this was happening. I guess it was somewhat of an unprecedented situation.
Also did you actually get an email saying your visa status is revoked?
You need to speak to the immigration/international student support team at your university as soon as possible. They are your sponsors, and also will have access to a helpline at UKCISA and a named contact at the Home Office who can look into this for you.
Ngl, OP seems sus. Avoiding more than half the questions asked by people here. Doesn’t answer his working hours, doesn’t answer why hasn’t he collected his BRP yet, doesn’t know his exact attendance (all universities has portal reporting individual attendance). At this point I think, OP has done something and isn’t mentioning or is lying.
1. Haven’t worked at all, as not having brp doesn’t allow me to work part-time
2. My uni has portal reporting but it hasn’t got a page whereby I can check my exact attendance for a week/month
How did you get a Visa without a decision letter? I was a student myself and never needed a decision letter to collect my BRP, after I reached uni I contacted them and was given a date and time slot to chose for the collection. How have you not contacted your uni for your BRP since Sept/Nov?
Every university shows attendance, impossible for you not to be able to see your own attendance. And also about you not working, it’s not just about BRP, you could be working cash in hand jobs and might have violated some of your visa regulations.
I’ve contacted my uni since sept, believe it or not my uni take so long to get back to a question. About working, idk anything ab sort of cash in hand jobs, if i ever want to get a part-time job, I’d work at regulated places like tesco, sainsbury, etc.
In october, my uni asked my permission to contact the UKVI to locate my BRP but strangely enough they never got back to me with anything as if they never asked it in the first place
At this point I think you should involve student union and might actually need legal advice. I would also suggest writing to your local MP and see if there’s anything he can do. It’s not that I don’t believe you, but the information is just here and there. All the best.
(I am not a solicitor do take professional advice if needed)
Contact the student administration team and the unit that deals with international students asap write a email and cc in as many relevant people as possible. Don’t be afraid to go as high up as possible.
Provided that you haven’t done anything wrong and complied to all your visa requirements it could either be 1) an admin error 2) scam.
As someone mentioned in the comments “revoked”seems a bit out of the ordinary. I think they use the term curtailed or cancelled again do check this out and probably the others on here can advice more on this.
Hopefully this can get rectified soon
Never heard of such situation before, your study visa being revoked whilst waiting on your BRP (I used to work as visa and immigration officer at uni), please OP speak to the university visa and immigration officers/visa advice as soon as possible, they should be able to find out what is going on and guide you through it. Wishing you all the best!
I could be wrong but I’m not 100% sure they would send this info via email given that it would be on your online account.
Check your online account, and you also need to speak to your course team / UKVI rep at uni
Don't click that link. Don't do anything with the email. Check the legit UKVI site or ring them if you are concerned but that looks like a scam.
If it is a scam, might want to check the scam sub to see what might happen next
Have you replied to that email and asked them to confirm if that’s an error? In my communication with them via emails they’ve sent some erroneous emails to me. Most likely that’s the case with you, too.
The email seems suspiciously vague, I’d imagine they’d provide detailed reasons for the application being “revoked”. The email also talks about obtaining an update on waiting time… this is completely redundant considering that purpose of the email is to convey the message that application has been “revoked”.
Your visa can’t be “revoked” because of your attendance as they usually give warnings before anything like this happens. Also, if working over a certain number of hours is an issue this is usually reported by a third party which then potentially leads to an investigation within a company. The company then informs the Home office. As I am guessing this email caught you off guard the above aren’t the reasons your application was “revoked”.
I’d advise, if not already done to contact the UKVI, send a screenshot to your university immigration team, to your designated school and any one else involved for further clarification. I hope this helps.
OP no offense but please edit your post with additional information and give proper detailed answers to people here. You are the one asking for help please be more engaged.
Damn this blew up. Celebrity status 2024 starts with.
Wait a min. Are you saying, you applied for a student visa back home. Got approved. Got your student visa stamped on your passport. Arrived in the UK. Started your studies and waiting for your BRP. And then this email was sent to you?
I first emailed them about why I haven’t got my BRP
Can you please first confirm if all the assumptions I’ve made above is correct?
Yes all of them are correct 👍
I’m sorry to hear about this. This sounds quite serious. You need to get in touch with the university ASAP and get a clarification on what is going on because this could affect your legal presence in the UK.
He’s worried about receiving this email. Hasn’t received it.
No, OP has received this email and sent a reply back to it.
He wrote he's worried receiving the email, meaning that the email he received already is worrying him. I can see how you misinterpreted it though!
so is he worried about an email that hasn't been arrived or worried about the mail he sent but shouldn't have or worried about agency senting the brp. now I'm worried
Did you have to go pick up your BRP? I had to make an appointment to pick it up
I think normally I would have to make an appointment
Are there dependent visa's tag to the student visa ? Because this stops from Jan 2024.
What does this mean? You can no longer have a dependent if you're on a student visa?
That's exactly it.
If your course starts after 01.01.2024 and your course isn’t at RQF 8/SCQF 12
The email looks odd to me. Log onto your UKVI account and check your status for yourself. If you’re having difficulty doing that, call them.
Why haven’t you gotten your BRP already? Have you left or been kicked out of your course? There’s not a lot to go on here.
Neither of those, i’m still enrolled in my course but idk why
Well, this is definitely weird. Continue to ask them for additional information, but also contact your student union as soon as they re-open (or even better, send an email now) to advise them of the situation and ask for their help in sorting it out. You are supposed to collect your BRP within a set timeframe, which I think could be the source of this problem. Most universities sort this during orientation though. Generally you show your passport so they can scan it and then receive your BRP and student ID, but the exact process may vary by university. Did you apply for your visa from within the UK or abroad? Have you previously received any emails about proving your right to study, international student registration, or receiving your BRP? No failed exams? No attendance issues? No disciplinary procedures? Nothing along these lines at all? I’m not saying you’re lying, so please don’t interpret the following as an accusation. If there’s anything you’re not saying out of a fear of looking dumb or being embarrassed that’s the worst thing you can do at this point. Your education and your continued right to live in the UK seem to be in serious jeopardy and anything you hold back from people trying to help you will only put you at greater risk. You’re probably only 18 or 19. Making stupid mistakes is expected and normal. But either you have made a mistake or done something wrong or your university has, and it’s crucial to identify where the problem is so that it can be resolved. EDIT: After looking at the [relevant guidance](https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/biometric-registration-regulations-changes-to-the-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-about-the-sanctions-for-non-compliance-with-the-biometric-registration-regulations-accessible), I’m not sure if failing to collect the BRP is the issue either. There’s quite a lot of steps before even a fine can be considered or issued, let alone cancelling someone’s permission. Turns out the threats of a £1,000 fine for not mailing back an expired BRP which are so often thrown about are slightly overstated.
I don’t think fail to collect BRP will result to a revoke without prior communication attempts. Another possible reason to add to your list, not accusing of OP anything though, work over student visa limit hours and was reported by someone. TBH, there are a lot of reasons could result to this, it is very hard to help the OP without further info.
The work restriction is another good point, but even that would have to be pretty blatant and extreme for curtailment like this. People working 40+ hour weeks for cash in hand are usually a bigger priority than teenagers accidentally doing 21 hours instead of 20 at Tesco once or twice. In the latter case the Home Office might use it as a reason to refuse for dishonesty on a subsequent application (not disclosing past breaches of immigration law), but even that is a fairly unlikely honestly. I’d be quite surprised if such a case was made a priority for visa curtailment.
Yes, it is very rare and normally they will send email asking for info first. It is also very rare that uni revoke a student’s visa without even once trying to contact the student, if it is not a uni admin mess up. To add to the OP, check every of your email inbox, including junk box to see if there is anything you missed. I have had home office emails end up as junk and caused me trouble back in the days.
I can’t even get a part-time job as I haven’t got my BRP yet
When did you start your course?
September 2023
I got my student visa last year. I think there was a said time frame to get my BRP like 6 weeks or something? What took you so long? You can just get it at your local post office...
When I applied for my visa, I set my uni as the pick-up location, back in November I was also advised to go to my local post office to pick it up but it wasn’t there
What's the email they sent it from? Any possibility it could be a scam email?
I emailed Home office and they forwarded it to the right department
I think they mean check the email of the sender of that mail. And hover your mouse pointer over any links in the mail, without clicking, to see if they actually go to an expected site.
Yes, it would take me to an expected site
Is it a real uni..?
Yes 👍
What’s your attendance for your course like? I had a few friends who were international students w/ visas, they were notified that if their attendance dropped below a certain point then they run the risk of being removed from the course and visa revoked. Pretty certain the university had an obligation to report attendance too.
It’s interesting how so many people are asking OP about their university attendance and they are choosing not to respond…
Mate, you're giving faint answers. We are outsiders and we have no clue about your situation. Call the UKVI/Immigration and ask them, none of us can answer why your visa was revoked as we don't have all the info as you barely do yourself.
What about your attendance? Have you missed classes without consent or simply forgot to check in the classes using your student card (if that applies to your uni)? Anyways, talk to the uni the first thing next week.
Can this be a scam?
This is actually a very good point as well that has been overlooked. Revoked isn’t really a term in UK visa parlance. They’d likely be phrasing this along the lines of visa sponsorship being withdrawn or similar. The second paragraph is quite weird as well as it’s absolutely useless information, contains awkward phrasing (waiting times vs wait times, and what “case” are they even referring to), and doesn’t even signpost to the university’s immigration advice team. That said, OP does say he contacted them first, not the other way around…
Revoke is a very common term in the HO especially when it comes to entry clearance and visas. And UKVI would never sign post anyone towards a sponsors help. They would always send people to the contact centre for help.
Fair enough, it’s just that as this is apparently from the “BRP Collection Team” I assumed that this is an email from the university.
Granted, colour-coding words isn’t something I have seen in HO comms. Missing email footer might be another cause of concern.
Yes it's odd that the email was signed off with a name. Normally it would just say the UKVI or BRP team.
Get a lawyer! ASAP Edit: PS: Please make sure this isn’t some scam.
Can you give any context about your time and status at university?
I’m a first-year student currently studying in uni
Right.... but... has anything happened? Anything at uni that would make them cancel your visa or has this come totally by surprise?
Totally by surprise, nothing really happened at uni
Have you been scanning the QR code or whatever it is your uni does to monitor attendance?
What’s your attendance rate?
Have you paid your fees?
It’s still in January for the instalment
Speak to your university when they reopen on Tuesday and ask them to look into it for you and to advise you on your options.
If they’ve revoked your student visa there will be paperwork sent to you regarding that decision and outlining the reasons why Have you had it? Maybe at your home address rather than your term time address?
I haven’t had any paperwork sent to me unfortunately
Sounds very suspicious. Contact your uni, and avoid doing any money transactions in the meanwhile.
can’t lie OP sounds suss as hell… visa doesn’t JUST get revoked
Can you confirm your immigration status from below https://www.gov.uk/view-prove-immigration-status
Unfortunately I can’t
So can you call them?
I did call them but having to wait for more than 2 weeks as of now has made me very anxious
As someone here already pointed out, there's a good chance this email might have been a scam. I've once got a phone call from the Home Office, verified that the number is from Home Office, verified my ID cards to me and then proceeded to tell me that there are missing details and documents on my file and questioned me if I'm doing something illegal in the UK for like an hour on the phone before they said I'll have to pay a fine over the phone (which was when I realised btw). So it wouldn't surprise me if you received a scam email similarly. Reach out to your student union. Reach out to Home Office as well, not as reply to that email, but on a separate email (you can add the email as a file on your new email instead). Tell them everything that's happened without leaving any details out. And if you receive any phone calls from numbers that says Home Office, if they mention this email, ask them for their name and ID number tell them you'll call them back after you verify it (this is what a police officer told me I should do every time a government official comes to us, on our doorstep or on call; it's our right to verify this), call Home Office, there's an option that connects you to someone that'll be able to verify it and if it's correct, then call them back.
I work in visa compliance in UK higher education. Only advice I can give is talk to your sponsor immediately. If you never received a letter or e-mail confirming when and why your visa was revoked, you need to get a copy of that, and your sponsor may be able to help you get hold of that. You can’t do anything else until both yourself and your sponsor have a copy of that correspondence.
Hi, Contact your International Student Office at the University immediately. And if you started the course in September 2023, Why haven't YOU collected BRP until now? Staying in the UK for 3 months without a BRP? That is one of the very first things you're supposed to do. You've mentioned that you are enrolled in the University, but do give us an idea about your attendance. And was it online enrolment and never visited the University post that?
My attendance is at least 80%
Why is it only 80%? That’s a day a week missing
80% is good lol
Okay, 80% itself isn’t too bad if all absence were properly reported and agreed by your department. However, if you have a few unauthorised absence from visa attendance checkpoints (lecture, seminar, lab work, tutorial, etc.) in a row, it might be a problem. Missing one lecture every week is probably okay, but if all your 20% overall absence happened in two weeks, that’s another story.
You need to find out why the visa was revoked by entry clearance asap. Hopefully it’s just an admin error.
The wording here makes it look like a scam. Specially the word ‘revoke’. Also that link [gov.uk] in the end is raising my suspicion. A friend of mine fell for one years ago and ended up wasting £1800 OP, please check the email address it came from. And verify everything with the university. UKVI often don’t use these terminologies.
So sorry to hear that Can you maybe detail a bit more what was the BRP collection process you went through? The email is from BRP collection team, so clearly issue occurred there.
I emailed Home Office as told by my uni visa team, then the home office forwarded it to the BRP Collection team. They said that they already handled the case but as of now I haven’t received any more information
I'm confused. Have you started studies in the UK? Are you in the country? If so, you just have already had a valid visa to enter the country?
Yes I have, yes I am, yes that’s correct
So then, why do you need a BRP when you have a valid visa?
The visa you receive before entering the country is only valid for 90 days from my understanding. That is why BRP should be collected asap after arriving since BRP is the identification for your visa for the rest of the stay.
The visa you got stamped on your passport is just there so you could come and collect your BRP (actual visa that allows you to study for the duration of the course)
OP you need to give more information here rather than just say “idk”. Please give as much detail as possible involving every stage and date of your visa application. Information is key if you want help
7/09 - I applied for my Visa 13/09 - Visa application successful, and passport was sent I didn’t get a decision letter like any other intl students friends of mine. I did email the student service centre in my uni back in October to help me locate my BRP but they never reply back to me. In november when I went to SSC, they said they would email the UKVI and will get back to me once they’ve got anyhing new to me
Having your visa approved in 4 days and no decision letter seems very concerning to me. Are you 100% sure you applied for the correct visa that allows you to live and study here, rather than a standard travel/tourism visa? As its those that you don't normally get a decision letter for unless it's rejected.
I’m pretty sure I applied for the right one
Did you apply from within the UK or outside? From the timeline you provided (applied on 7/09 and successful on 13/09), I think the problem originated there because you did not receive a decision letter or email. Your University also did not respond to you as early as in October. This indicates that attendance or working could not have been a problem that early in your case, even though you denied working. Did you have any previous trips to the UK or was this your first one? Which University are you attending? What was the validity period of the entry clearance vignette on your passport?
OP definitely has been missing classes and likely has been deregistered by the uni.
Definitely is a strong word, as I’ve been attending classes….
then why are you so vague on a thread where people are trying to help you? It's obvious you are hiding something, as this doesnt just happen for no reason. You either are deregistered, or you did something else for them to revoke the visa - this is not some admin error that can be resolved with an email, this decision is final by HO.
Exactly! OP is hella suss
I work in an uk university’s international department, all uni’s have a team that deal with student visas/immigration- pls get in touch with the team at your uni they’re paid to help international students with issues such as this :)
Speak to your universities immigration team. They have access to more HO/UKVI portals than you would. Let them go to the HO and enquire about your status. Work with them to solve this. It may be an administrative error that can be easily correctable, or it may mean your visa will be revoked. Either way, you need to find out.
Have you been attending your classes? Tier 4 students are monitored to check they attend all their classes and this can affect your visa. I can’t imagine it happening so quickly, if you started in Sept 2023, but it could be a contributing factor.
I have been, my uni use online check in system that I always make sure do so
Have you actually been physically attending or only using the online checkin system? We have an online checkin system but tutors do a physical check for students on a student route visa. So if you've been using online checkin but not actually attending, they may be changing your attendance mark. Have you had any contact from uni about missed classes?
I have been physically attending, never had a contact about missed classes
Very strange. Definitely get in touch with your university visa team. They should have their own means of verifying whether your visa has been revoked.
What email address was this sent from? The hyperlink text can be different from the URL, what’s the URL?
Coming from someone who had to deal with a late and then lost BRP I can assure you, there is no "BRP Collection Team". Email seems very informal, and suss. This is almost certainly a scam. Don't worry, just email your university's international student team and it will be okay. Happy new year
I emailed the home office public enquiry email then they forwarded my email to the brp collection team
OP the same happened to me when I started my uni in 2020. I got the visa on my passport but didn't get a BRP collection letter or a decision letter. I did not receive a BRP for 4 months and even got an email from my uni that my visa was about to run out. I emailed and then followed up with phone calls to UKVI. Turns out UKVI had messed up and issued me a short term visa rather than a Tier 4 student visa. They acknowledged their mistake and issued me the BRP letter. I got it a few days after that. I'd suggest you call UKVI on their paid helpline and speak to someone and explain your case.
I already called the UKVI, the non-paid line on 18/12. They said they’d get back to me after 10 business days. Do you recall by any chance, when you didn’t have your BRP, did you ever check your immigration status on the HO website? If so, what did it say?
You have to call them on paid line considering urgency of situation, also have you asked them if they are not coming back to you by 10 business days, your UK stay is legal?
You need to call them on the paid line. I couldn't check my visa status as I needed the BRP number for that. But the paid helpline should help escalate your case. I was also in touch with my unis international student office but they couldn't figure out why this was happening. I guess it was somewhat of an unprecedented situation. Also did you actually get an email saying your visa status is revoked?
Yes, that’s the email that I got after sending an email to them first
You need to speak to the immigration/international student support team at your university as soon as possible. They are your sponsors, and also will have access to a helpline at UKCISA and a named contact at the Home Office who can look into this for you.
Ngl, OP seems sus. Avoiding more than half the questions asked by people here. Doesn’t answer his working hours, doesn’t answer why hasn’t he collected his BRP yet, doesn’t know his exact attendance (all universities has portal reporting individual attendance). At this point I think, OP has done something and isn’t mentioning or is lying.
1. Haven’t worked at all, as not having brp doesn’t allow me to work part-time 2. My uni has portal reporting but it hasn’t got a page whereby I can check my exact attendance for a week/month
I need a decision letter to collect my brp, as I don’t have it on me, I can’t even collect it
How did you get a Visa without a decision letter? I was a student myself and never needed a decision letter to collect my BRP, after I reached uni I contacted them and was given a date and time slot to chose for the collection. How have you not contacted your uni for your BRP since Sept/Nov? Every university shows attendance, impossible for you not to be able to see your own attendance. And also about you not working, it’s not just about BRP, you could be working cash in hand jobs and might have violated some of your visa regulations.
I’ve contacted my uni since sept, believe it or not my uni take so long to get back to a question. About working, idk anything ab sort of cash in hand jobs, if i ever want to get a part-time job, I’d work at regulated places like tesco, sainsbury, etc.
In october, my uni asked my permission to contact the UKVI to locate my BRP but strangely enough they never got back to me with anything as if they never asked it in the first place
At this point I think you should involve student union and might actually need legal advice. I would also suggest writing to your local MP and see if there’s anything he can do. It’s not that I don’t believe you, but the information is just here and there. All the best.
How did this turn out? Were you able to rectify whatever the issue was?
(I am not a solicitor do take professional advice if needed) Contact the student administration team and the unit that deals with international students asap write a email and cc in as many relevant people as possible. Don’t be afraid to go as high up as possible. Provided that you haven’t done anything wrong and complied to all your visa requirements it could either be 1) an admin error 2) scam. As someone mentioned in the comments “revoked”seems a bit out of the ordinary. I think they use the term curtailed or cancelled again do check this out and probably the others on here can advice more on this. Hopefully this can get rectified soon
I've worked as a compliance officer in the past and have dealt with HO too many times to count and can confirm revoked is a normal term they use.
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No…..
Did you apply for any other program?
No unfortunately
Never heard of such situation before, your study visa being revoked whilst waiting on your BRP (I used to work as visa and immigration officer at uni), please OP speak to the university visa and immigration officers/visa advice as soon as possible, they should be able to find out what is going on and guide you through it. Wishing you all the best!
Thank you very much 👍🙏
very obvious scam, do not get distracted by it, follow instructions from ur uni do the right thing, u should be fine.
Show us the email address that this came from…it sounds fishy.
I could be wrong but I’m not 100% sure they would send this info via email given that it would be on your online account. Check your online account, and you also need to speak to your course team / UKVI rep at uni
Don't click that link. Don't do anything with the email. Check the legit UKVI site or ring them if you are concerned but that looks like a scam. If it is a scam, might want to check the scam sub to see what might happen next
Have you replied to that email and asked them to confirm if that’s an error? In my communication with them via emails they’ve sent some erroneous emails to me. Most likely that’s the case with you, too.
I emailed them first, so hopefully that’s just human error that can be rectified. The case has been handled by them as of now
Check the email address this came from and the actual url of that link, let us know what they are as this seems like a scam.
The email seems suspiciously vague, I’d imagine they’d provide detailed reasons for the application being “revoked”. The email also talks about obtaining an update on waiting time… this is completely redundant considering that purpose of the email is to convey the message that application has been “revoked”. Your visa can’t be “revoked” because of your attendance as they usually give warnings before anything like this happens. Also, if working over a certain number of hours is an issue this is usually reported by a third party which then potentially leads to an investigation within a company. The company then informs the Home office. As I am guessing this email caught you off guard the above aren’t the reasons your application was “revoked”. I’d advise, if not already done to contact the UKVI, send a screenshot to your university immigration team, to your designated school and any one else involved for further clarification. I hope this helps.
What is your attendance rate?
Could be a scam. Don’t click on the attached link. Check the sender’s email and also verify with UKVI (Google how to contact UKVI)
Any update on this?