Changes to your studies or personal information
Changes to your studies or personal information
It is important that any changes to your studies and/or your personal information are recorded accurately to stay in compliance with the terms of your visa. Changes to your study may impact your visa sponsorship.
Changes to your studies
Your visa is issued for study on a specific course or programme, and there are only limited circumstances under which you can change to a different one midway through your studies.
UK immigration rules only allow Student Visa holders at the University to change to a different programme if all of the following circumstances are met:
- The new programme must at bachelor's degree level or above
- The new programme must not be at a lower academic level than the previous one
- The student must be able to complete the new programme within their current visa duration (i.e. the new programme must not go beyond the student's visa expiry date)
- If Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) Clearance is required for the new programme, this must be applied for and obtained before the change is made.
Read more about ATAS Clearance
If these circumstances are not met, you may need to obtain a new visa to embark on your new course. You may or may not be able to apply for a new visa inside the UK.
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Up to date personal information
As well as being required to engage with your studies, Student Visa or Tier 4 Visa students must ensure that their personald details are up to date:
- Contact Information
- New passport or visa
- Inform the UK Home Office of changes
- Inform the UK Home Office of errors
Contact information
When you register on MyCampus, you must provide us with your term-time contact details.
This should include:
- Your address in the UK
- Your phone number in the UK
- Your personal email
If any of these contact details change, you must update them by logging onto your MyGlasgow account.
New passport or visa
If you get a new passport (including a UK passport) or other type of physical immigration document during your studies, please upload a copy via the UofG Helpdesk.
You can also use the link above to send us evidence of your visa application, or your document checklist.
If you get a new eVisa (including Settled Status), please get your share code and submit it to us via the UofG Helpdesk.
We recommend linking your eVisa to your most current passport to avoid issues at the border or when travelling.
Inform the UK Home Office of changes
You are also required to inform the Home Office of any changes.
You must update your UKVI account to reflect any changes in your passport & travel documents, name, address and nationality.
For information on this, please visit our International Student Support information on changes to your personal details.
International Student Support: Changes to your personal details
Inform the UK Home Office of errors
If you notice that your eVisa has an error on it, you must report this immediately using the online form on the GOV.UK website.
Errors may include, but are not limited to, things such as:
- Incorrect Name
- Incorrect Photograph
- Incorrect Sponsor Code
- Incorrect Status (e.g. Student, Dependant, Skilled Worker)
- Incorrect Validity Dates
- Incorrect Restrictions