Send an email from your University email account or include your student ID number in your message: visa@soton.ac.uk

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The VISAS Team online Live Chat is held every week, except on University closure days, at the following times (London):

• Tuesday?10:00 - 11:30
• Wednesday 13:00 - 14:30
• Thursday 10:00 - 11:30

How does Live Chat work?

1. Click to?ask a question?during our above drop-in times
2. Use your University login details to enter Live Chat

What to expect

The Live Chat service is aimed at students who have a quick question about their visa or immigration status for studying in the UK. For more complicated questions, a visa advice appointment may be offered.

Have a visa question?

Talk to a visa advisor online using Live Chat during our drop-in session times

Talk to us on Live Chat

Before you book

Visit the VISAS Team online Live Chat first, as we may be able to answer your question quickly or provide important information about what to bring to your appointment.

How to book

1. To book an appointment, please contact us through Live Chat; the visa advisor will send you a link to book an appointment or arrange an appointment for you, if appropriate.
2. After an appointment is booked, you will receive an email to confirm the date and time of the appointment.
3. Appointments can be either in person or online using Microsoft Teams.

Before you attend your appointment

If you are applying for a Student visa:

• Prepare the documents needed for your application. To find out what to prepare, visit our webpages about applying for a Student visa inside the UK or outside the UK , or attend Live Chat?if you have further questions.
• Save electronic copies of your documents?where you will be able to access them during the appointment.
• Start your visa application online - when you first create your visa application?you should receive a link to your email, so that you can easily?log back in to your application when needed.
• Do not sign the declaration or pay for the IHS or visa application fee (you will do this at the appointment).
• Prepare a payment card?to pay for the IHS and visa application fee?online - if you are applying inside the UK?you (and any dependents applying with you)?must submit and pay for your application before your current visa expires.

At your appointment

Please attend your appointment promptly.? If you need to cancel or re-book your appointment for another time/date, please let us know at least 24 hours before your appointment, so that the booking can be offered to another student.

During the appointment a Visa Advisor will help you check your answers in your online visa application and also check your documents, before you submit and pay for your application.

Right to Study Checks

To fully enrol for your course you will need to complete a Right to Study check and provide the University with evidence of your nationality and immigration status by uploading your documents. Please follow the steps on the Welcome Website

If you have a Student visa you must also attend an in person Right to Study check before starting your course. To book a Right to Study Check please log into your University IT account and book an appointment using this link.? You should book the earliest available appointment after your arrival in BOBÌåÓýµÇ¼ÍøÖ·_Å·±¦ÌåÓý¹ÙÍøƽ̨-APP|ÏÂÔØ.?

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The VISAS Team offer visa submission workshops to help students with their Student visa application in-person.??The visa advisors can answer any questions about your visa application, and check your documents and answers before you submit.?

Book your appointment using the links below:

• May 2025 - Please use this link to sign up

Before your appointment:

Before your appointment please complete section 1 and 2 of the Student Visa application form making sure you stop before the declaration at the end of section 2. ?Do not make any payments.

Please prepare electronic copies of your documents where you will be able to access them during the appointment.?? You can find further guidance on our pages about Documents to Prepare for your Student Visa application.

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