As part of your UK student visa application you must provide supporting evidence to show that you meet the financial requirement set by UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI). If you are a sponsored student and If you are partly (If your official financial sponsor is not covering all of your course fees and maintenance, you must show that you have the rest of the money required) or fully supported by an “official financial sponsor” you must submit a letter confirming the details of the funding as part of your Student visa application.An “official” sponsor can only be one of the following:

• UK government or your home government
• British Council or any international organisation
• A UK independent school
• An international company that has offices in more than one country and a website with clear contact details for all the overseas offices
• A university

If your official financial sponsor is your university, you do not need a letter if the details of your financial sponsorship are on your CAS.

Your sponsor letter does not have to be original, so an electronic version that has been emailed to you should be sufficient but the letter should still be signed by your sponsor and include all the required information.The letter should be on official letterhead paper

If you have studied in the UK previously and have been financially sponsored you may need to provide a letter of consent from your past financial sponsor, in addition to your new financial evidence. This consent letter is only required if:

• You were financially sponsored for both tuition fees and living expenses and
• Your financial sponsor was a government or an international scholarship agency and
• You received money from this financial sponsor within the last 12 months prior to making your new Student visa application

The letter must specifically confirm:

• That your previous financial sponsor gives you consent to remain in and re-enter the UK and
• That this consent is for an unlimited time

You do not need to provide this if you were not fully financially sponsored, if your financial sponsor was not a government or international scholarship agency, or if you received money more than 12 months ago.

Sample Official Financial Sponsor Letter

Sample letter 1: for student

Date: ……………………………

Entry Clearance Officer
UK Visas and Immigration
United Kingdom

Re: Name of the student, date of birth, nationality

Dear Sirs

Confirmation of financial sponsorship

We confirm that (name of the student) has been awarded a financial scholarship by (sponsoring organisation) for study at the University of ………………………….. for the degree of (qualification) in (subject). The scholarship will commence (date) and last for a period of (months).

The scholarship covers all of the student’s tuition fees for the above course and living expenses during his study at the University of …………………………………., UK.

In addition, (sponsoring organisation) gives unconditional consent to (name of student) to make an application for immigration permission to stay in or re-enter the United Kingdom for an unlimited time.

Should you require any further information in relation to this, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours faithfully

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Signature :

Full name :

Phone number :

Email address :

Address :

Sample letter 2: for student with dependants

Date: ……………………………

Entry Clearance Officer
UK Visas and Immigration
United Kingdom

Re: Name of the student, date of birth, nationality
       Name of the spouse, date of birth, nationality 
       Name of the child, date of birth, nationality 

Dear Sirs

Confirmation of financial sponsorship

We confirm that (name of the student) has been awarded a financial scholarship by (sponsoring organisation) for study at the University of ………………………….. for the degree of (qualification) in (subject). The scholarship will commence (date) and last for a period of (months).

The scholarships covers (name of student) and his/her family members as listed above. The scholarship covers all of the student’s tuition fees for the above course and living expenses of the student and his above mentioned dependants during his study at the University of …………………………, UK.

In addition, (sponsoring organisation) gives unconditional consent to (name of student) to make an application for immigration permission to stay in or re-enter the United Kingdom for an unlimited time.

Should you require any further information in relation to this, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours faithfully

………………………….

Signature

Full name :

Phone number :

Email address :

Address :