If your re-sit is within 60 days of your visa expiry date:
If your resit takes place within 60 days of your current visa expiry date, you can extend your student visa to cover the resit exam plus an additional 4 month wrap up period. It is your responsibility to check with your department when your results will be expected and your degree awarded – if it cannot be awarded within this timeframe you will not be eligible for the Graduate Route visa.
If your re-sit is more than 60 days after your visa expiry date:
If there is more than 60 days when you are not required to be engaged in formal study at the College you cannot be sponsored for a visa by the College as we are unable to meet our monitoring and reporting obligations to UKVI. You would need to leave the UK and then apply to come back for the resit period.
How you come to the UK for your resit depends upon what you intend to do after your studies. You have two choices:
- You come to the UK as a general visitor for the exam. This will let you stay in the UK for up to 6 months, but you will not be permitted to work in any capacity. You will need to leave the UK once your exams are over.
- You obtain a CAS and come back under a student visa for the exams. This would be required if you intend to move into the Graduate Visa route to work in the UK. You would need to ensure that you can obtain your formal results for your degree within the validity of the visa, which will expire 4 months after the end of the exam period.
If you want to come back under a student visa please let us know.