Immigration, welfare and support
Resources
The International Office is dedicated to advising overseas students before they come to the University. We also provide a welfare liaison role for overseas students at the University.
We particularly support the short-term overseas students at Kent and link with the study abroad offices of their home universities.
We liaise with the University of Kent’s various cultural and international societies and we meet many of our current and former overseas students and their families in their home countries.
News Bulletin
By April 2008, anyone requiring a visa to come to the UK will have to provide biometric information, consisting of scans of all ten fingers and a full-face digital photograph. To provide this, applicants will be required to apply for their visa in person at a UK visa office or Visa Application Centre. Some countries have already introduced this requirement to their visa application process and others will be introducing in between now and April 2008.
For further details about biometric data collection for visa applicants Click Here
For general information and updates about UK visas, see the UK visas website
For information and updates about the visa application process in a particular country, see the British Embassy/ High Commission/ Consulate website for that country.