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Registration and Right to Study

Registration and collecting your Student ID is the final step for you to enrol at the University of Suffolk. You can do this anytime from 10 September 2026, but you must have completed your enrolment task online at least 72 hours before.

All you need to do is book a slot to collect your Student ID. You will need to come to the Waterfront Building and bring with you a form of ID. During this slot we will check your ID and confirm your details.

 All new students, including British and Irish nationals, are required to demonstrate they have the Right to Study in the UK. The information you need to bring with you on your first day depends on your immigration permission or nationality – see below for more details.

Book your slot here

All international students with a visa must complete their Right to Study checks as the first step upon arrival. You should create a UKVI account to access your eVisa and carefully check this before travelling. Upon arrival you must attend your Right to Study check with your passport and eVisa. Once your Right to Study check is complete you will be sent a link to complete your enrolment.

Right to Study Checks

The University is required to check that all of its students, UK and international, have the right to study in the UK. You are required to demonstrate you have sufficient RTS before you commence your studies at the University. Students who fail to provide the relevant right to study documentation when requested by the university will be withdrawn.

An in-person right to study check must be completed before you can start your course and at any point your immigration circumstances change, e.g. you obtain a new visa, or no longer require a visa because you have obtained UK nationality.

If you have any questions regarding your Right to Study check, please email us at studentlife@uos.ac.uk.  

Evidence for Right to Study Checks

You will be required to provide ID during the in-person registration process, before you collect your student card.

Acceptable forms of evidence include:
  • British passport
  • Irish Citizen passport
  • Irish passport card
  • Full driving license
  • Provisional driving license

You will be required to evidence your valid passport and Student Route immigration permission.   

You will also be required to evidence your date of entry into the UK and confirm your UK address and contact number.  

 

Immigration permission 

Documentation required 

Student visa  

 

You must provide a copy of your passport, student visa, proof of entry to the UK and UK contact details.

Passport: 

  • Current, valid passport 

Immigration permission: 

Follow the instructions in your UKVI visa outcome letter to set up your UKVI account and access your eVisa before you travel to the UK.

You will be required to share your eVisa with the university using a share code. Your share code can only be obtained using the free government view and prove service. Your share code is valid for 90 days and should be uploaded to CAS shield in advance of your in person Right to Study check.

The university must be able to verify your eVisa before you can enrol.

Proof of entry to the UK:

  • Stamp in passport, or
  • Flight ticket, or
  • Boarding pass, or
  • Luggage tag 

Contact details: 

  • UK address (this must be within 70 miles of the university campus), and
  • UK phone number 

Important information: 

If you have been granted a student visa, it is important you check the details on your visa. Check all details are correct, including the start and end date. Further information on the time period granted before your course starts and after it finishes can be found in ST25.1 – ST25.3 of Appendix Student.  

It is your responsibility to check your eVisa carefully and report any errors to the Home Office and have these amended before you travel.

 

You will be required to evidence your valid passport and immigration permission. For refugees, a refugee travel document or other photo ID will be accepted in place of a passport. 

Immigration permission 

Documentation required 

Settled or pre-settled status  

You must provide your valid passport and immigration permission 

Passport: 

  • Current, valid passport 

Immigration permission: 

Other type of immigration permission 

If your immigration permission does not fit into any of the categories above, then you must provide a copy of your passport and valid immigration permission. 

Passport: 

  • Current, valid passport or; 
  • Refugee travel document or other photo ID 

Immigration permission: 

  • Current immigration permission (this could be vignette, immigration stamp or BRP) 
  • If you immigration permission was granted digitally, provide your share code using the view and prove service 
  • Any letters from the Home Office which confirm your immigration permission