Visa information

Some participants for the EDA Summer School may require a visa in order to enter the UK. Group bookings through a school are helpful to EDA and the visa office. It is essential that these bookings be made as early as possible in order to allow sufficient time to obtain a visa. Delegates much ensure they fully understand the implications of the EDA refund policy as EDA will not issue refunds after 31st May 2010 due to visa refusal. If you choose to book and pay after 31st May 2010 and require a visa to enter the UK you do so at your own risk as payment CANNOT be refunded if your visa is subsequently denied.

Extract from the UK Border Agency website

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If you are coming to the United Kingdom as a student visitor, you must genuinely be seeking entry to study here for the limited period you tell us you require. This period must not exceed six months.

Additionally, you must have been accepted on a course of study that will be provided by an organisation which is:

• the holder of a sponsor licence for Tier 4 of the points- based system; or
• accredited by an accreditation body approved by the UK Border Agency; or
• an overseas higher education institution which offers only part of its programmes in the United Kingdom, holds its own national accreditation and offers programmes that are of an equivalent level to a United Kingdom degree

You must also:

• leave the United Kingdom at the end of the visit you told us about;
• support and pay for accommodation for yourself and any dependants, without help from public funds; or
• make sure that you and your dependants will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends, and not take employment; and
• be able to meet the cost of your return or onward journey.

You must not

• take employment in the United Kingdom;
• engage in business, produce goods or provide services within the United Kingdom, including selling goods or services direct to members of the public;
• study at a government-funded school;
• be a child under the age of 18;
• undertake part-time or full-time vacation employment;
• undertake a work placement or internship (paid or unpaid) as part of your course of study; or
• extend your stay in the United Kingdom.