Q&As for International & EU Students

While the legal requirements are no longer in place, you should still consider taking some extra precautions when you arrive in Wales to keep you, your friends and the wider community safe.

Precautions may include:

• space out visits and social events
• if you experience coronavirus symptoms, it is strongly recommended that you isolate and take a test.

If you do want to take a lateral flow test when you arrive in Wales and you do not have symptoms, then you will need to buy a test. Free lateral flow tests can be ordered online only if you have symptoms.

It is strongly recommended that you isolate and notify MyUniSupport@swansea.ac.uk if you develop symptoms of or test positive for Covid-19 regardless of your vaccination status. The team will then contact you with further information and support.

If you already have a Tier 4/Student Route visa to cover you for the entirety of your course, then you should just be able to use this same visa to come to the UK- even if you are delayed and arrive after the start of term. You will not need to take any action except for staying in touch with the University about your proposed arrival date and to verify any relevant arrival dates that may apply to you. If you have a visa but have not yet used it to travel to the UK, you should check that your travel vignette (sticker in your passport) is still valid. If the end date has passed you will have to apply for a new vignette and there is information about that in the What to do if your travel vignette has run out section towards the bottom of this page.

If you are a student who does not have enough time on their visa to complete their course, you should make a visa application for the correct length visa before you travel to the UK. Due to current UKVI delays (which are expected to last for the rest of 2022), you should make this application 8-12 weeks before your proposed travel date using the University’s Applying for a Student Route visa from overseas guidance.

If you wish to apply for the Graduate Route, have not yet been to the UK and are completing your course within the next 12 months, you should make sure you are in the UK by 30th June 2022. See the Graduate Route page for further information about eligibility and the UK study requirement.

The UK government has published new guidance on immigration provisions made by the Home Office for individuals in the UK who are affected by COVID-19.

If you are currently in the UK and will need a new visa to continue, change or start a course in 2022 please contact International@CampusLife, so they can work with you to ensure that you are taking the correct action to keep you safe and legal in the UK.

If you require further information please see the University’s EU/EEA/Swiss student web pages.

Please let us know if you have returned to your home country – contact myunisupport@swansea.ac.uk