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CONTENTS WELCOME BE PREPARED KICKSTART YOUR ARRIVAL WELCOME WEEK 5 WAYS TO BE WELL STUDENT LIFE CHECKLIST
Entry Clearance Vignette In all other cases your entry clearance vignette
will usually be stamped at the border to prove
If you’re from a country outside the EU, EEA your entry to the UK.
or Switzerland you will have a sticker placed
in your passport which is your Entry Clearance
Vignette. Do not travel to the UK before you Biometric Residence Permit
have the vignette in your passport and do (BRP)
not travel before the start date of the entry If you’re from a country outside the EU, EEA or
clearance. Dates on the vignette will be shown Switzerland you will be issued with a BRP. Your
the Day/Month/Year format. BRP is a credit card sized document that serves
as your visa for the duration of your studies.
Entering the UK You will need to collect your BRP once you’re
in the UK, before the expiry date on your Entry
If you’re a national of an EU country, Australia,
Canada, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Clearance Vignette.
Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, If you used the RVC’s collection location code
Switzerland or the US you can use eGates to in your visa application your BRP will be sent
enter the UK. This means your passport won’t directly to the RVC. Student Records will send
get stamped at the border. Please retain your you an email to confirm your BRP has arrived,
boarding card, ticket or booking confirmation to and you’ll be able to collect it at enrolment.
prove the date you travelled into the UK; we’ll If you’ve used the RVC’s collection location
need to see it at enrolment. code in a dependent visa application as well
If you enter the Republic of Ireland before as your own you will also be able to collect
traveling on to the UK you will have travelled your dependent’s BRP at enrolment and your
through the Common Travel Area (CTA) and dependent does not need to come with you.
your passport won’t get stamped at the UK Please bring your dependent’s passport and
border. Please retain your boarding card, ticket proof of entry to the UK with you.
or booking confirmation to prove the date If you did not use the RVC’s collection code
you travelled into the UK; we’ll need to see it your BRP will be sent to a Post Office near the
at enrolment. UK address you used in your visa application.
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