As part of your registration, you will be told whether you need to present your documents to finalise your registration. Your online student record will also also let you know if you need to complete a document check.

If you are required to, but do not complete this step, you will not be able to register for your course of study.

We are required to check that the information you provide meets UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) requirements and ensure that you have the right to study in the UK.

This check is based on the nationality listed in your application and student record. It is not based on your fee status, so you may be required to attend a check even if you are a UK resident and pay home fees.

Students who must attend a student document check

You will need to have your documents checked if:

• you are a new student or enrolling on a new course and your nationality is subject to immigration control
• you are returning to the University after a suspension and your nationality is subject to immigration control
• you are a returning student and were not able to travel to the UK last year
• you have a new Student visa for any other reason
• you do not have a nationality listed on your student record.

How to complete your student document check

Pre-sessional students

Attend your Student document check event. Details of the event will be emailed to you before you arrive.

All other students

Make sure you first confirm your registration details, then book an appointment to have your documents checked:

We are open:

• Tuesdays:
  • 10 am to 11 am
  • 1 pm to 3:30 pm
• Wednesdays:
  • 10 am to 12 pm
  • 1 pm to 3:30 pm.

You can drop in without an appointment. However, we may occasionally need to cancel drop-in sessions at short notice. Please book an appointment to ensure you are seen.

What to bring

Bring as many of the below documents as you can to your appointment:

• passport
• visa (BRP) and visa vignette sticker (normally in your passport)
• evidence that you have made a new visa application (e.g. visa application form, receipt from your visa application)
• flight details of the first time you arrived in the UK travelling on a Student visa
• if you have a digital status, generate a Sharecode. The code must start with the letter 'S'.

These must be original documents, not scans or photocopies. We store copies of your documents as part of our sponsor duties.

If you are a visitor

You will still need to come to an in-person check, even if you travelled through eGates and do not have a physical visa. Please bring your flight tickets and passport.

If you have any questions:

• book an appointment
• come to see us at Senate House
• or email student-visas@bristol.ac.uk. Responses may be delayed as we prioritise seeing students in person.

Further advice

Questions about the student document check (right to study) should be sent to student-visas@bristol.ac.uk.

More information about student visas.