Complete international student registration

As an international student, completing your registration involves several essential steps to ensure you are fully enrolled and ready to start your studies.

This guide will take you through the necessary procedures for different visa categories, making sure you have a smooth transition to university life.

Jump to a section of this page:

• Student route visa
• EU, EEA or Swiss students with Settled or Pre-settled status
• Standard visitor visa
• Visa and Compliance team campus locations

All students should note that you will not be enrolled onto your course (including getting your student ID card or other letters you may require from the University) until all the relevant documents have been provided and checked by the Visa and Compliance team and the relevant payment for your enrolment has been received.

Student route visa

From 15 July 2025, the UKVI are no longer issuing entry clearance vignettes for Student visas. Instead, students are now only issued with an eVisa.

Once your visa application has been approved, you will get an email from the UKVI informing you about your successful application. You will be required to open a UKVI account to access your eVisa. You will also be required to download a share code and provide it to the Visa and Compliance team to verify your immigration status.

Before you travel to the UK

1. Open your UKVI account as soon as you get issued with your eVisa. 
2. Obtain your eVisa share code after you have opened your UKVI account.
3. Upload the following documents onto your Enroly CAS Shield account: 
   • Your passport ID page
   • Your eVisa share code
   • Your UKVI decision letter/email
   • Your entry clearance vignette (if you were issued with one)
4. Ensure that you make plans to travel to the UK from the date stated on your eVisa. If you travel earlier than the date stated on your eVisa, you will be asked to return to your home country and return to the UK from the date stated on your eVisa.

After you arrive in the UK but before you arrive on campus

1. Upload the following documents onto your Enroly CAS Shield account as soon as you arrive in the UK:
   • Your passport entry stamp page you obtained at the UK border (if you were not issued with an entry clearance vignette)
   • Your entry clearance vignette with a passport entry stamp (if you were issued with one)
   • Your boarding pass if you either did not get a passport entry stamp or your entry clearance vignette was not stamped at the UK border
2. Ensure that you have completed your eVision account with your UK term-time address and contact number. If you do not have a permanent UK term-time address or contact number yet, then please provide the details of the temporary term-time address and contact number you will be using in the meantime. You must then update your eVision account once you have your permanent term-time address and contact number.

You must also make sure that you have paid all the required course fees and completed your online enrolment.

Please note that if you were issued with a new passport between the time you submitted your visa application and the time you travelled to the UK, you must upload your new passport onto your Enroly CAS Shield account.

When you arrive on campus

After you have uploaded all your documents onto your Enroly CAS Shield account, updated your eVision account with your UK term-time address and contact number and paid all the required course fees, you must arrive on campus immediately after your arrival in the UK (and well before the latest enrolment date stated above). This is to ensure that you complete your right to study checks with the Visa and Compliance team, as well as your face-to-face enrolment with the Registry (Student Records) team. After you have completed both these steps, you will be issued with your student card.

You must bring the following with you to the campus: 

• Your original passport
• Your boarding pass if you did not get a passport entry stamp at the UK border
• Your University username and password (please do not share your details with anyone. You will only need these details if you are required to log into your CAS Shield or e:Vision account to add or update any information during your enrolment)
• Your UK contact number and proof of your UK term-time address (if you have it)

After you have completed your right to study checks with the Visa and Compliance team, you will be directed to the Registry (Student Records) team to complete your face-to-face enrolment and to obtain your Student ID card.

EU, EEA or Swiss students with Settled or Pre-settled status

If you have Settled or Pre-settled status you must do the following:

Before you travel to the UK

1. Email the following documents to the Visa and Compliance team via the Student Hub (please make sure to state your full name, student ID number and the name of the document you are attaching in the subject heading of your email): 
   • Your passport ID page
   • UKVI decision letter/email confirming your Settled/Pre-settled status
   • Your eVisa share code

You can obtain your share code on the gov.uk eVisas: access and use your online immigration status webpage. When choosing the purpose of the check, please make sure that you select the option 'something else'. Please do not choose any other purpose, such as work or rent, as these codes will not work for checking your right to study, and this will delay your enrolment.

You must also make sure that you have paid all the required course fees and completed your online enrolment. 

After you arrive in the UK and before you arrive on campus

1. Email the following documents to the Visa and Compliance team via the Student Hub (please make sure to state your full name and student ID number in the subject heading of your email):
   • Your passport entry stamp page you obtained at the UK border
   • Your boarding pass if you did not get a passport entry stamp at the UK border
2. Ensure that you have completed your eVision account with your UK term-time address and contact number. If you do not have a permanent UK term-time address or contact number yet, then please provide the details of the temporary term-time address and contact number you will be using in the meantime. You must then update your eVision account once you have your permanent term-time address and contact number.

You must also make sure that you have paid all the required course fees and completed your online enrolment.

Please note that if you were issued with a new passport between the time you submitted your visa application and the time you travelled to the UK, you must upload your new passport onto your Enroly CAS Shield account.

When you arrive on campus

After you have emailed the Visa and Compliance team all your documents and paid all the required course fees, you must arrive on campus to complete your right to study checks with the Visa and Compliance team, as well as your face-to-face enrolment with the Registry (Student Records) team/ After you have completed both these steps, you will be issued with your student ID card.

You must bring the following with you to campus:

• Your original passport
• Your boarding pass if you did not get a passport entry stamp at the UK border
• Your University username and password (please do not share your details with anyone. You will only need these details if you are required to log into your e:Vision account to add or update any information during your enrolment)
• Your UK contact number and proof of your UK term-time address (if you have it)

After you have completed your right to study checks with the Visa team, you will be directed to the Registry (Student Records) team to complete your enrolment and to obtain your Student ID card. 

Standard Visitor Visa holder students

Before you travel to the UK

1. Email the following documents to the Visa and Compliance team via the Student Hub (please make sure to state your full name, student ID number and the name of the document you are attaching in the subject heading of your email):
   • UKVI decision letter/email (for visa nationals)
   • Your 6 months visa vignette (for visa nationals)
   • Confirmation of your Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) for non-visa nationals (if you have been issued with one)
   • eVisa share code for any students who will be studying an 11-month English course

If you will be studying an 11-month English course: You can obtain your share code on the gov.uk Share code webpage. When choosing the purpose of the check, please make sure that you select the option 'something else'. Please do not choose any other purpose, such as work or rent, as these codes will not work for checking your right to study, and this will delay your enrolment.

After you arrive in the UK and before you arrive on campus

1. Email the following documents to the Visa and Compliance team via the Student Hub (please make sure to state your full name and student ID number in the subject heading of your email):
   • Your stamped 6 months visa vignette (for visa nationals)
   • The passport page with the entry stamp you obtained at the UK border (for non-visa nationals)
   • Your boarding pass if you did not get a passport entry stamp at the UK border (for non-visa nationals)
   • Your passport ID page
2. Ensure that you have completed your e:Vision account with your UK term-time address and contact number. If you do not have a permanent UK term-time address or contact number yet, then please provide the details of the temporary term-time address and contact number you will be using in the meantime. You must then update your e:Vision account once you have your permanent term-time address and contact number. 

You must also make sure that you have paid all the required course fees and completed your online enrolment.

Please note that if you were issued with a new passport between the time you submitted your visa application and the time you travelled to the UK, you must email your new passport to the Visa and Compliance team via the Student Hub.

When you arrive on campus

After you have emailed the Visa and Compliance team all your documents and paid all the required course fees, you must arrive on campus to complete your right to study checks with the Visa and Compliance team on or before the latest enrolment date. 

You must bring with you to campus:

• Your original passport
• Your University username and password (please do not share your details with anyone. You will only need these details if you are required to log into your e:Vision account to add or update any information during your enrolment)
• Your contact number and proof of your term-time address (if you have it)
• Your boarding pass if you did not get a passport entry stamp at the UK border (for non-visa nationals)

After you have completed your right to study checks with the Visa and Compliance team, you will be directed to the Registry (Student Records) team to complete your enrolment and to obtain your Student ID card.

Visa and Compliance team campus location

York Campus: Lord Mayor's Walk, York, YO31 7EX

London Campus: 6th Floor, Export Building, 1 Clove Cres, London, E14 2BA

Further details about the campus location and times of the Visa and Compliance team and the Registry (Student Records) team will be provided in due course.