Withdrawing From Your Programme

It is a condition of your Tier 4 visa that you are actively engaging in a full time programme at Durham University. You must attend your programme and ensure that you are making the appropriate academic progression. As a Highly Trusted Sponsor the University is required by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to monitor your attendance and progression and report to them any instances where you do not meet these requirements.

Implications for your visa

From the date you withdraw from your programme, you will no longer be a registered student and the UKBA will be notifed of this. You will then have 60 days in which to make arrangements and leave the UK. Your Tier 4 visa will be curtailed after this period and you will no longer be able to use it to travel to the UK.

If you remain in the UK after this period you will be considered as an overstayer and this could have an adverse effect on any immigration applications you might make in the future.

It is essential that you advise your Department if you wish to withdraw from your programme and you may also want to discuss your situation with an Immigration Advisor as soon as possible.