Visa information

More information on the Graduate Visa can be found here.

Specialist Immigration Advice here: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/welfare/visas-international-advice/specialist-immigration/

Start-up visa: https://www.gov.uk/start-up-visa

Skilled Worker visa: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Higher Potential Individual (HPI) visa: https://www.gov.uk/high-potential-individual-visa

All current visa information is updated and maintained by the Advice and Counselling specialist team here.

These blogs are written by the Visa team and are continuously updated to reflect new information:

https://qmulintadvice.wordpress.com/2023/01/13/planning-to-apply-for-the-graduate-route-post-study-work-visa/

https://qmulintadvice.wordpress.com/2023/01/04/re-assessments-in-may-2023-and-eligibility-for-the-graduate-route/

For money and practical advice, or for student immigration advice, and/or to request an appointment  please log an enquiry via AskQM please refer to Instructions on how to submit an enquiry. We offer appointments in-person on Mile End campus, online via Microsoft Teams, or telephone. 

• Log into AskQM, click on the Home tab at the top of the page followed by the ‘new enquiry button’. Please select 'Advice and Counselling Service' as the enquiry category and then select the relevant subcategory. You can then proceed to answer the questions and complete the free text box.  

If you are a prospective student and/or applicant and would like to contact the Advice and Counselling Service for confidential Welfare or International Advice.  Please go to the AskQM webpage And select Contact us at the top of the page.  You will need to select Advice and Counselling Service as the enquiry category then select your subcategory as appropriate. You can then proceed to answer the questions on the form. 

You are encouraged to visit our detailed Money and Practical Advice webpages and our Visas and International Student Advice webpages for guidance. Our website also explains how we work and our professional standards. 

Advice and Counselling Service have a lot of guidance on our webpages that we encourage you to read.  If after reading the guidance you have questions about it, or you could not find the information you need, please contact the service.  

Please check the contact page for their location, phone number, and web form. The web form asks you to explain your question(s). We can then reply to you by email. Or we can offer you an appointment. You can choose whether this takes place online (Teams), in person (at the Mile End campus), or by phone. Or, if you have a quick query, you can book yourself a 15 minute online drop in slot for current students and applicants.   

Please note that we may not always be able to answer your questions in the appointment. Sometimes (especially if your situation is more complex) we may need to check information after the appointment and then email advice to you. Or we can offer you further appointments if that would be helpful.   

There is no limit to the number of advice appointments you can have. Students often come back for further advice later in their course. This might be because a new issue has come up, or there is something still unresolved from the first time they contacted us.  

Please contact us as early as possible so that we can provide you with timely and accurate advice. It is important to avoid overstaying your visa in the UK. However, don’t hesitate to contact us, at any stage: we are here to help. 

If you are looking for specialist visa, wellbeing or other support after you graduate, there are a number of external sources you can use: 

• External Organisations
• UKCISA
• Registered immigration adviser