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What documents do I need for Pre-Enrolment?

When you are completing Pre-Enrolment, you are asked to upload certain documents that we are required to check as part of Queen Mary Enrolment:

  • Photo Upload - Upload a photo of yourself
  • ID Upload - Upload documentation that proves your identity and nationality. If you do not have a valid identification document, you may need to apply for one before you can enrol.

The page provides guidance on what we require. Please click on the link to be taken to the relevant information:

A Photo of Yourself

All students must upload a photo of themselves within the 'Photo Upload' section of the Pre-Enrolment task. This photo is used for your Student Record and Student ID Card and must be a .jpg file type.

We must be able to recognise that the photo is of you when we compare it to your identity document, such as your passport. Therefore, please ensure that the photo of yourself you choose to upload is recognisable as you and has not been edited or filtered. We will not be able to proceed with your enrolment if we are not confident that it is you in both your photo and identification document.

Full guidance on what constitutes a suitable image is available in the task.

Evidence of identity and nationality - British and Irish Citizens

If you are a British or Irish Citizen, you must upload one of the following valid documents under 'ID Upload':

  • The biographical details page from your passport; or
  • the front and back of your Irish passport card.

OR any of the following documents, when accompanied with additional photographic identification:

  • Full UK birth certificate, which must include your names and the names of at least one of your parents
  • Full UK adoption certificate, which must include your names and the names of at least one of your parents
  • Certificate of naturalisation as a British Citizen
  • A birth or adoption certificate issued in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Ireland.

Acceptable forms of photographic identification for use in combination with the above certificates include a provisional or full photocard driving licence issued by an EU country, an Armed Forces Identity card or a proof of age card with the PASS logo.

This guidance is very important as the university will not be able to proceed with Queen Mary Enrolment if you do not provide us with a form of identification as outlined above.

Evidence of identity and nationality - Other British nationals

If you are a British overseas territories citizen, a British overseas citizen, a British subject, a British national (overseas) or a British protected person, you do not normally have an automatic right to live or work in the UK.

When you complete Pre-Enrolment, you will need to provide the following under 'ID Upload':

  • The biographical details page from your passport

After you arrive in the UK, our Immigration Compliance Team will contact you and ask you to provide evidence that you have immigration permission or a status that permits you to study your programme at QMUL. If you are unable to provide evidence that you have immigration permission or a status that permits you to study your programme at QMUL, you will be de-registered.

For examples of the documents you will need to show in specific circumstances please see the international students section of our website. 

Evidence of identity and nationality - Other nationals

If you are not a British or Irish Citizen, you will need to provide one of the following under 'ID Upload':

  • The biographical details page from your passport; or
  • valid travel document; or
  • application registration document (both sides)

Important: Please do not upload the UKVI Entry Clearance sticker / visa vignette from your passport in Pre-Enrolment as this is not what we need to check before enrolling you. We are required to check your passport details page i.e. the page with a photo of you, your date of birth and your passport number, date of issue and expiry.

Evidence of your immigration permission or status

The following does not apply to British and Irish Citizens.

After you arrive in the UK, our Immigration Compliance Team will contact you and ask you to provide evidence that you have immigration permission or a status that permits you to study your programme at QMUL. If you are unable to provide evidence that you have immigration permission or a status that permits you to study your programme at QMUL, you will be de-registered.

For examples of the documents you will need to show in specific circumstances please see the international students section of our website. 

IMPORTANT: If you are already in the UK and are not confident that your current immigration status allows you to study at Queen Mary, please send evidence of your immigration permission (usually a sticker or stamp in your passport or a residence card) and the details page from your passport to visaverification@qmul.ac.uk as soon as possible. If you are sending us a copy of your residence card, please send us copies of the front and back of your card.

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