樱花动漫

New students: When you have met all the conditions of your offer, received an unconditional offer from Admissions, and firmly accepted your place at the University (including paying your deposit, if required), you will receive an invite into the CAS Shield system to complete your CAS application. This will include your Pre-CAS interview if required. This will happen automatically and you do not need to request a CAS. CAS issuing timeframes can be found in the section above.

Continuing students: If you need to extend your visa during your studies, International Student Advice are responsible for your new CAS and can also assist you with your visa application. Please contact International Student Advice to request a new CAS.

You do not need to pay any tuition fees before your CAS is issued, unless you will be studying a taught Master's programme. Master's students must pay a £2500 tuition fee deposit unless in receipt of official sponsorship or a US federal loan. We cannot start the CAS process until your deposit payment has been processed, or until your sponsor letter (or US Loan) has been approved by the Finance team.

• Tuition fee deposit: Information on how to pay is here. Please note it can take up to 10 working days for your payment to be cleared and for confirmation of receipt to be sent by Admissions. We will be unable to start the CAS process until your tuition fee deposit has been processed by the Finance team and confirmed by the Postgraduate Admissions team.
• Sponsored students: Please send your financial guarantee letter to the Postgraduate Admissions team. We will be unable to start the CAS process until your deposit has been waived by Admissions following approval of your sponsor letter by the Finance team. Further details on the Finance team's requirements for a financial guarantee letter can be found here (see 'Sponsored students' section)

Any fees paid in addition to your tuition fee deposit will not be automatically listed in CAS Shield. Please include any payments you have already made in the Finance section of your CAS Application on CAS Shield, and we will check whether these have cleared and can be included on your CAS.

No, if your course requires ATAS clearance (which will be stated on your offer), the CAS cannot be issued until your ATAS clearance has been granted. This is a UK government requirement. Please see our ATAS page for further information. 

No, once you receive your results, please send them to Admissions. They will assess whether you have met all your offer conditions and update your offer accordingly. Please note, this can take a little longer during busy periods. Once you have received and firmly accepted an unconditional offer from Admissions, you will automatically receive an invite into the CAS Shield platform to complete your CAS application, you do not need to contact us to request this. CAS issuing timeframes can be found at the top of this page.

Legally, we cannot issue a CAS before a student has met our academic and English requirements and received an unconditional offer. Where visa delays prevent a student from arriving on time, a slightly later registration/arrival date may sometimes be permitted (usually no more than 2 or 3 weeks after the course start date). If you experience visa delays and think you will arrive late, you should check when the latest registration/arrival date is for your course and the process for requesting a late start.

You can correct any errors in your CAS application directly within CAS Shield. If you get stuck at any point, Message the CAS team within CAS Shield and we will help.

If your CAS Statement has already been issued but now needs updating, please Message the CAS team on CAS Shield. Please include details of the update, and attach any relevant evidence (e.g. a copy of your passport to update your passport number, or a payment confirmation to update fees payments). If you're unsure whether your CAS is correct, we would recommend that you read the FAQ sections below. We find that many of our students have similar queries about the CAS so hopefully the answer to your question will be below.

The name on your CAS must match the name on your passport. You should amend your name on your CAS application in CAS Shield so that the details match your passport. If you have already received your CAS Statement, please send a Message to the CAS team in CAS Shield so an amendment can be made to your live CAS record.

If your passport number is incorrect on your CAS application on CAS Shield, simply amend the passport section with your new passport number and upload a copy of your new passport in the Documents section. We will then ensure that your CAS statement is issued with your up-to-date passport details.

If you receive a new passport after receiving your CAS statement, please Message the CAS team via CAS Shield, ensuring that you include a copy/photo of the ID page of your new passport. We will then add a sponsor note to your CAS confirming your new passport number.

Your CAS needs to be issued for the exact course you will be studying, so if you are requesting a change of programme (before starting your course or applying for your visa), or if you think the course you have been offered is not correct, please contact Admissions who will be able to consider your change of programme request. We cannot issue your CAS until Admissions have made a decision on your change of course request. If you are granted a change of programme, you will receive a new CAS Shield invite.

Please note, if you change course after registering on your programme and/or after applying for your visa, the process is different, please see our website for further details.

The start date in your offer email is the start of teaching. However, for courses starting at the beginning of the academic year in September, the CAS start date is 9 days earlier as it includes the arrivals weekend and Welcome Week. This is the standard CAS start date for all students starting in September. For Master’s courses starting in January, the CAS start date is 2 days earlier as it includes the arrivals weekend. You should include the CAS course start date on your visa application rather than the start date listed in your offer email. This does not mean that you have to arrive for Welcome Week/arrivals weekend, it just means you can if you wish to.

Courses which don’t start in September (or January for Master’s students) will have a CAS start date which matches the offer email, as there won’t be a Welcome Week or arrivals weekend.

The standard PhD submission deadline is after 4 years, which is the end date in your offer email. However, your viva and any required amendments (usually 3-6 months) will take place after your submission deadline. CAS are therefore issued for 4.5 years to ensure these can take place. This means that the end date on your CAS will be 6 months later than the end date listed in your offer email. You should input the CAS end date on your visa application rather than the end date in your offer email.

If you wish your CAS end date to be shortened to 4 years, you can request this by emailing us. We strongly advise against this due to the risk of not being able to complete within 4 years and potentially needing to submit a costly visa extension application, so you will need to confirm in writing that you understand and accept these risks. Please also send a Message in CAS Shield to alert us that you are sending an email with this request.

The ‘sponsor’ in ‘Sponsor Notes’ is referring to the University as a Student visa sponsor, it does not refer to financial sponsorship. This section is used only to update students’ CAS statements on the UKVI system if an amendment is required after the CAS is issued, such as if a student gets a new passport and we need to note the new passport number. If you are receiving financial sponsorship from an external source (i.e. not from the 樱花动漫), we will not list this on your CAS, and you will instead need a sponsor letter as evidence that you meet the Student visa financial requirements. 

Funding provided by the 樱花动漫 will not be listed in the ‘Sponsor notes’ section either, it will instead be listed under ‘Section 3: Documentation used as Evidence…’ (see below for further details).

In most cases, no. The CAS needs to list the qualifications that the University has used to assess that you are qualified to study your course. We therefore only list the main qualifications Admissions have based your offer on, e.g. 3 A Level subjects or, if you have more than one degree, the main degree that your offer was based on. Many students will therefore find that some of their current or previous qualifications are not included on the CAS, this is not a problem as the key qualifications used to make the offer will be listed.

We do not list academic grades on the CAS statement as we are not required to do this, your CAS will list the title/subject of your academic qualification(s) but not the grade(s) achieved. We will only ever include your English Language grade on the CAS, as we are required to include this.

If you will be studying a course that is at degree-level or above (including Undergraduate, Masters and Doctorate level qualifications), you do not need to provide evidence of your qualifications (such as certificates or transcripts) with your Student visa application. The University must have seen and checked these documents before issuing your CAS, but it is no longer a requirement that you then submit them to UK Visas and Immigration.

If you are applying to study a degree level programme at the 樱花动漫 (rather than Exeter International Study Centre), you will not require a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as a UKVI approved IELTS test. As a recognised Higher Education Institution (HEI), we are permitted by UKVI to make our own assessment of a student’s English Language ability, meaning that we can accept a variety of Non-SELTs for entry onto our degree programmes. The full version of your CAS statement on the UKVI system will always confirm that a SELT is not required, and will list the reason as ‘The Higher Education Institution (HEI) sponsor has made assessment’ (unless you are exempt from English due to being a national of a majority English speaking country, or holding a UK degree).

No, this is a generic statement which we are required to include on all CAS (except where students are exempt from English) to confirm that applicants have met the minimum B2 level for degree level study required by UKVI, it is not specific to each student’s individual English test scores, therefore we would not need to amend this.

If you are receiving a 樱花动漫 scholarship, please include this in the Finance section of your CAS application on CAS Shield. We will check this against our scholarship database and ensure that it is included on your issued CAS.

If you are receiving financial sponsorship from an external source (i.e. not from the 樱花动漫), we will not list this on your CAS, and you will instead need a sponsor letter as evidence that you meet the Student visa financial requirements. 

The ‘tuition fees paid’ section lists any tuition fee payments you have already made to the University, including any tuition fee deposits. In your CAS application on CAS Shield, only tuition fee deposit payments will be automatically listed, other payments will not appear. You can list any additional payments you've made in the Finance section of your CAS application in CAS Shield and we will check these to see if they have cleared with the University. If they have, we will let you know and include them on your issued CAS.

University owned accommodation: Accommodation payments made to the University will not appear on your CAS application on CAS Shield. Please let any payments you have made in the Finance section of your CAS application in CAS Shield and we will check if they have cleared with the University. If they have, we will ensure they are included on your CAS. Please bear in mind, however, that you can deduct a maximum of £1,483  from the total you need to show for your visa application, please see our Student visa - Money page for more information.

Private accommodation: We cannot include payments made to private accommodation providers on the CAS, only payments made to the University for University owned accommodation can be included.

If you pay any tuition or accommodation fees after your CAS is issued, your CAS can be updated once we have confirmation from our Student Finance Team that the payment has been received. This can take at least 5 working days (or 10 working days for Convera payments). We will send you a new CAS statement to confirm. If you have made a payment more than 5 working days ago and your CAS has not been updated, please contact casteam@exeter.ac.uk with confirmation of the payment or send us a Message on CAS Shield.

Please be aware – if you make additional tuition fee or accommodation payments in the 5 working days before a visa appointment these may not appear on your CAS by the time of your appointment. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have sufficient funds for your visa application – the University accepts no responsibility if your CAS is not updated in time for your visa application.

We are required to check that you meet UKVI’s academic progression rules regarding previous UK study. Please see our Immigration and visas page (academic progression section) for more information.