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The visa letter

This page explains what a visa letter is.

Your approved education provider must issue you a visa letter for you to be able to apply as a student. The visa letter is confirmation of your unconditional offer of a place on a course of study. You must have a visa letter when you apply, or your application will be refused.

Later on in 2009, approved education providers will start using our new IT system to start issuing confirmation of acceptance for studies, which is an electronic number, to allow you to apply for a student visa.

More information

  • What is the visa letter?

    Your approved education provider will give you a visa letter. which is an official and unconditional offer of a place on a course of study.

  • Confirmation of acceptance for studies

    Approved education providers will start issuing confirmation of acceptance for studies which will replace visa letters once the sponsorship management system is implemented. This will be an electronic reference number and will contain all the same information that is currently in the visa letter, to issue the confirmation of acceptance for studies.