studying in the uk

 

in this video we will look at the top

 

five most common questions that are

 

asked studying in the UK for  student visa interviews and

 

I'm gonna help you plan fantastic

 

answers they're going to increase the

 

chances of being successful so let's

 

start by looking at what entry clearance

 

officers are really listening out for

 

and what they're gonna do with that

 

information so there's certain things

 

that if they start hearing or thinking

 

they're going to lead them towards a

 

refusal decision so if you've got a

 

contradiction with the application

 

that's gonna be a big problem because

 

that's suggesting dishonesty so make

 

sure you know exactly what's on your

 

application form because you don't wanna

 

be seeing something different because

 

that is a big red flag if you can't

 

speak English properly and you're saying

 

that you're gonna be doing a UK degree

 

and you're English and the interview

 

doesn't match up with the English

 

representations that you've got with

 

your English tests and what you put in

 

the application form that's gonna be a

 

problem if you're just missing really

 

fundamental knowledge like you just

 

don't know very much about your

 

University choice that's gonna be a big

 

problem and overall if they are not

 

convinced if there's more than a 50%

 

chance that you're not a genuine student

 

that is going to lead them to a refusal

 

decision there's certain things that are

 

going to lead to a little bit more

 

scrutiny but in and of themselves are

 

not entirely going to cause a refusal

 

it's somewhere in between so minor

 

inconsistencies where something that you

 

said in the forum isn't exactly what

 

you're seeing in the interview there's a

 

slight difference that could cause more

 

scrutiny so you want to be very clear

 

and exactly what you prove on the form

 

and if you have any differences between

 

that you're gonna have to highlight that

 

and explain it away because you do not

 

want to be contradicting anything you

 

put in an application form if you've got

 

weak English that's gonna cause a little

 

bit of additional scrutiny the way to

 

get around that is make sure you've

 

prepared really well for your interview

 

poor knowledge of your course or

 

university that's just another red flag

 

and if you just got weak evidence for

 

example they ask you about your funding

 

sources and you haven't ever really

 

added it up properly then it's gonna

 

think well if you really thought this

 

through and it tends lends them a little

 

bit towards the idea that maybe you're

 

not a genuine student because genuine

 

students should have

 

worked out all of their finances before

 

they got to the interview stage on the

 

other hand here are some good signs if

 

you've got well evidence funds and you

 

prove with a very high level of

 

certainty that you're definitely gonna

 

be able to fund your visa that's great

 

no intention of working in the UK is a

 

slight positive because they're looking

 

for people who are genuine students and

 

if you're coming here to work that's not

 

entirely matching up with a student but

 

it's not currently banned you can do a

 

little bit of work in the UK Wireless

 

student so you don't have to say you're

 

not gonna work if you do have to work to

 

support yourself you can have to be

 

honest on that but no intention of

 

working is a slight positive strong

 

links to home country career is a slow

 

positive because it shows that you're

 

more likely to return at the end

 

academic excellence you know if you've

 

got an amazing track record at school

 

that's a really good positive because

 

that's very much associated with genuine

 

students perfect match for the

 

application form so you've studied the

 

application form you know exactly what

 

you've said and there is no

 

contradictions and it's totally

 

consistent is really good and if you're

 

showing really great fluent English

 

that's another good sign and one of the

 

ways to improve your English fluency in

 

the interview is to be very well

 

prepared to have planned out your

 

answers and thought about what you're

 

saying

 

so you're not gonna have to think in

 

your home language and then translate it

 

and start speaking you're gonna have it

 

planned out and that's going to be

 

massively helpful to boxes you need to

 

take to get the visa is you have to show

 

you're a genuine student and that you're

 

going to comply with the restrictions of

 

the visa so look up the current

 

restrictions around working and how long

 

the visa is in duration and make sure

 

you convince them that you're going to

 

satisfy those restrictions and you are a

 

genuine student if you take those two

 

boxes they have to give you the the visa

 

because you have met the requirements

 

but the biggest rule is to be honest

 

some of the things that I might suggest

 

in this video our things that are

 

helpful and our positives for example no

 

intention of working but that's not the

 

honest answer that is not what you're

 

going to say you're gonna say whatever

 

is the honest answer and if you are a

 

genuine student you should have nothing

 

to be afraid of if you are dishonest in

 

this interview it can lead to a 10-year

 

ban on entry into the UK so make sure

 

you're honest there's big consequences

 

for not being honest so let's move on

 

and look at the actual question so

 

question one what are your career plans

 

after graduation and this is one where

 

you definitely have to have thought

 

through because if you're spending an

 

enormous amount of money and coming to

 

the UK to go to a university but you

 

haven't thought about why and what

 

you're going to do with this

 

qualification that is a big negative

 

sign so that's why they asked it so a

 

good thing to do is talk about the links

 

to your home country so how is getting

 

this degree going to further your career

 

in your home country because you won't

 

be giving them an idea that you're

 

likely to return you don't have to you

 

may be able to get sponsorship and stay

 

but you want to also talk about what

 

that could do in your home country which

 

you don't know whether you're gonna be

 

staying or whether you're going to be

 

going back you want to make sure it's

 

very well researched a good tip on this

 

is to call earnings in your home

 

currency it's just a little tip that

 

you're not thinking all about coming

 

here to live that there is the

 

possibility that should you not get the

 

sponsorship perhaps that you are going

 

to return so always talking about

 

returning is is a positive unless that's

 

not the genuine answer but you should be

 

aware of the UK potential and your home

 

country potential and a link to your

 

past experience is a very strong link so

 

if you've been working in a certain

 

career then you're doing a job linked to

 

that career they can see exactly why

 

you're coming to the UK to do that and

 

how getting this degree is going to

 

further your career so it makes a lot of

 

sense so if you get those three elements

 

in your answer it's gonna be a strong

 

answer and you're gonna get through that

 

question and satisfy them you know why

 

you're doing this degree and how it

 

matches with your career so let's look a

 

question - how will you fund your

 

studies and this is one of the easiest

 

questions to answer if you've done your

 

preparation so basically you're just got

 

going to show that your costs and the

 

money coming in are balanced and if you

 

sure those are balanced you're gonna

 

pass this question because you satisfied

 

it so you're going to know exactly what

 

the rent is so you're gonna have looked

 

at the price of living you're going to

 

know your tuition

 

from memory and you're gonna take an

 

estimate for food costs and I would say

 

currently if you look at the date in

 

this video I would say a hundred pound a

 

month would be a reasonable estimate but

 

you're gonna check up on that and then

 

you gotta have a buffer of a few hundred

 

pound a month left over for everything

 

else so for example the rent might be

 

500 months at six thousand tuition fees

 

have say twenty thousand food if a

 

hundred a month that's one thousand two

 

hundred and then you put a buffer in so

 

you might say something like you're

 

budgeting on twenty eight thousand pound

 

and then you're gonna have to show that

 

you have over that in savings

 

sponsorship family support or

 

scholarships and if you can make those

 

two numbers balanced you're gonna be

 

successful so it suggests just writing

 

out all of those numbers have that

 

prepared maybe even type it up in a

 

table and bring it with you and that's

 

going to show them that you've got all

 

the money that you need and you're not

 

gonna have to rely on public funds which

 

you are not allowed to do question three

 

do you plan to work in the UK and so

 

there's a good answer and a bad answer

 

you must check the current visa

 

restrictions currently you are allowed

 

to mark a certain number of hours not

 

very much and so if your funding falls

 

short slightly then you may have to talk

 

about working in the UK it's not a cause

 

for refusal if it's allowed under the

 

terms of the visa but it will make them

 

think a little bit more so ideally you

 

would be saying no or possibly or talk

 

about the restrictions of the visa and

 

how you're definitely not gonna exceed

 

that ideally you would be fully funded

 

so you wouldn't need to work in the UK

 

and you're gonna talk about the job

 

opportunities at home as well they are

 

good things to mention and they are

 

associated with genuine students a bad

 

answer yes is not a cause for a refusal

 

as long as it's associated with doing a

 

course and you're doing a very small

 

number of hours if you're not familiar

 

with the rules and you're saying you

 

know work 20 hours a week when 20 hours

 

a week is not allowed if you've got huge

 

funding shortfall that's gonna cause a

 

lot of problems so if you couldn't get

 

anywhere close to funding your studies

 

without working that's going to cause a

 

lot of additional scrutiny so for

 

example if your tuition fees are 20,000

 

and you've got three thousand to your

 

name that's probably gonna result in a

 

refusal you have to be able to fund your

 

studies and if you can't do that that's

 

going to be a big problem and any

 

indication that you're gonna break the

 

visa rules around working so giving the

 

impression that you're coming to the UK

 

not as a genuine student or that you've

 

already lined up a job that clearly

 

would not be consistent with being a

 

student then that's going to be a big

 

problem so make sure you're complying

 

with the UK's laws around working during

 

your studies so know them sure

 

compliance with it

 

focus on ideally as much of the

 

positives as you can and avoid any of

 

the negative so if you've got a funding

 

shortfall you that is enormous you

 

probably shouldn't be applying to the

 

visa in the first place

 

so stick to this and you should be

 

successful on this question question

 

four where do you plan to live during

 

your studies three things you're gonna

 

have to talk about is that it's

 

available it's affordable and it's

 

appropriate so you have to show that the

 

accommodation that you're looking for is

 

actually likely to be available you can

 

speak to your University and they

 

usually have schemes for foreign

 

students so that they can get

 

accommodations supplied by the

 

University that's the most strong form

 

of evidence that you can use is showing

 

that the university accommodation is

 

available you're going to look back at

 

your budget ensure that the typical rent

 

in the area where you are and your

 

income match up so you can afford it and

 

that the accommodation is appropriate so

 

you're going to be living somewhere

 

where you've got the permission to live

 

you're not going to be moving into

 

somewhere that's being sublet illegally

 

and that it is sufficient for one person

 

to live so you're not for example just

 

going to move into a hostel for a year

 

they would consider that to be a very

 

negative sign so you can assure that the

 

accommodation is likely to be available

 

that it's affordable and that it's

 

appropriate if you can take all those

 

three boxes you're going to be

 

successful whether you

 

availability 1 you don't necessarily

 

have to show that you've got it 100%

 

fully booked and do one else can have it

 

it has to be reasonable that there is

 

some accommodation that is likely to be

 

present for you so moving on to question

 

5 why did you choose this university and

 

one of the questions that I've heard of

 

being asked is an entry clearance

 

officer putting up a map and saying can

 

you point to the University and you know

 

someone might point in Ireland when it

 

is you know in London so you want to

 

know where your university is on a map

 

just as a very basic level of knowledge

 

you know sure that the course and the

 

university is linked to your interests a

 

great thing that you could do is know

 

some names of some professors know their

 

research interests and know the courses

 

that they teach and talk about how that

 

got you interest in the university think

 

about what is special about this

 

university is it a research led

 

University has it got a gold rated

 

teaching and learning award something

 

that makes that university in that

 

department standout is really special

 

know exactly where it is on the

 

international rankings a great thing

 

that you can do is compare it to your

 

home universities and if you can sure

 

that you university that you've been

 

given an offer in Britain is superior to

 

the University in your home country that

 

you got an offer from the story of I'm

 

coming to the UK to go University and

 

not doing at home is much stronger

 

because you go well you wouldn't accept

 

the one at home when you've got this

 

much better University in the UK so you

 

ensure that contrast that's a really

 

great thing to say the strongest bit of

 

evidence would be talking about having

 

already visited the University but

 

that's unlikely and not required so if

 

you get as high up this pyramid as you

 

can you're likely to be successful in

 

this question so hopefully this video

 

has been very useful to you and helped

 

you prepare for your UK student visa and

 

finally thank you very much for watching

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