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CONTENTS        WELCOME         BE PREPARED          KICKSTART         YOUR ARRIVAL       WELCOME WEEK      5 WAYS TO BE WELL     STUDENT LIFE         CHECKLIST







               Entry Clearance Vignette                        In all other cases your entry clearance vignette
                                                               will usually be stamped at the border to prove
               If you’re from a country outside the EU, EEA    your entry to the UK.
               or Switzerland you will have a sticker placed
               in your passport which is your Entry Clearance
               Vignette. Do not travel to the UK before you    Biometric Residence Permit
               have the vignette in your passport and do       (BRP)
               not travel before the start date of the entry   If you’re from a country outside the EU, EEA or
               clearance. Dates on the vignette will be shown   Switzerland you will be issued with a BRP. Your
               the Day/Month/Year format.                      BRP is a credit card sized document that serves

                                                               as your visa for the duration of your studies.
               Entering the UK                                 You will need to collect your BRP once you’re
                                                               in the UK, before the expiry date on your Entry
               If you’re a national of an EU country, Australia,
               Canada, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, New      Clearance Vignette.
               Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea,        If you used the RVC’s collection location code
               Switzerland or the US you can use eGates to     in your visa application your BRP will be sent
               enter the UK. This means your passport won’t    directly to the RVC. Student Records will send
               get stamped at the border. Please retain your   you an email to confirm your BRP has arrived,
               boarding card, ticket or booking confirmation to   and you’ll be able to collect it at enrolment.
               prove the date you travelled into the UK; we’ll   If you’ve used the RVC’s collection location
               need to see it at enrolment.                    code in a dependent visa application as well
               If you enter the Republic of Ireland before     as your own you will also be able to collect
               traveling on to the UK you will have travelled   your dependent’s BRP at enrolment and your
               through the Common Travel Area (CTA) and        dependent does not need to come with you.
               your passport won’t get stamped at the UK       Please bring your dependent’s passport and
               border. Please retain your boarding card, ticket   proof of entry to the UK with you.
               or booking confirmation to prove the date       If you did not use the RVC’s collection code
               you travelled into the UK; we’ll need to see it   your BRP will be sent to a Post Office near the
               at enrolment.                                   UK address you used in your visa application.




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