Adult students - Tier 4 (General)
Where to apply from inside the UK
This page explains how and where you can submit your Tier 4 (General) application from inside the UK.
You can apply from inside the UK by post, by courier or in person at one of our public enquiry offices.
If you are applying by post
You should send your completed application form, application fee and supporting documents to:
UK Border Agency
Tier 4
PO Box 180
Bootle
L80 4WG
If you need to send further documents to us after you have sent your application you should send them to:
UK Border Agency
Tier 4
PO Box 179
Bootle
L80 4WF
If you are applying by courier
You should send your completed application form, application fee and supporting documents to:
UK Border Agency
Tier 4
Millburngate House
Millburngate
Durham
DH97 1PA
Your application must arrive during normal business hours (08:30-16:30, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays), or we cannot guarantee to receive it.
As part of your application, you will need to enrol your biometric information (fingerprints and facial image). To find out more, see the Biometric information page.
If you are sending applications for your family members (also known as 'dependants') at the same time as your own application, please send all the applications together in 1 envelope - if you do this, your family members will be eligible to pay a reduced application fee. If you send any family members' applications separately or later, they must each pay the full application fee.
If you are a family member applying separately from the main applicant, you should send your form to:
UK Border Agency
PBS (Dependants)
PO Box 500
Durham
DH99 1WJ
If you are applying in person
For an additional fee, you can make your application using our premium same-day service at one of our public enquiry offices.
You can find more information in the Applying in person section.
More information
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Tier 4 (General and Child) application fees
Fee if you are applying by post in the UK Fee if you are applying in person inside the UK Fee if you are applying outside the UK Main applicant £406 £781 £298 Partner or child aged under 18 (if they are applying at the same time as the main applicant) £305 for each family member included on the main applicant's application form £680 for each family member included on the main applicant's application form £298 for each family member Partner or child aged under 18 (if they are applying later), or child aged over 18 £406 for each family member £781 for each family member £298 for each family member Main applicant - permission to change sponsor - for migrants that applied for permission to study between 31 March 2009 and 4 October 2009 £160 - -
As a Tier 4 (Child) student, you cannot bring any dependants to the UK.
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How to pay your application fee if you are inside the UK
If you are applying online, you must pay your fee online as part of your application.
If you are applying by post or courier, you can choose how to pay your application fee:
- By cheque in sterling on a UK bank account. The application form will tell you who to make the cheque payable to, you should write your full name and date of birth on the back, and attach the cheque to the front of the completed application form.
- With a UK postal order. You should write your full name and date of birth on the back, and attach the postal order to the front of the completed application form.
- With a credit or debit card - American Express, MasterCard, Visa (including Electron), Delta or Maestro (including Solo). For postal and courier payments, we accept only Maestro cards issued in the UK. You must include the card number, the amount paid, the payer's name as it appears on the card, the 'valid from' and expiry dates, the card verification value (CVV) code, the cardholder's signature and the date. The issue number is also needed for Maestro cards.
If you are applying and paying in person at a public enquiry office, you can choose how to pay your application fee. For applications made in person at a public enquiry office, the total fee includes an additional fee of £375 for each person. This includes a £100 appointment fee, which may be retained should the applicant fail to attend their appointment without good reason. Please check the relevant application form to find out if you can make an application in person.
- With a UK postal order (except at our Glasgow and Cardiff offices). You should write your full name and date of birth on the back.
- By banker's draft (except at our Glasgow and Cardiff offices).
- With a credit or debit card - American Express, MasterCard, Visa (including Electron), Delta or Maestro (including Solo). We can accept any Maestro card for payments at a public enquiry office. You must include the card number, the amount paid, the payer's name as it appears on the card, the 'valid from' and expiry dates, the card verification value (CVV) code, the cardholder's signature and the date. The issue number is also needed for Maestro cards. The cardholder must be present for the payment to be taken.
Payment by any other method is not accepted.
You must send the full amount to cover the total cost of your application. If you do not do this, your application will be invalid and will not be considered. We will return your application and part payment to you.
We start considering the application when the payment has cleared. Payments are cleared:
- after 5 working days for cheques
- after 1 working day for credit or debit cards
- immediately for postal orders
Please note that, if you are making numerous payments using your credit card, the anti-fraud measures that banks operate sometimes stop payment being taken. This may be because you have exceeded the maximum limit on a single transaction or the number of transactions allowed in a given period of time. You must ensure that you contact your bank in advance, so that the bank will allow the full payment to be taken without any problems when you submit your applications.
Payment information on the application form
It is very important that you complete the payment section of the application form correctly. If this section contains errors, we will not be able to process your payment. This will mean that your application is invalid.
Application forms
Policy guidance for Tier 4 students
- Tier 4 policy guidance PDF 690KB opens in a new window