Overseas Students

Frequently asked questions - click here to see a list of FAQs for Overseas Students

UK Home Office requirements

Overseas students must take a minimum of 3 papers in order to satisfy Home Office visa requirements for overseas students or be on an approved full-time undergraduate or postgraduate programme.

As an overseas students enrolling on a full-time course, you may require Home Office letters from LCA so that your visa application or requrest for a visa renewal can be processed before you enter the United Kingdom.

When submitting a completed course application form to us with appropriate fees you must request an admission letter for visa purposes at that stage.

Foreign exchange letters are also available on request.

Once a student has been admitted on an LCA course, an attendance register will be circulated in class in order to provide acceptable evidence of attendance to the Home Office. All students must ensure they complete this register in each class.

For details of the Home Office's new visa rules, read 'Making Migration Work for Britain.' (full details at: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/command-points-based-migration)

Register of Providers – Department for Education & Skills

If you are an overseas student who is interested in studying in the UK, you may know that in order to obtain a study visa, you must select a college or training institution on the Register of Providers produced by the UK Government's Department for Education & Skills (DfES). This register is a list of publicly funded and private learning genuine education and training providers in the UK. Genuine providers are defined as those assessed and validated by the DfES as part of the registration process.

London College of Accountancy is on this Register of Providers - full details may be found by visiting their website at www.dfes.gov.uk/providersregister.

International Graduates Scheme

The UK's International Graduates Scheme, effective from 1 May 2007, now enables international students who have acquired a BA (Bachelor degree), BSc, PGC, MSc or MBA in any subject from a recognised UK higher education institution such as LCA to be able to apply to stay on in the UK for up to 24 months.

This Scheme means that students who successfully complete any of LCA's academic courses (undergraduate or postgraduate) can then apply to stay on and gain valuable work experience in the UK after completing their studies. For further details of the scheme, please visit www.workingintheuk.gov.uk.

Students from Burma - you may wish to read this article from the BBC on 'Studying Accountancy in the UK.'