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Getting in contact with an advisor

Appointments can be made Monday-Friday from 10:00 – 16:00

International Student Advisory Service
16 Portland Villas
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus PL4 8AA

Email: international.advice@plymouth.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1752 587740

You can also book an appointment online here (http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=22808 )

Passport & ID Cards

If you have made a Tier 4(G) application, and have attended your biometric appointment, then your ID card should be returned to you approximately 4 or 5 weeks after your biometric appointment. Everyone at ISAS and the UKBA is working hard to process your application. Here is some information that may help you:

• Unfortunately they are unable to answer questions about your friends passport or visa due to the Date Protection Act. He/she will need to email or speak to them directly.
• Please do not book a flight unless you have recieved your passport and ID card. If your passport and card are not back in time, you will not be able to travel and may lose your money.
• The staff at the Home Office deal with visas at different speeds so do not worry if your friend has received their passport and card back before yours, even if he sent it in after you.
• It is very difficult to get your passport back early from the Home Office so please make sure that you do not make plans to travel for at the least 2 months from the submission of your visa extension application.

The normal processing time for visa applications, so far:

Once UKBA have recieved  your application it is usually 4 or 5 weeks before your passport is returned to them. Once they have received your passport it will take approximately 1 or 2 weeks for your ID card to be sent to them.

If there is any errors on your new visa we will do our best to help you, however we cannot be held responsible for the work done by the UK Border Agency. The totel amount of time from submitting your application to an Advisor, to receiving your passport and ID card is approximately 8-12 weeks.

If you applied before the end of October 2009 and have not recieved your bimetric letter then please email them with your name and student number to : international.advice@plymouth.ac.uk

If you attended your biometric appointment more than 6 weeks ago, then please email internaitonal.advice@plymouth.ac.uk with your name and student number

Summer Time Accomodation

If you are interested in Summer time accomodation from late June to early September you can contact Debbie Moss by phone 01752 588599 or by email: summer-accomodation@plymouth.ac.uk