working in the uk during your studies

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Working in the UK during your studies

A guide for non-EEA nationals

Who is allowed to work?

If you are in the UK with student immigration permission, the visa inyour passport will state whether you are able to work during yourstudies

!ost students who are studying in the UK on a full time "ourse forlonger than # months are given a restri"tion rather than aprohibition and "an therefore work

$he rules state%

&'eave to enter ( remain in the United Kingdom on "ondition thatthe holder maintains and a""ommodates himself and anydependants without re"ourse to publi" funds and does not enter or"hange employment paid or unpaid without "onsent of the)e"retary of )tate for Employment and does not engage in businessor profession without the "onsent of the )e"retary of )tate for the*ome +epartment is hereby given for ( until spe"ied time./

If you are in the UK with student immigration permission and yourvisa or identity "ard says

01estri"ted work, p(t term time, f(t va"ations0 or your passportsti"ker says 0Work and any "hanges. must be authorised0 or 0Ableto work as authorised by the )e"retary of )tate0, you are allowed towork during your studies

If you hold immigration permission that allows you to takeemployment, you "an work up to 23 hours a week during term-timeand full-time during your holidays

If you have immigration permission that e4tends for up to four

months beyond the end of your studies, you "an work full-time forthat e4tra period on"e you have "ompleted all your studies

If you have immigration permission that is more than four monthslonger than your "ourse, you should either stop working and leavethe UK or make a new immigration appli"ation eg to swit"h intothe $ier 5 6ost )tudy Work. "ategory. when you rea"h the four-month point

7ou "an do most kinds of work, but you must not%

8 engage in business


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8 be self-employed8 provide servi"es as a professional sportsperson or entertainer8 pursue a "areer by lling a permanent full-time va"an"y

What is term-time?

$erm-time means any period when you are supposed to be doinga"ademi" work, su"h as attending "lasses and le"tures, preparingfor e4ams, doing "oursework, writing essays, a dissertation orthesis

7our holidays, when you "an work full-time, are the period when youdo not have to be doing a"ademi" work $his will be di9erentdepending on the type of "ourse you are doing

:or e4ample, if you are supposed to resear"h and write adissertation or thesis while other students are on holiday, this isterm-time for you and you should restri"t your work to 23 hours aweek *owever, if your tutor or supervisor agrees that you "an takea break for some of that period, and is happy to "onrm in writingthat this time is a holiday for you, you "an work full-time for theduration of that agreed break

Who is not allowed to work?

)ome international students are not allowed to work If you have a

prohibition on working in your passport you must not engage in anywork in the UK $his would be a brea"h of your immigration"onditions and is a "riminal o9en"e A brea"h of your "onditionssu"h as this "ould have very serious impli"ations on futureappli"ations for immigration leave

$he rules state%

&'eave to enter the United Kingdom on "ondition that the holdermaintains anda""ommodates himself and any dependents without re"ourse to

publi" funds, does not enter employment paid or unpaid and doesnot engage in any business or profession, is hereby given leavefor(until spe"ied time./

A prohibition on work is most likely to be imposed upon studentswho%

8 are in the UK to study for si4 months or less8 gained permission to enter from an immigration o;"er at a port ofentry and did

not apply for entry "learan"e or a student visa before "oming to theUK


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)tudent #,@ for the ta4 year 233B(53. 7ou alsobegin making =ational Insuran"e "ontributions when you earn above>553 a week the earnings threshold for 233B(53.If you are employed or looking for work, you must have a =ationalInsuran"e =I. number or have at least applied for one. $o apply fora =I number, you will need to telephone the Cob"entre plus =ationalInsuran"e allo"ation servi"e helpline on 3D #33 3# $hey will"onrm that you need a number and arrange for you to undertake

an eviden"e of identity interview

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