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🇬🇧 UK Student visa
UK Student Visa Bank Balance & Proof of Funds
How much money Indian students must show for the UK Student visa, and how to show it.
- UK Student visa
- Funds: Outstanding first-year tuition plus £1
- Interview: Possible
- File review & mock interview
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UK student visa bank balance (proof of funds): the short answer
Outstanding first-year tuition plus £1,529 a month in London or £1,171 elsewhere (up to 9 months), held for 28 consecutive days. For a typical program that's about £31,539 (≈ ₹40 lakh).
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Official sources: GOV.UK — Student visa
UK Student visa at a glance
- Visa
- UK Student visa
- Fee
- £524 application fee (from outside the UK) plus the Immigration Health Surcharge of £776 a year of the visa
- Processing
- Usually about 3 weeks from your biometrics appointment; priority services cost extra
- Funds
- Outstanding first-year tuition plus £1,529 a month in London or £1,171 elsewhere (up to 9 months), held for 28 consecutive days
- Interview
- Possible — a short credibility interview with the university or UKVI
- Dependants
- Taught master's students can no longer bring dependants; only postgraduate research students can
Funds
How much to show
Ways to show funds
Accepted forms of proof
Education loan
A sanction letter from a bank or NBFC.
Fixed deposits
FDs in the student's or parents' names.
Scholarships
An award letter stating the amount.
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£524 application fee (from outside the UK) plus the Immigration Health Surcharge of £776 a year of the visa
Usually about 3 weeks from your biometrics appointment; priority services cost extra
Outstanding first-year tuition plus £1,529 a month in London or £1,171 elsewhere (up to 9 months), held for 28 consecutive days
Possible — a short credibility interview with the university or UKVI
Funds not held for the full 28 days or below the required amount, Credibility concerns about the course choice and Mismatched documents compared with the CAS
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