Visas

Do I need a visa to travel to York?

You/Your students do not need a visa to enter the UK for one of our short courses if you/they are either a Norwegian citizen or a citizen of one of the EU countries. If your student is on exchange in Norway from another country, they may need to apply for and pay for a visa to be able to attend our short course. Similarly, depending on your nationality, you might also need to apply for a visa as the leader.


In either case (student/yourself) the visa you'll need will be a standard visitors' visa (not a student visa, where the UK institution has to issue a CAS). For students who think they need a visa, this is what we suggest (details will be on their google site):


  1. Contact your leader at your home institution as soon as possible. Your home institution should issue you with a document confirming your student status in Norway and that you will participate in an excursion to York as part of that programme. On request, we can then provide your home institution with a short informal letter with an explanation of what the NSC is and confirming your institution's booking of a course with us at the time in question. Both documents can then be appended to your visa application.

  2. Remember to allow sufficient time. Whilst the application is not difficult, it does take time for it to be processed and you do need to gather information beforehand.

  3. Ensure you have appropriate travel insurance. You may need to make travel arrangements to help with the visa application, which would need to be cancelled in the unlikely event that the visa was denied.

  4. We want as many as possible to have the chance of taking part in a course with us. However, you should be aware that there is a fee to be paid for visa applications, and that this will not be refunded were your application to be rejected.


You can find out more about UK Visas on the UK Government's website, in particular the section on standard visitors' visas.


Our policy/guidance means you should be ready to help students who need to apply for a visa with the necessary paperwork from your home institution. You should please contact the NSC of you need supporting documentation from us, or any other informal support around visas for short visits to the UK.