Student Sponsorship: Summer Essentials

Name: Student Sponsorship: Summer Essentials
Start: 2024-06-17T10:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-06-17T11:30:00+01:00
Location: Virtual – Zoom

June 17 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Date: June 17, 2024
Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Cost: BSA Full Member – £65, BSA Additional Full Member – £30, BSA Affiliate Member – £100, BSA Additional Affiliate Member – £30, Non-member – £130
Audience: Admissions staff, Sponsor licence key personnel, International student liaison officers
Platform: Zoom (online) – Webinar

Course outline:

With the end of the academic term, a new phase of your school’s ongoing sponsor licence compliance journey commences. Now is the time to ensure that key visa and immigration checks are being made, including:

Confirming and recording sponsored students’ travel arrangements and contact details;
Monitoring visa application progression for incoming or returning sponsored students;
Reviewing non-sponsored students’ immigration status and, where relevant, their visa applications’ progression; and
Preparing for enrolment.

This 1-hour webinar will provide colleagues with current guidance and top tips to ensure ongoing sponsor licence compliance and avoid common pitfalls during the school holidays.

Training topics include:

Key recording duties for sponsored students at the end of term and throughout the holidays.
Timely tips to support smooth visa processing.
Common pitfalls for sponsors during the summer holidays.
Refusals: how to report and what this means for your BCA.
Understanding the transition from BRPs to eVisas.

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Speaker:

Leigh Steer, Immigration Executive

Leigh joins BSA Group as Immigration Executive for BSA Group Legal Services Ltd. Having previously held the position of Registrar at an independent boarding school, Leigh has a deep understanding of the intricacies of sponsor licence compliance. Through her expertise, Leigh ensures that member schools are supported in all areas of UKVI sponsor licence compliance, including the intricacies of sponsor duties, CAS management and international student visa support.