Post-study workers
Supporting evidence
This section explains the documents you should provide to support your application to the post-study worker category (Tier 1 Post-study work) under the points-based system to work in the United Kingdom.
Sending original documents
You must send the original document, not a copy.
What documents you must send
If you do not send us all the documents we need when you make your application, your application may be refused on the grounds that you have sent insufficient evidence, and your fee will not be refunded.
You must send two recent passport photographs and your passport, along with proof of the following:
- original certificate of award;
- original letter from United Kingdom institution;
- maintenance (funds).
How we return your documents
If you are in the United Kingdom, your documents will be returned to you by post to the address you provide on your application. If a representative makes an application on your behalf your documents will be returned to him/her. Your documents will be returned using recorded delivery. If you want your documents to be returned by special delivery, you should provide a prepaid special delivery envelope. You can also arrange for your documents to be collected by courier at your own cost. If you would like to arrange a courier, put a courier request in writing by fax to 0114 207 6555.
If you are outside the United Kingdom, your documents will be returned in the same way you sent them to us. For example, if you took them to a visa application centre, the visa application centre will return them to you.