Getting your CAS

Getting your CAS

When the University issues you with an unconditional offer, and you finally choose Birmingham City University, you must obtain a Confirmation of Acceptance of Study (CAS) letter to apply for a Student visa.

To get a CAS Letter, the essential requirements are:

• If you are from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Nigeria, you must deposit £1,000.  You will be allocated a place in our automated pre-CAS interview process.  If you pass your pre-CAS interview, we advise you to upload your essential documents shown in your CAS Shield account and pay 50% of your tuition fees (minus your initial £1,000 deposit).
• For other nationalities, after your offer, we advise you to pay at least 50% of your tuition fees (Semester 1 fee) and upload your essential documents as shown by your CAS Shield account.
• We advise you to pay through Flywire, our fastest payment method.  Please note that some courses have an earlier deadline (PGCEs, MSc Professional Practice, BSc Nursing, MSc Counselling (Children and Young People), MSc Social Work, MSc Dietetics).
• You must email your payment receipt to your regional admissions team.
• We will ask you to upload recent bank statements on CAS Shield (you will be sent login details once your unconditional offer has been issued).  Your bank statements must demonstrate that you have the remaining tuition fee after you have paid your deposit, PLUS at least £9,207 for living costs in your account for at least 28 days, minus any awarded scholarship.  Please note that the UKVI maintenance costs will, after 1st January 2025, increase to £10,224.
• Obtain your TB certificate (if applicable).
• ATAS (only applies to certain international students studying specific technical courses).
• You must meet all requirements set out in the BCU CAS issuing policy.

Once your deposit payment has been confirmed and all relevant documents received and approved, we will process your CAS.

There are some exceptions to the bank statements:

1.  If the money is in your parents' account:

• Provide your birth certificate.
• Provide a letter from your parents stating you have the right to use these funds.

2.  If you are a sponsored student:

• You are not required to make a deposit payment.
• However, you must send us a scanned copy of the sponsorship letter, which should highlight your sponsorship organisation and their level of funding.