Financial evidence for Student and Child Student visa applicants
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Find out how much money you need to get a Student or Child Student visa, and how to prove you have the money.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Find out how much money you need to get a Student or Child Student visa, and how to prove you have the money. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Overview
- How much money you need - Student visa
- Course fees
- Living costs
- How much money you need - Child Student visa
- Course fees
- Living costs
- If you board at a residential independent school
- If you live during term time with a foster carer or close relative who is a UK resident or British citizen
- If you live with a parent or legal guardian who has a Parent of a Child Student visa
- If you live independently as a 16 or 17 year old
- How to prove you have the money
- Evidence you need to provide
- Student loan
- Official financial sponsorship
- Your own money, or your parent's or partner's money
Source and licence
UK Visas and Immigration
AttributionUK Visas and Immigration, ‘Financial evidence for Student and Child Student visa applicants’ (updated 31 December 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026