Arriving from overseas

CAS is an electronic document required to make a student visa application if you are applying from outside the UK and require sponsorship. 

In order to be eligible for a CAS you must have: 

• Met all the conditions of your offer
• Accepted your offer
• Paid a tuition fee deposit (if required)

CAS issue is not an automatic process.

We will aim to send you a CAS questionnaire to complete within 7 days from your offer becoming unconditional, or receiving a deposit payment (if this is required). We will also request any other documents/information required. 

Once this is received, we will review your responses to ensure that you meet Student Visa requirements. We will get in touch if we have further questions and will only proceed to issue CAS once we are confident that your visa application will be successful. 

If you have not heard from us after 4 weeks of submitting your CAS questionnaire, or after providing requested information, and you require an urgent response please email adintadv@essex.ac.uk

Find out more about Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS).

Depending on method of payment it may take a few days for your payment to reach our account. You can help us by making it as clear as possible where the payment is to be assigned.

If you receive a CAS questionnaire from us you can assume that your deposit payment has been received as we require payment of the deposit in order to send this.

If you do not receive receipt of payment or a CAS questionnaire within 7 days please send us proof of payment as we will ask our Income team to confirm the payment has been received. 

If you are asked to pay a deposit to secure your place and scholarship, you should do so by the relevant deadline.

Further information on how to pay a deposit can be found on our tuition fee deposits webpage.

Please note that the East 15 Acting School course deposit terms and conditions are different.

You’ll need a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) from the University in order to apply for a student visa if you require sponsorship to study. The Admissions teams are issuing CAS as usual to applicants that they are confident meet all of the requirements, and they might ask you some additional questions as part of the process.

Once you have your CAS it is valid for 6 months, giving you plenty of time to make your student visa application, but you should let Admissions know if you do not think you will be arriving by the latest accept date on your CAS.

The type of visa you should apply for will depend on your circumstances including, what passport or travel document you hold, the length of your proposed study and where you are applying from.

The Admissions teams complete rigorous checks to ensure that CAS is only issued if we believe that your visa application will be successful. Our visa refusal rate is extremely low. However, in the rare instance that a visa is refused you should contact us to determine if other options such as online only teaching are possible. 

Visa requirements after 1 January 2021

European and Swiss students who travel to the UK on or after 1 January 2021 will need to apply for immigration permission to study, unless you already hold settled status. Irish students will continue to have the right to live and study in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.

Read our immigration pages for further information about applying for your visa.

From 4 August 2022, students and any dependants who are 16 and over, from certain countries or territories, who are studying in the UK for more than six months are not required to register with the police. Visit the government website to find out more about the change of requirement in relation to police registration.

As a new student, we are required to check your identity and that you have the right to study with us inside the UK. Read our Registration page to find out what identity documents you will need to bring with you.

When you arrive in the UK, you’ll be able to arrange collection of your BRP (Biometric Residence Permit) from the place you’ve chosen, you must collect your BRP by the ‘valid to’ date on the entry clearance sticker or, within 10 days of your arrival in the UK, whichever is the latest date. Find out more about collecting your BRP from the University.

1. Take the Heathrow Express (overground) from Heathrow Airport to Paddington station, then take an underground train via the Circle line (yellow) or Hammersmith & City line (pink) to Liverpool Street station, then take an overground train, operated by Greater Anglia, to Colchester (North Station)
2. OR take an underground train via the Elizabeth line (purple) from Heathrow Airport to Paddington station, then take an underground train via the Circle line (yellow) or Hammersmith & City line (pink) to Liverpool Street station, then take an overground train, operated by Greater Anglia, to Colchester (North Station)
3. OR take an underground train via the Piccadilly line (dark blue) from Heathrow Airport  to King’s Cross St Pancras station, then take an underground train via the Circle line (yellow) or Hammersmith & City line (pink) to Liverpool Street station, then take an overground train, operated by Greater Anglia, to Colchester (North Station)
4. OR take the Elizabeth line (purple) from Heathrow Airport to Shenfield station, then a Greater Anglia overground train to Colchester (North Station)
5. Once at Colchester North station, take a taxi or bus (no. S1 or 87) to the University of Essex Colchester campus at Wivenhoe Park. There is a bus stop and a taxi rank at the train station.

You can find more information and view maps on the Transport for London website

You can view train times and book tickets via Trainline.com

1. Take the Gatwick Express (overground) directly from Gatwick Airport to Victoria station OR take an overground (Southern Rail or Thameslink) train from Gatwick Airport to Victoria station
2. Take an underground train via the Circle line (yellow) or District line (green) from Victoria station to Liverpool Street station, then take an overground train, operated by Greater Anglia, from Liverpool Street station to Colchester (North Station)
3. OR take the Elizabeth line (purple) from Victoria station to Shenfield station, then take an overground train, operated by Greater Anglia to Colchester (North Station)
4. Once at Colchester North station, take a taxi or bus (no. S1 or 87) from Colchester (North Station) to the University of Essex Colchester campus at Wivenhoe Park. There is a bus stop and a taxi rank at the train station.

You can find more information and view maps on the Transport for London website

You can view train times and book tickets via Trainline.com

1. Take an overground train from Luton Airport to London St Pancras station
2. Take an underground train via the Circle line (yellow) or Hammersmith & City line (pink) from King’s Cross St Pancras to Liverpool Street station
3. Take an overground train, operated by Greater Anglia, from Liverpool Street to Colchester (North Station)
4. Take a taxi or bus (no. S1 or 87) from Colchester (North Station) to the University of Essex Colchester campus at Wivenhoe Park. There is a bus stop and a taxi rank at the train station.

You can find more information and view maps on the Transport for London website

You can view train times and book tickets via Trainline.com

Our Colchester Campus is not far from Stansted Airport.

The quickest way to travel is by National Express using the 250 service which runs directly from Stansted Airport to the centre of Colchester, from where you can catch a bus or taxi to the university campus.

Alternatively, The First Essex Bus Airlink service X20 runs From Colchester to Stansted Airport. This is an hourly service, operating Monday to Sunday. A single trip costs £2 and a return ticket costs £4 (this offer runs until the end of October 2023).

1. Take the Heathrow Express (overground) from Heathrow Airport to Paddington station OR take an underground train via the Elizabeth line (purple) to Paddington station, or via the Piccadilly line (dark blue) to King’s Cross St Pancras station
2. Take an underground train via the Circle line (yellow) or Hammersmith & City line (pink) from Paddington / King’s Cross St Pancras to Liverpool Street station OR take the Circle line (yellow) to Fenchurch Street station
3. Take an overground train to Southend Victoria from Liverpool Street (operated by Greater Anglia), OR to Southend Central from Fenchurch Street (operated by c2c) 

You can find more information and view maps on the Transport for London website

You can view train times and book tickets via Trainline.com

1. Take the Gatwick Express (overground) directly from Gatwick Airport to Victoria station OR take an overground (Southern Rail or Thameslink) train from Gatwick Airport to Victoria station
2. Take an underground train via the Circle line (yellow) or District line (green) from Victoria station to Liverpool Street station or Fenchurch Street station
3. Take an overground train to Southend Victoria from Liverpool Street (operated by Greater Anglia), OR to Southend Central from Fenchurch Street (operated by c2c) 

You can find more information and view maps on the Transport for London website

You can view train times and book tickets via Trainline.com

Our Southend Campus is just 1.7 miles (2.8km) from London Southend Airport. You can travel from the airport by bus or train

1. Take an overground train from Luton Airport to London St Pancras
2. Take an underground train via the Circle line (yellow) or Hammersmith & City line (pink) from King’s Cross St Pancras to Liverpool Street station OR take the Circle line (yellow) to Fenchurch Street station
3. Take an overground train to Southend Victoria from Liverpool Street (operated by Greater Anglia), OR to Southend Central from Fenchurch Street (operated by c2c) 

You can find more information and view maps on the Transport for London website

You can view train times and book tickets via Trainline.com

You can take an overground train all the way from Stansted Airport to Southend Victoria, changing trains at two stations on the way:

1. Take the Stansted Express overground train from Stansted Airport to Tottenham Hale station
2. From Tottenham Hale station, take an overground train, operated by Greater Anglia, to Stratford station
3. OR take a National Express coach from Stansted Airport to Stratford station
4. From Stratford station, take an overground train to Southend Victoria

You can find more information and view maps on the Transport for London website

You can view train times and book tickets via Trainline.com

Our Loughton (East 15 Acting School) campus is located within easy reach of London transport links through nearby Debden underground station, which is served by the Central line.

1. Take the Heathrow Express (overground) from Heathrow Airport to Paddington station, then take an underground train via the Circle line (yellow) or Hammersmith and City line (pink) from Paddington Station to Liverpool Street Station, then take the Central line (red) to Debden station
2. OR take an underground train via the Elizabeth line (purple) from Heathrow Airport to Liverpool Street station, then take the Central line (red) to Debden station
3. OR take the Piccadilly line (dark blue) from Heathrow Airport to Holborn station, then take the Central line (red) to Debden station

You can find more information and view maps on the Transport for London website

1. Take the Gatwick Express (overground) directly from Gatwick Airport to Victoria station OR take an overground (Southern Rail or Thameslink) train from Gatwick Airport to Victoria station
2. Take an underground train via the Circle line (yellow) or District line (green) from Victoria to Liverpool Street station
3. Take an underground train via the Central line (red) from Liverpool Street station to Debden station

You can find more information and view maps on the Transport for London website

1. Take an overground train from Luton Airport to London St Pancras
2. Take an underground train via the Circle line (yellow) or Hammersmith & City line (pink) from King’s Cross St Pancras to Liverpool Street station
3. Take an underground train via the Central (red) line to Debden station

You can find more information and view maps on the Transport for London website

You can view train times and book tickets via Trainline.com

1. Take the Stansted Express overground train from Stansted Airport to Tottenham Hale station
2. From Tottenham Hale station, take an overground train, operated by Greater Anglia, to Stratford station
3. OR take a National Express coach from Stansted Airport to Stratford station
4. From Stratford station, take an underground train via the Central line (red)  to Debden

You can find more information and view maps on the Transport for London website

You can view train times and book tickets via Trainline.com