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Graduation

You will be able to stay in the UK on your Student or Tier 4 visa to attend your graduation ceremony if:

• your visa is still valid; and
• your visa will still be valid after the date of the graduation ceremony

If you have a Short-Term Student visa, and not a Student or Tier 4 visa, you'll need to leave the UK within 30 days of your course end date or before your visa expires, whichever date is earlier. If the graduation ceremony is after this date, you're advised to return to the UK as a visitor to attend. 

If you've had any change of status during your course that could affect the validity of your visa, you should refer to any immigration advice sent to you by International Student Support.

If you decide to leave the UK after you finish your course but wish to re-enter the UK on your Student or Tier 4 visa to attend your graduation ceremony, this should still be possible if your visa is still valid and covers the date of the ceremony.

You should request a  from SSiD and carry this in your hand luggage when you travel back to the UK.

If the above does not apply to you, and you need to apply for a visitor visa to return for graduation, you should use the  as a supporting document when applying for the visa.

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Police registration

South Yorkshire Police have now advised that it is no longer necessary for you to return your police registration certificate to them when you are leaving the UK.

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Biometric Residence Permit (BRP)

UKVI now advise you to keep any previous BRPs you have held. Using an expired BRP may help you when submitting a future visa application, as it may help you be able to use the UKVI ID check app and prevent you from needing to attend a biometric appointment at a visa application centre.

Previously, they advised you should return BRPs to them when they expired, but you are no longer required to do this unless they contact you specifically to ask you to do so.