PRACTICE NOTES
Practice Note
This Practice Note summarises the guidance documents concerning sponsors of students under the Student and Child Student routes, and sets out the potential statuses a student sponsor may hold. It also addresses key issues around the student sponsor licence and relevant case law. All Students and Child Students must be sponsored by a student sponsor, which the Immigration Rules define as a sponsor listed on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors.
Since 5 October 2020, sponsors of both Students and Child Students have been called 'student sponsors' (in the Immigration Rules) or 'Student sponsors' (in guidance). Before then, Tier 4 sponsors sponsored Tier 4 (General) and Tier 4 (Child) students. For further information on these changes, see: LNB News 10/09/2020 99. Since then, terminology has evolved, some requirements have become less restrictive, and Legacy sponsorship has ended. Note that all sponsors hold a
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