3.1. The University must retain copies of:
- Your current passport showing all personal identity details (including biometric details)
- Your current Student visa, either as a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), entry clearance certificate or other immigration status document showing your period of leave to remain in the UK, with entitlement to study at the University of Kent
- All qualifications and evidence used to obtain your entry to the course
- Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) clearance certificate (for students who require this for their visa application)
3.2. The University is required to keep a record and history of your contact details which includes your UK residential address, telephone number, mobile phone number and email address.
3.3. The University is required to make a report to UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) in certain situations. The University will inform UKVI if you:
- Do not enrol or complete Returning Registration on your course of study or arrive later than the course start date
- Withdraw from the University for any reason
- Temporarily suspend studies through a period of intermission
- Change your course or reduce/extend the length of your course
- Move into a different immigration category and/or no longer require a Student visa
- Breach any visa conditions, including working more than the prescribed number of hours per week, failure to engage with the course of study and Student sponsorship has been withdrawn as a result of the non-engagement
- Undertake a work placement, informing UKVI of your employer details and dates of employment
- Change your study location to another campus, site or partner institution
- Undertake fieldwork of more than one month duration
3.4. You are required to progress academically in order to qualify for Student sponsorship and you may have demonstrated this based on written confirmation that you were highly likely to successfully complete your previous course. If you were granted Student sponsorship based on academic progression confirmed via written confirmation, and you did not successfully complete your previous course, the University is required to notify UKVI and withdraw your Student sponsorship resulting in the termination of your registration at the University.