Visa Formalities

1. Residence visas can be available for full time registered students only.
2. Students from overseas, wishing to attend entrance tests, are responsible for arranging their own visit visa.
3. Students are responsible for processing charges at Immigration, the charges for the UAE Health Card as well as the medical clearance certificate.
4. A student’s residence visa is normally valid for 12 months. For students studying 2 or 3 year programmes, there will need to be 2 or 3 visa renewals. The actual processing charges will be borne by the student on each occasion at the existing Immigration Department rate.
5. All students sponsored by the college must lodge their passports with the administration. Those students who need their passports for leaving the country or any other purpose will have their passport returned, subject to approval, on application for the required duration.
6. Where a student wishes to terminate his/her studies prior to the expiry of the visa, the visa will be cancelled immediately and the student will have to make arrangements to leave the country or seek other sponsorship.
7. Failure to make suitable arrangements for payment of fees in advance per semester may lead to the termination of the sponsorship.
8. Students whose applications are rejected by Immigration will have their tuition fees refunded (on a pro-rata basis). Any official processing charges incurred will be borne by the student.