Notification of Visa Processing Delays

When should you submit this form:

You should only submit this form if one of the following applies to you:

Your Visa Application Centre Appointment was more than:

- - 5 weeks ago and you submitted a Standard Permission to Enter Application

- - 3 weeks ago and you submitted a Priority Permission to Enter Application

- - 2 weeks ago and you submitted a Super-Priority Permission to Enter Application

You have had a decision on your application more than 2 weeks ago but have not recived your passport back.

Your course Start Date, as listed on your CAS, is within the next 7 days

If you do not meet the above requirement, DO NOT submit this form.

Any requests that do not meet the above criteria will be rejected.

If you have already submitted this form, please do not resubmit another request within 10 working days of the original request.

If you submitted your visa application via VFS Global in China, you can now track your application status using their online tool (using your GWF reference number).

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/chn/en/gbr/track-application

This service is only available in some countries and so please do check your local VFS website to see if it is available in your country.

Warwick Student ID No. – Numbers only – Do not include the ‘u’.

First Name – As written on your passport

Family/Last Name – As written on your passport

Contact Email address

Nationality – As written on your passport data page

Date of Birth

Passport Number

CAS Number

Date of your Student Visa application (this is the date you paid for the visa application fees)

Visa application reference number (GWF) number – include the GWF

Which type of visa application service did you use

Date of your appointment (this is when you will enrol/ enrolled your biometric data, i.e. finger-prints)

Where did you make your visa application (for example, Beijing, China)

Date of Intended Travel (this is the date you put on your application form as to when you intend to travel to the UK)

Latest Course Start Date (deadline for you to arrive in the UK)

Welcome to Warwick First Important Event date (if you have signed up to an in-person ‘Welcome to Warwick’ programme)

Anything else which is important for us to know (character limit: 500) – only provide brief note of information if necessary

Privacy notice

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The University of Warwick is the Data Controller of any information you have entered on this form and is committed to protecting the rights of individuals in line with Data Protection Legislation. The University's Data Protection webpages provide further information on your rights and how the University processes personal data. If you wish to submit a data subjects rights request, make a complaint or report a suspected personal data breach, please contact the University’s Data Protection Officer by email at infocompliance@warwick.ac.uk.