The International Office
Online Handbook
Arriving in the UK
Immigration Control
EU/EEA/Swiss students
Show your passport or national identity card.
All others
Carry in your hand luggage:
- a letter from the University accepting you for a full-time course at Bath and
- evidence that you will be able to support yourself financially during your course (bank statements, banker’s draft, letter of sponsorship etc.)
Even if you already have a visa/entry clearance, the Immigration Officer may still ask you questions to prove that you are a genuine student and that you intend to leave the UK when you have finished your course.
If you are refused leave (permission) to enter the UK
If you got entry clearance before your arrival in the UK, and you are coming to study a course lasting more than six months, you have the right to remain in the UK while you appeal against that decision.
Customs Control
- Exit the green channel if you are travelling from outside the European Union and have nothing to declare.
- Exit the red channel if you have goods to declare.
- Exit the blue channel if you are travelling from the European Economic Area, where luggage has already been cleared through customs control.
What to declare?
The notices in the customs area will tell you if you need to declare anything you have brought into the country. You can also check with one of the customs officers before passing through customs control. Never carry anything into the UK for somebody else.
Airport Information Desk
Once you have passed through customs, you have officially arrived in the UK. If you are not sure what to do next, head straight for Airport Information for advice on transport, changing money, etc.