Applicant Portal Help: Nationality and visa

The information collected within this section of the postgraduate application form is required to make the appropriate assessment of the following:

• Fee liability (home / overseas)
• Eligibility for funding
• Visa requirements
• Language test requirements

Please use the above hyperlinks to familiarise yourself with the criteria for each.

Nationality

Your nationality is used to help determine your fee status and your language test requirements. As such, it is important to ensure that you select the correct country.

The nationality that you select should match the nationality identified in your passport.

To estimate your fee liability, check the page for the course you are applying for on the Course Directory.

Has your country of birth been your ordinary residence since birth?

For a country to be considered as your country of ordinary residence, you should habitually, normally and lawfully reside in that area out of choice.

For clear definitions of what leads to a country being your country of ordinary residence, check the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) website.

Where do you currently reside?

The country that you provide here should be your country of ordinary residence.

For a country to be considered as your country of ordinary residence, you should habitually, normally and lawfully reside in that area out of choice.

For clear definitions of what leads to a country being your country of ordinary residence, check the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) website.

Where have you been ordinarily resident in the last 5 years?

Tick all of the boxes that represent places in which you have been ordinarily resident in the last five years.

For a country to be considered as your country of ordinary residence, you should habitually, normally and lawfully reside in that area out of choice.

For clear definitions of what leads to a country being your country of ordinary residence, check the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) website.

Passport details

You need a valid passport if you wish to enter the UK to study.

It is important that you ensure that the name shown in your application form matches the name in your passport. If the names do not match, you must change your name in the 'Personal Details' section of the application form. This is important as the information that you provide will be used by the Postgraduate Admissions Office to prepare your Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS), which is required to complete your visa application form.

The passport that you specify within your application must not expire within 6 months of the course you are applying for starting. If you change your passport after submitting your application, you can change its details within your Self Service account.

For more information about CAS, click here.

Visa details

If you are not a UK national, you are likely to need to apply for a visa in order to enter the UK.

Please provide details of the visa you currently hold, if any.

If couldn't find what you were looking for, please check our FAQs page where we answer the most frequently asked questions about postgraduate study at Cambridge.

If your query has still not been answered, please contact the Postgraduate Admissions Office directly using the contact form.