A calm, plain-English starting point for international students — built only on officially published GOV.UK rules, re-checked weekly, and free to use. Find out whether you need a visa before you get lost in forum threads.
Studying in the UK usually means a Student visa, but not always — and the requirements around your Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS), financial evidence and the credibility interview change regularly. VisaBuddy shows you exactly what the current published rules ask of you, with the official source and the date it was last checked, so you plan from facts rather than guesswork.
Who needs one, the documents and process, as officially published.
See the route →What the published rules say about staying to work after your course.
See the route →For eligible young people from participating countries and territories.
See the route →Answer a few questions and VisaBuddy tells you exactly what the published rules say for your situation — in under a minute.
Start the free check →Give every international student unlimited free checks and appointment-ready reports for a single flat fee of £250 a year, and take routine visa questions off your advisers' desks.
VisaBuddy for universities →Exclusively from officially published GOV.UK guidance. Every answer links to the exact official page it came from and shows the date it was last checked.
Every route is automatically re-checked against the official GOV.UK pages each week, and each answer displays the date it was last checked — important because the UK rules change often.
No. VisaBuddy provides general information from publicly available government sources only. It never assesses eligibility, recommends a route or predicts an outcome — that requires a regulated adviser.
VisaBuddy is a trading name of Culture & Clarity Ltd, UK company 16795837. General information from publicly available UK government sources, re-checked weekly. Not immigration advice.