Know your Place of Study: Inner London or Outer London?

leah Education Immigration updates Student Visa Tier 4 Visas 29 January 2016 | Updated On January 13, 2021 | 0

Where you will be studying in the UK requires different amounts of maintenance funds or costs of living allowance.

Effective from 14 November 2015, UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) did not only increase the maintenance fund but have also widened the areas considered as inner London.

The following living costs are required:

Inner London: £1,265 per month times 9 months = £11,385
Outer London: £1,015 per month times 9 months – £9,135

The following districts are now considered as inner London:

Camden
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea

Lambeth
Lewisham
Southwark
Tower Hamlets
Wandsworth
Westminster

You will be studying in London if the majority of your study (more than 50% of your study time) is at a site or sites situated within the area comprising the City of London and the former Metropolitan Police District. “Former Metropolitan Police District” means:

London, excluding the City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple;
in the county of Essex, in the district of Epping Forest— the area of the former urban district of Chigwell, the parish of Waltham Abbey; Tier 4 Policy Guidance version 11/2015 page 44 of 92
in the county of Hertfordshire— in the borough of Broxbourne, the area of the former urban district of Cheshunt, the district of Hertsmere, in the district of Welwyn Hatfield, the parish of Northaw; and
in the county of Surrey— in the borough of Elmbridge, the area of the former urban district of Esher, the boroughs of Epsom and Ewell and Spelthorne, in the district of Reigate and Banstead, the area of the former urban district of Banstead.

When applying for a Tier 4 Visa, make sure that you have the correct maintenance fund required by the location of your place of study.