Admission FAQS

Anglian College London currently offers over 50 courses representing different academic pathways.  Here in the UK, colleges and universities offer programmes designed by world-renowned British institutions and associations of distinguished professionals who have had years of experience in their fields.

 We offer high-quality courses ranging from Certificate or Foundation Diploma to Higher and Advanced Diplomas provided by a number of reputable associations such as the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS), City and Guilds (C & G), the Association of Business Executives (ABE), Oxford Cambridge and RSA (OCR), and the National Examination Board for Dental Nursing (NEBDN).

 

First of all, you will have to make an application to pursue one of these programmes. You may apply in any of five ways: by post, in person at the College, by fax, via our agents and representatives visiting your place of residence, and (most importantly) by applying online.

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Simple!  Click on the link or copy the link address and paste it on the address bar/window of Internet Explorer, Firefox or other browser.  Having read and agreed to the Terms and Conditions for joining us, carry on to fill in the actual Application Form – AF-501 which is same as the paper or PDF version available to download from our website.  Please complete every single box in AF-501, read the Terms and Conditions again and submit.  The system will give you a 7 digit ACL Reference Number starting with 100.  Please take note of this as it is required for all correspondence with the College.

You can send your photo and educational certificates at this stage.  We will not need your original certificates but photocopies or scanned copies.  Scanned copies are best, because they are portable in computer systems and they speed up your process.  Once this is done, please wait up to 7 days to hear from the College.  Do not worry that we are doing nothing about your application, because lots of background activities go on at this time, such as our Application and Assessment Board (AAB)evaluating your case, the preparation of ‘Offer of a Place’ letter, and dispatching it with other documents to you by email and post.

 

No.  The ‘Offer of a Place’ letter contains a set of instructions for you to follow, which will then allow us to go on and issue an ‘Admission to Anglian College London’ letter.  After receiving the ‘Offer of a Place’ letter you need to: send copies of your educational certificates to Admissions via email or post or fax; send a photo or scanned photo of yourself; and send the required minimum payment as stated on your ‘Offer of a Place’ letter.  We will not issue the ‘Admission to Anglian College London’ letter unless you have made the minimum payment. You may miss the opportunity to go further and join us in London if you do not make this minimum payment.

 

Please take your ‘Offer of a Place’ letter to your nearest national bank and ask them to transmit the payment for you to Anglian College London’s international account using the IBAN code given on your letter.  They may ask questions about why you want to make the payment, or they may even tell you that you are not allowed to send money overseas.  Just patiently tell the bank staff that the payment is for your education and it is being made to a genuine college approved or registered by the United Kingdom government.

 

If you have friends or relatives in the UK, they may make the payment on your behalf here in the UK.

 

Of course you can.  In fact, it is advisable that you pay more than what is asked for on your letter if it is practicable and affordable for you.  This would show a clear financial commitment from your side that you do have funds, resources and a capability to afford the proposed education in the United Kingdom. Many Entry Clearance Officers who presume otherwise or question your ability to pay for your tuition may be happy to see that the majority or all of the fees is paid even before you have left your country.

 

If you seriously cannot pay the amount requested on your ‘Offer of a Place’ letter due to your financial situation, please do not continue with us since we cannot offer you tuition without payment.  Anglian College is a genuine and serious educational establishment providing high quality and internationally recognised UK education to bona fide students who can afford the very low fees of our college. We do not have resources at present to support students who have not received a scholarship from us and cannot pay our fees.  In terms of you trusting us, please be reassured that our record of fee refunds shows we maintain a high standard and have not received any complaints – so you have nothing to worry about and you can trust us. 

 

No.  Don't even think of it!  We do not believe these stories, but if you have firm evidence of such malpractice please tell us so we can tell the UK authorities.  Fraud harms authentic education providers and honest students, and we will not tolerate it.  One of the nasty effects of fraudsters is that if you are unlucky enough to have your visa application refused (even for some trivial reason) it will take you some time and effort to get your fees refunded.

 

The best way to pay for your initial fees, accommodation, DHL fast delivery, or anything else is via ‘International Bank Transfer’ directly into our bank account.  This will not only guarantee a clear record of your payment, but is the fastest and cheapest method for most students to use.  Money is paid straight to our IBAN account number by your local bank.  There will also be a transparent record of how the money arrives in our account.  It is far better than making a draft or entrusting other people to pay us.  Other possibilities include sending an ‘international bank drafts’ and getting a friend or relative here in the UK to personally pay the College. 

 

If you fail to get a visa, you will not be able to attend classes at the College.  You would then be in a similar situation to a UK residing student who decides not to continue with us after paying for courses.  In these situations we do refund your money, but only after deducting an administration charge (currently set at GBP 200) to cover the costs involved.  Sorry, but it costs the College a lot of effort and bank charges to sort out all the paperwork in a case like this.  For example, if your course fee is 1500 pounds and you already 1000 pounds but you fail to get a visa to come to the UK or to stay in the UK, we will refund you 800 pounds out of 1000 pounds you paid.

Rest assured that you will indeed get those 800 pounds back – guaranteed!  so long as you carry out the simple formality of submitting a declaration form (available from the Admissions) along with the official letters (to stop anyone else using them fraudulently).

 

Please take the College documents along with your other financial and medical documents to the local British Embassy or High Commission and apply for a student visa.  You must clearly demonstrate that you are fully capable of supporting yourself in the UK, with finances to make your studies successful.  You will receive an Entry Clearance certificate or visa, which allows you to come to the College and complete remaining registration formalities.

 

You may re-apply (which is usually the quickest method), or if the Entry Clearance Officer give you the option, you can go through an appeal process via the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) in the UK.

 

No.  If we refund you that makes you no longer our student, which automatically wrecks your appeal.  Therefore, please do not complete the fee refund request form in that situation.  The money will be safe in our bank account until you win the case or withdraw from it.

 

We must be very careful to avoid fraud and also to comply with money laundering regulations.  So normally we send refunds back exactly where they came from.  Payment into a different bank account or to a different individual in the UK may be possible after written instructions and careful identity checking.

 

You may always contact us at admissions@angliancollege.co.uk or by dialling +44 (0)20 8331 0812.  The staff will be happy to help.  Please note that British immigration rules are in the process of changing at present and there are lots of practical issues that have not yet been fully sorted out.  In the long term the changes are intended to make the process more open and consistent, but in the short term they have created lots of problems.  From your point of view as a prospective student, perhaps the most painful issue is money: you are now obliged to leave substantial sums sitting idle while the visa application process runs its course.