Once you have been issued with an offer from a UK university, you will receive an offer letter. The offer letter will give you your JACS code (course code) and the title of your course. You will need these details to apply for ATAS (Academic Technology Approval Scheme) clearance and receive an ATAS certificate.
Your university/higher education institution Admissions Office will email you with the JACS code, your course title and the ATAS statement wording needed.
Some universities/higher education institutions will wait until you accept the offer to send out the ATAS inormation, some will email you as soon as they make the offer.
You do not need the hard copy offer letter to apply for ATAS clearance, but you do need to have received an offer.
You will need to apply for your ATAS certificate approximately 6 months before your start date, do not apply any earlier. So if you have a start date of 1st October 2012, you can begin your ATAS application in March 2012.
Remember if you do not have ATAS clearance, you cannot obtain a visa which means you will not be able to study in the UK, so it is important to apply in plenty of time but not too early.
Once you have the information you need from your university, you can make an ATAS application by visiting the FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office's) website at Begin your ATAS application
I live in Cambodia. I already applied ATAS certificate via online since last 12 days ago and till now, I didn't get any mail yet expect the "confirm Application Submitted". I know what u said, I should wait the response till the duration of 20 days. But, I am a bit worry.
ReplyDeleteDo i need to print it out my Online ATAS submitted paper and send the hard copy to UK embassy in Phnom Penh or not?
because of normally, UK is strict for some of Asian country and not allow to apply any document via online.
I will be looking forward to hear your response as soon as possible.
You need to print out the ATAS certificate once it has been emailed to you and use the printed copy to apply for your visa. It's ok using the emailed copy, you don't get an original hard copy so they will accept it.
ReplyDelete12 days is a bit too soon to expect a response especially at this time of the year when it's their busiest. You will hear from the ATAS team - leave it another couple of weeks.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI have applied for ATAS certificate on 1st July, however I didn't receive any confirmation about the submission and final decision yet. Could you please help out?