I came to the United Kingdom on a student visa (my visa was issued in December 2005 and expires December 2010) in January 2006 to begin my studies at Richmond American University. I studied there from the winter semester of 2006 until the autumn semester of 2007. I enrolled as a fulltime student for the autumn 2007 semester. I registered for my classes and paid my tuition in full. I attended the first week of classes during that semester. After the first week (early september 2007), I was informed that I was being dismissed from the university due to an altercation that I had with a member of staff during a school party. I was accused of being rude and verbally abusive to the member of staff and was dismissed due to this. I was simply dismissed with no warning nor was I even given an opportunity to defend myself or explain what happened. As soon as I found out I had been dismissed, I began applying to other universities with the hopes of just simply transferring and conitnuing my studies that same semester. Unfortunately, it was too late for me to be admitted for the autumn 2007 semester. I applied to London Metropolitan University and a few other schools who were still taking applications. While I was waiting for decisions on my applications for admission, I decided to appeal the dismissal decision from Richmond American University because the dismissal was not justified. I met with the Vice President of the university and he informed me that my appeal was rejected but that they would consider re-admitting me to the university for the next semester (Winter 2008) if I completed an anger management course. He told me that they would consider it because I had exceptionally good grades however, I was not guaranteed re-admission because the decision would still be up to the committee that took the decision to expel me in the first place. I agreed to this and immediately registered with the British Association for Anger Management and paid fees for the course. From October 2007 to December 2007 I was taking the anger management course which was for 3 hours a week for ten weeks. A few weeks after I started the anger management course, I received a letter from London Metropolitan University (one of the universities I applied to) offering me admission for the winter 2008 semester. Since I was not guaranteed re-admission to my original university I accepted the offer. I completed the anger management course in December 2007 and informed the Vice President of Richmond American University (my original university) and he told me that unfortunately, the committee decided not to re-admit me. Luckily for me, I had already accepted the offer of admission from London Metropolitan University and they agreed to transfer most of my modules over therefore I would simply continue from where I stopped as opposed to starting my course from the beginning. I began attending London Metropolitan University in the winter 2008 semester. I have now completed my degree at London Metropolitan University. I completed my degree at the end of the autumn 2009 semester.
Now my question is this:
Will the fact that I was not in school during the autumn 2007 semester count against me? Can this be something they can use to refuse my Post Study Work Visa application? Please I need advise urgently because I am really worried about this.
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