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by gj6ab5657 » Sun Jan 05, 2014 3:41 pm
The answer might not be a straightforward as you think.
The have been several changes to the points based system this year which affects international students changing or renewing their visas.
According to UKCISA, if your dependants made their immigration applications before 3 March 2010, they should be allowed to work if you had permission to be in the UK for 12 months or more. The sticker in their passport or their biometric residence permit (identity card) should say nothing about work or just “No employment as a doctor in training”.
If they make their immigration applications on or after 3 March 2010 and before 4 July 2011, your dependants will be given permission to work if:
you have permission to be in the UK for 12 months or more, and
your course is at degree level or meets the UK Border Agency’s definition of a foundation degree.
Some courses called foundation degrees will not meet this definition, but other courses which are not called foundation degrees, for example some HNDs, do meet this definition. All Scottish HNDs meet this definition. You will have to check with the college or university where you are studying whether your course meets this description and, if it does, ask that the words “foundation degree” appear on your confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) if you are applying at the same time as your family members, or any documents your family members submit with their applications if they are applying separately from you.