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1. CS 1.1. A person applying for entry clearance or permission to stay as a Child Student must apply online on the gov.uk website on the specified form as follows:
   1. (a) for out of country, form Child Student visa; or
   2. (b) for in country, form Child Student

1. CS 1.2. An application for entry clearance or permission to stay as a Child Student must meet all the following requirements:
   1. (a) any fee and Immigration Health Charge must have been paid; and
   2. (b) the applicant must have provided any required biometrics; and
   3. (c) the applicant must have provided a passport or other travel document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality; and
   4. (d) the applicant must on the date of application have a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies reference number that was issued to the applicant no more than 6 months before the date of application.

1. CS 1.3. The applicant must be between 4 and 17 years old at the date of application.

1. CS 1.4. If the applicant has, in the last 12 months before the date of application, completed a course of studies in the UK for which they have been awarded a scholarship or sponsorship by a Government or international scholarship agency covering both fees and living costs for study in the UK, they must provide written consent in relation to the application from that Government or agency.

1. CS 1.5. An applicant who is in the UK on the date of application must not have, or have last been granted, permission:
   1. (a) as a Visitor; or
   2. (b) as a Short-term Student; or
   3. (c) outside the Immigration Rules.

1. CS 1.6. An application which does not meet all the validity requirements for a Child Student may be rejected as invalid and not considered.

1. CS2.1. The applicant must not fall for refusal under Part 9: grounds for refusal.

1. CS2.2. A person applying for permission to stay must not be:
   1. (a) in the UK in breach of immigration laws, except that where paragraph39E applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded; or
   2. (b) on immigration bail.

Entry requirements for a Child Student

1. CS 3.1. A person seeking to come to the UK as a Child Student must apply for and obtain entry clearance as a Child Student before they arrive in the UK.

1. CS 3.2. A person applying for entry clearance as a Child Student must, if Appendix Tuberculosis applies, provide a valid medical certificate confirming that they have undergone screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis and that this tuberculosis is not present in them.

Date of application requirement for a Child Student

1. CS 4.1. An application for entry clearance as a Child Student must be made no more than 6 months before the start date of the course as stated on the Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies.

1. CS 4.2. An application for permission to stay must be made no more than 3 months before the start date of the course on the Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies.

1. CS 4.3. An application for permission to stay must be for a course with a start date no more than 28 days after the expiry date of the previous permission to stay.

Genuine Child Student Requirement

1. CS 5.1. An applicant aged 16 or 17 years old must be a genuine student.

Points Requirement for a Child Student

1. CS 6.1. The applicant must be awarded a total of 70 points based on the table below:

Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies requirement for a Child Student

1. CS 7.1. The Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies must have been issued by a student sponsor which is an independent school whose sponsor licence is still valid on the date on which the application is decided.

1. CS 7.2. The Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies must not have been used in a previous application which was either granted or refused (but could have been relied upon in a previous application which was rejected as invalid, made void?or withdrawn).

1. CS 7.3. The student sponsor must not have withdrawn the offer since the Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies was issued.

1. CS 7.4. The Confirmation of Acceptance for Studi
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