• Police Registration This requirement is usually imposed on all non-Commonwealth students (other than EU, US and Japanese nationals) who have been admitted to the UK for a period of more than 6 months. Please check your passport, which will stipulate whether or not this is a requirement. Nationals of the following countries need to register with the Police:

Police Registration
This requirement is usually imposed on all non-Commonwealth students (other than EU, US and Japanese nationals) who have been admitted to the UK for a period of more than 6 months.

Please check your passport, which will stipulate whether or not this is a requirement.

Nationals of the following countries need to register with the Police:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, PR China (including the Special Administrative region of Hong Kong), Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea (North), Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen.

Once you arrive in the United Kingdom, you may have to register your stay with the police. If you need to register, this requirement will be stamped in your passport. To register, you will need your passport and two passport size photographs of yourself.

Contact the Overseas Visitors Records office
on 020 7230 1208 between 9:00 and 4:30 (
Monday to Friday)