Covid-19 Terms and Conditions

United Kingdom

The current advice from the UK visa authorities is as follows:
If your visa is due to expire before 31 May 2020 – Your visa will automatically be updated by the UK authorities to extend until 31 May 2020.

If you wish to extend your visa beyond 31 May 2020 – If your current visa does not run past 31 May 2020 you cannot apply to extend your visa until 1st June 2020 at the earliest.
At this point you must apply to switch to long term visa and complete necessary applications as per UK authority guidance.

The below weblink should also be of assistance with any queries you may have
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents

Ireland (Eire)

The current advice from the Irish visa authorities is as follows.
If you have an existing visa with unused study weeks on it, you have a few different options:
• Attend our online courses for those weeks remaining on your course whilst still in Ireland.

• Attend our online course from your home country for the remainder of unused weeks of your study.

• If you have returned to your country, keep your remaining weeks as a credit on your account with NCG and return to Ireland in the future with a new visa to complete your study.

• Take up to half of your visa holiday allowance in line with INIS guidelines.

Whichever option you select is up to you. Once you have decided please let NCG know via admissions@newcollegegroup.com

The Department of Justice and Equality has confirmed that if your visa is due to expire between 20 March 2020 and 20 May 2020, your visa will automatically be renewed for a period of 2 months.

During the period of school closure, all students on a Study Visa are automatically given attendance.

The below weblink should also be of assistance with any queries you may have:
https://www.education.ie/en/Press-Events/Press-Releases/2020-press-releases/PR20-03-22.html
and
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/COVID-19-updates-and-announcements