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Most agencies offer you language courses
at universities, which are often first rate but are also frequently
very expensive. We are able to offer you a classic language
school of comparable quality, but for a more reasonable price.
You can register very simply through our agency by means of
the registration link (further procedures are described below).
There are three language schools that we currently work with
in the UK. Finsbury Park Language School in northern London,
for example, is an excellent choice as it offers first-rate
courses of general, computer and business English at very
friendly prices.
How to
proceed
Choose duration and level of the course
that you want to complete (the level, for the moment, is not
binding and will be specified in accordance with an entrance
test your first day at the school).
Fill in the registration
form and submit it via e-mail to our agency. Once
we review the completed form, we will send you more detailed
information and agreements to sign via post.
Pay registration fee and deposit
to our bank account by bank transfer. No tuition payment is
needed at this time. Once the confirmation letter from the
school in the UK is received (see below), you will need to
pay the school tuition to us in full (less deposit).
The school will send you an original
confirmation to the address on in the registration form
once your payment is cleared. The confirmation is normally
received within 3-4 weeks. Carefully review the confirmation,
as you will need to present this at the border or at a UK
embassy or consulate (see "Visa").
In addition, you may come to our school to pick up the confirmation
and receipt. The remaining amount owed must be paid to us
at this time, as we ourselves will have already paid the school
in the UK in full in order to obtain the forms.
An accommodation certificate will
also be sent if you choose to use our accommodation service.
If you reserved the accommodation through the school, you
will get the certificate from them.
As soon as you have the documents
in your hands you can depart. On the basis of the documents
you will get the study - work visa (stamp) into your passport
that you will use to identify yourself to an employer. If
you are preparing your journey well in advance you have the
chance to apply for and receive your visa in the British embassy
beforehand. For information regarding this procedure, please
see "Visa" (citizens of some countries have to attend
to the visa at embassies in their countries beforehand).
Here is list of courses and prices that the school offers
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Course type
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Price
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Classes are well structured, as there are
8 levels of advancement from which to choose. In addition,
there are courses of Business and Computer English for foreigners,
and combinations of these three are available. Courses start
weekly, so there will be no interruptions to your daily class
as new students may start in a different class at almost anytime.
There are 15 hours of instruction per week (3 hours per day),
and lessons begin at 9:30 AM, 12:30 PM or 3:30 PM. A working
permit is granted when courses are paid for at least 6 months,
and is valid for the duration of the course. We recommend
paying for and studying at least 12 months, as your work permit
will be valid for this duration. Further attendance at school
is not checked and the visa remains valid in the case you
choose not to study any further. After you obtain the visa
all payments to us are nonrefundable. In the unlikely chance
that you are not allowed into Great Britain, however, all
fees are refunded to you less a 175 GBP administrative fee
(the schools in the UK require this).
For those who choose to spend more time
working, convenient "sandwich" courses are available.
These courses are organized in three parts as follows: 1)
first third of the course: attendance at school, 2) second
third of the course: individual home preparation, 3) final
third of the course: attendance at school. These courses are
especially advantageous because they provide more free time
for work and enable part-time study of English at the same
time. Before your begin your studies you should thoroughly
consider which course is better for you, classical or "sandwich".
At the end of your course, you may opt
to pass either the IELTS or one of the Cambridge exams. The
school will reserve you a spot at the exam for a fee of approximately
150 GBP.
English
course
Your placement level is determined by an
entrance test the first day at the school. The choice of hours
to begin of the course is preliminary and in case of need
could be changed for a fee of 60 GBP. Only the first choice
is free. We are able to provide a placement examination before
your departure for a small fee. Plan to spend about 10 GBP
for books, which can be purchased in the school office.
Prolongation of the course as well as a
study visa in Britain is possible just by paying for an extension
of studies. The 6-month price would apply, as the discount
for study of one year is given only when first registering.
This is another reason why we recommend registering for one
year at the beginning. The immigration officer can check your
attendance at school while applying for your prolongation,
and your attendance should be at least 80%. Our guide will
advise you on how to apply for a prolongation of the study
visa at the Home Office.
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