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Using bank letters to prove your money for a visa

11/26/2014

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By Paulina Guerrero Gutiérrez
KCL Mexican Society President 2014-17

After the big success of our previous post on how to prove your money to the British government, we have had some comments from people that do not feel comfortable taking their bank statement to translate and that would prefer presenting a letter from their bank in their visa application. If you are requesting this in Mexico, this is called "carta de referencias bancarias". 
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The Experience of a Chevening Scholarship (Bilingual version)

11/10/2014

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By the Chevening members in KCL Mexican Society
SPANISH ON THE SECOND HALF

The experience of studying in the UK under a Chevening scholarship can be divided into four parts to prevent confusions:
a) Selecting a university and a master in the UK.
b) Being accepted to study said master.
c) Requesting a Chevening scholarship (the topic for this post).
d) Getting your visa to study in the UK.

In this post we will only talk about the process to request a Chevening scholarship. However, we should not forget that these 4 points are intimately related. This relationship will be covered to a certain extent in this post.

The process to be considered as a Chevening candidate is similar to what is explained here. We say that “it is similar” because the rules change from year to year. This will be reflected in the Chevening website, but you can be pretty certain about the general process that we explain in this post. Also, given that you can’t encompass every scholar in one, we tried to sum up different comments from 2013-14 scholars from different universities in this post. 

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I’m an international student moving to London! How do I find a flat? (Bilingual Version)

11/3/2014

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By Paulina Guerrero Gutiérrez, 
KCL Mexican Society President, 2014-2017
(Spanish on the second half)

This is a question that we have had a lot recently. Finding a place to rent is complicated, especially if you’re still not on the actual city in which you are looking to rent. Just as in my last post, I can share my own experience.




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How did you prove that you had the money for your British Visa? (Bilingual version)

11/1/2014

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by Paulina Guerrero Gutiérrez, KCL Mexican Society President 2014-2017 
​Last modified September 19, 2017

(Spanish on the second half)

DISCLAIMER: Be aware that UK immigration policy changes constantly. We keep up to date on these changes, but strongly encourage you to check for any recent changes here. 

Let me tell you about my own experience. I am by no means a certified advisor, which I encourage you to visit (most UK universities have immigration counsellors and they don’t charge you), but I can tell you about my own experience with my two visa requests, one for my MA and one for my PhD. This post only covers the money bits. I have recently written a new one with all the basics about how to get the visa. Check it out here. 

Fortunately, like most Mexicans students that come to the UK, I have funding (a CONACyT scholarship). This made everything easier. When I started my MA, however, I only had a partial scholarship, so I had to prove more money. This can be pretty tricky, because the British government doesn't just accept anything you’d think is enough. 


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