Support available

Support offered including visa cost reimbursement.

The University’s Staff Immigration Team is available to provide advice and guidance on:

  • The UK immigration system (Skilled Worker visas and Temporary Workers - GAE/Creative visas) including the recent changes
  • Immigration white paper (updates as they occur)
  • Global Talent visas
  • Settling in the UK
  • Eligible roles for sponsorship
  • Issuing Certificates of Sponsorships and associated queries
  • Evisas

The team can be contacted on staff-immigration-team@bristol.ac.uk   They aim to respond to provide an initial response to all queries within 5 working days. If you require an urgent response please reach out via teams or mark the query urgent.

Please note that the team are not legally trained Immigration Advisers and in some circumstances individuals may need to obtain independent legal advice from an Immigration Lawyer.

Please refer to our Immigration Costs Reimbursement Policy (PDF, 247kB) for any queries relating to visa costs.

For anything relating to student visas please contact student-visas@bristol.ac.uk or visit the Student Visa Services webpage.

 

Last updated: 16/2/2026