Visitor Visas

The Home Office website has all the information you need about applying for a Standard Visitor visa, including how to apply, fees, waiting times and the supporting documentation you will need.

You can apply to the Ceremonies Team for a letter of invitation which you can present to your home authorities along with your application for a visa letter. This letter will confirm you have been invited to a graduation ceremony and the date and location of the ceremony. It will state that attendance at the ceremony is subject to successful completion of your award and clearance of all academic fees to the university. It will be addressed to "whom it may concern" and will refer to you, the graduand, by name.

It will not refer to any other person such as named guests. However, you can use this letter to accompany any letter of invitation that you provide for your guests.

Once you have registered your attendance at graduation, please send an email to ceremonies@cumbria.ac.uk no later than

• 17th of June for July 2024 ceremonies

After this date it will not be possible to provide you with a letter.

The letter will include the following information from your student record on ICON:

• Your student ID number
• Your full name
• Your home address

An electronic copy will be emailed to your student email address and contact address. If you also require a hard copy please request this in the email.

Before contacting the Ceremonies Team please check that the information on ICON is correct and up to date. We will not be able to reproduce letters if you have not done this.