University proof of funds

She will only be allowed to work 20 hours a week. She is unlikely to get a job paying much more than minimum wage, which is going to have to do a lot of heavy lifting to pay for an overseas student’s tuition fees, accommodation, food, travelling, phone etc.

She would really be better advised to postpone the Masters for two years and spend that time working and saving up before coming to the UK.

Will she also have to pay the NHS insurance premium ( not sure what it is called) to cover her time in the UK, that is nearly a thousand pounds a year and has to be paid upfront to access NHS care.

She also needs to be aware that this week the government announced they are clamping down on overseas students claiming asylum or overstaying at the expiration of their student visa, I am not saying this is what she was planning to do, but the number of students who do do this is apparently causing concern in the Home Office and they will now be writing to overseas students approaching the end of their visa and advising them that unless they leave voluntarily they could face deportation.

Daughter needs to get a job first in the UK and then work three years in the UK and then get the UK tax man to pay for her masters. Can her Mum get her a job at her place of work?

So basically your asking how to commit fraud? 😂

The title of this is misleading. It isn’t the university that sets these rules, the visa requirements are dictated by the government who need to see the proof of funds.

It’s a lot of money especially if you come from somewhere where the salaries etc are lower than here. I made the US requirements but it took a while, plus I to prove so would be leaving with a return flight and plans back in my home country and that inhad no intention of trying to stay after outside of visa requirements- which I didn’t

looks like your friends daughter may have to find another place to study unfortunately

Defer for a year and put the 20k away so its there fkr next year...?

She can go to university in Zimbabwe. Or South Africa.

I don't think she'll be allowed to work in the UK, while on a student visa. She'll have to study in Zimbabwe if she doesn't meet the criteria to studying the UK.

I would double check the University's fee payment deadlines OP. I work at a University with lots of international students - the website details what dates payments are needed by e.g. 50% by xxx. Worth checking whether the dates are likely doable? And also consider living costs/expenses (appreciate you say they are minimal). Whilst she can work 20 hours p/w, a lot of out students assume this will be easy to find and are dependent on it to pay fees. Unfortunately they can't always find the work or number of hours they need, especially with so many other students in the same boat, and fall into financial difficulty as a result.

Exactly! All these ‘proud’ people suddenly popping up are just xenophobic twats - there are legal ways for people to work and study here just as there are legal ways for our kids to go to Europe/USA etc.
OP isn’t asking for illegal solutions…

What others have said but also, why can't your friend save the money month by month for a year and the daughter does that masters a year later. If she's got enough to cover £20k paying monthly why didn't she save over the last 12 months?

I don’t think there’s any way around this, OP. Can she defer the place for a couple of years? Then get working and saving?

A service in Zimbabwe that specifically helps student come to UK to study
https://www.totalstudentcare.com/guides/zw/apply-to-study-in-the-uk-from-zimbabwe/

Yes she is. A student visa in the UK allows 20hrs/week during term time and full time during school breaks.

This is bog standard for student visas.

People are putting flags everywhere because they are xenophobic/racist bigots that can’t even be bothered to google whether students can legally have a job.

No OP is not, she specifically asked for legal ideas 🙄

But is she allowed to get a job on that study visa? Hence why they need proof of funds! This is why there are people putting those horrendous flags everywhere!

You're asking for ideas to commit immigration fraud. Unfortunately if she can't meet the terms of her visa, she can't come.

Has she tried getting a student loan from Zimbabwe?
https://studentfunding.ukzn.ac.za/loans-for-zimbabwe-student/

Educate Unischolar Plan:

• Response on the application within 12hrs of submission of all relevant documents.
• The loan covers tuition, accommodation, cost of books and foreign student levy
• University study fees are paid directly to the university on your behalf
• Reserve Bank Declaration completed on your behalf
• Repayment of the loan over 5/10 monthly installments
• No account opening required
• No physical asset required as collateral
• The easy loan renewal process

My DC have US citizenship and one just used a US student loan to pay for a Masters abroad in another European country as the UK graduate student loan can only be used for Universities within the UK

They will want bank statements for proof of funds. No one is going to think that a lump sum of £20k magically appearing in her bank account is anything other than suspicious.

£20k suddenly arriving in a bank acct will raise suspicion too… can she get a guarantor?

Well nobody is going to be foolish enough to lend her it, as she has no means of paying it back. It's dishonest to try and bend the rules. If you don't qualify to come live here then you don't come. Unless you want to be a small boat statistic.

You can lend her it but I wouldn't advise it. Or she can ask family but even then it's obvious that she simply doesn't have those funds and never will.

That’s irrelevant- she needs to prove she has enough to support herself as an independent adult and isn’t planning on staying in the U.K., working illegally in anyway outside what her visa allows and is planning on leaving or applying for a legal way to stay once she’s finished her course.

She can’t meet the terms of the visa, so why apply?