Child Student visa: questions Indian applicants ask

Yes if your child is under 12 and you apply for the Parent of a Child Student visa. You cannot work, you must show separate living funds, and you leave when the child turns 12 or finishes the course. For a child of 12 or over, boarding or an approved carer is the usual route.

No. There is no English test for the Child Student visa. The school decides whether the child's English is good enough, often with its own entrance test.

One academic year of school fees as on the CAS, plus boarding fees where the child boards. If the child lives with a parent on a Parent of a Child Student visa, the parent must show £1,560 a month for up to 9 months plus £625 a month for each additional child. Check gov.uk for the current figures before you file.

A child aged 16 or 17 can work part-time up to 10 hours a week in term time and full-time in holidays. Under 16 cannot work at all.

The child switches to the Student visa for university from inside the UK, with a new CAS. Time on the Child Student visa does not count towards settlement.

Yes for any stay over 6 months. Children under 11 usually have a clinical assessment rather than an X-ray at the approved clinic.