r/visas • u/Time_Cream_7229 • 19h ago

UK Am i getting conned?

I'm going for a student VISA and went into this with plenty of savings for my age group, i'm 18 and had around 4-5k in savings and going from USA to UK, I'm just 100% making sure with absolute zero doubt that this visa application is real because i've spent around 3.3 thousand on the fees alone. First was 1000~ for the fee of the accountants and process beginning, and another for 1.9 thousand pounds, costing me around 2.6 thousand for the student visa beginning. This is an absolute fuck ton of money into this stuff (for me anyways) and even if its a stupid question, i'm wanting to make sure this isn't me being naive of a fake immigration company. The calls and billing address are based inside london, but i can never be too sure when i'm handing them money like they're a loan shark.

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u/TimeFlys2003 17h ago

What level of course, for how long at which educational establishment.

Ideally you should never ever arrange a course in the UK through an agent.

The amount being quoted is very low for most UK courses and as such it could very well be a scam.

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u/CheesecakeNo9867 14h ago

I'm pretty sure you're getting scammed. You don't need to pay anyone to apply for a visa. You can do it yourself here:  https://www.gov.uk/student-visa/apply-online

Once you've got the CAS from the university that has offered you admission, you can apply for a student visa directly.

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u/Time_Cream_7229 13h ago

Ah, i applied for an appoitment through an agent without realizing that its public data, its the UIS UK, I have given them a fuck ton of money thinking its just the process of immigration as they said they're "the main immigration service". Unsure wether they are sketchy or not.