Seastar Educare provides a student complete information on the procedure to go abroad.
The Visa procedure includes the following steps:
ALL DOCUMENTS HAVE TO SUBMITTED IN ORIGINALS ONLY.
The energy clearance officer at the British High Commission has to go through many VISa applications daily. Hence , it is the student's responsibility to ensure that this documents have been properly submitted in a way that it is easier for the VISA officer to understand his documentation. It is advisable that you categorise your documents into 4 distinct headings.
CAS Letter
This would include your Bank statement / Bank passbook and / or Education Loan sanction letter from your Bank. If you are taking an online Bank statement printout, It should have the Banks's Stamp, Signature, Date and Logo on each page of the printout. Please update passbook / statement about 3-5 days before VISA application date by withdrawing 10Rs/- and updating the same.
This would include your STCW Courses ( Basic and Advanced ), GMDSS, Class X, XII, PRE-SEA, Graduation, etc.
This would include your Sea Service Tesimonials, Pay Slip, Company Contract Letter, etc.
It is advisible that you group your documents under the above four headings, clip them together with a u clip and mark the under the various headings usinga post it paper. This would make it much easier for the VISA officer to understand your differnt documents. Please bear inmind that VISA officer is not some one from marchant navy background. Hence, it is difficult for to understand a lot of your certificatesand documentation. The above procedure would go a long way in making the process easier for the VISA clearance officer in understanding your application.
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