You can apply for a course if one of the following applies If you:

• Are a UK national or other person with a right of abode. You must also have been a resident in the UK for at least the previous three years before the first day of your course.
• Are a UK national or a family member of a UK national. Has resided in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland or Gibraltar for at least the previous three years before the first day of your course.
• Are an Irish citizen. Resident in the UK, Ireland, the EEA or Switzerland for at least the previous three years before the first day of your course.
• Are a Non-UK national. Has been resident in the UK for at least the previous three years before the first day of your course. Also you have permission granted by the UK government to live in the UK. Or you have obtained pre-settled or settled status under EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).
• Are a family member of an EU national. Have obtained pre-settled or settled status under EUSS. Have been resident in the UK, EEA and/or Switzerland for at least the previous 3 years before the first day of your course.
• Have one of the following types of immigration status:
  • Refugee status.
  • Discretionary leave to enter or remain
  • Exceptional leave to enter or remain
  • Indefinite leave to enter or remain
  • Humanitarian protection.
  • Leave Outside the Rules
  • Ukraine Family Scheme
  • Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine)
  • The husband, wife, civil partner or child of any of the above
  • Ukraine Extension Scheme
  • Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 leave
  • Calais leave to remain
  • British Nationals evacuated from Afghanistan under Operation Pitting
  • British Nationals evacuated from Afghanistan by the UK government before 6 January 2022.
• You or a family member has applied for an extension or variation of your current immigration permission in the UK. The application must have been made before your current permission expired and you're awaiting a decision. Your immigration permission in the UK may have a "no recourse to public funds" condition.  This doesn't include education or education funding.
• Are the child of a Turkish worker, where the Turkish worker is currently a resident in the UK on or before 31 December 2020. They must have Turkish European Community Association Agreement (ECAA) rights. They could have extended ECAA leave. The child has been resident in the UK, EEA and/or Turkey for at least the previous 3 years before the start of your course. The child is resident in the UK on or before 31 December 2020.

Asylum Seekers

Your status as an asylum seeker will decide whether you can access one of our courses. You may be able to if you:

• have lived in the UK for six months or longer whilst your claim is being considered by the Home Office.  Also that no decision on your claim has been made.
• are receiving local authority support under Section 23 C or Section 23 CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014.
• have been refused asylum and you have appealed against a decision made by the UK government against granting refugee status. No decision has been made within six months of lodging the appeal
• have been refused asylum and have been granted support for yourself under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, or
  have been refused asylum and are receiving support for yourself under Section 23C or Section 23 CA of the Children Act 1989.