A student must be ordinarily resident in England, Wales or
Scotland on the first day of the first year of the course. They
must also have been ordinarily resident in the
1) British Isles
or
EEA if
2.1 the student can establish migrant worker status or 2.2 the
student's parents are migrant workers throughout the three years
before that date
A person who is a refugee, and who has been resident in the
UK throughout the period since being recognised as a refugee, or
who is the spouse, child or stepchild or such a person, meets the
residency condition. A person who has been granted leave to enter
or remain in the UK, and has been ordinarily resident in the UK
since being granted leave to enter or remain, or a person who is
the spouse, child or stepchild of such a person, meets the
residency condition.
To satisfy this condition, the residence must not have been
wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full time
education.
