OfficialRequirements

Data sources

We cite only primary, official sources — embassies and consulates, government immigration portals, university admissions pages, and scholarship bodies such as DAAD and the European Commission. We never present aggregators or other blogs as authority. Every requirement page links its source and shows the date we last verified it.

Coverage is expanding worldwide. Current destinations include Germany, the UK, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Ireland and the USA, with more added as each is sourced and verified. A scheduled, deterministic watcher checks these source pages for changes and flags any that move for human re-verification.

Primary sources currently cited

Source: German Federal Foreign Office — Visa for study purposesgovernment
Source: Make it in Germany — Student visagovernment
Source: Study in Germany (DAAD) — Visa & residenceofficial-body
Source: GOV.UK — Student visa: Money you needgovernment
Source: GOV.UK — Financial evidence for Student route applicantsgovernment
Source: GOV.UK — Student visa overviewgovernment
Source: Canada.ca — Study permit: Proof of financial supportgovernment
Source: Canada.ca — Study permit: How to applygovernment
Source: Department of Home Affairs — Student visa (subclass 500)government
Source: Home Affairs — Financial capacity (Student visa)government
Source: IND — Income requirements for studygovernment
Source: IND — Required amounts (income requirements)government
Source: Study in NL — Visa & residence permitofficial-body
Source: Irish Immigration Service — Student financesgovernment
Source: Irish Immigration Service — Coming to study in Irelandgovernment
Source: U.S. Department of State — Student Visa (F/M)government
Source: Study in the States (DHS) — Financial abilitygovernment
Source: ICE SEVP — I-901 SEVIS feegovernment
Source: Swedish Migration Agency — Residence permit for studies (higher education)government
Source: Swedish Migration Agency — Maintenance requirementgovernment
Source: University Admissions in Swedenofficial-body
Source: Campus France — Proof of financial means for a student visaofficial-body
Source: France-Visas — Official visa portalgovernment
Source: Immigration New Zealand — Student fund requirementsgovernment
Source: Immigration New Zealand — Fee Paying Student Visagovernment
Source: Ministero degli Affari Esteri — Financial means required for entry into Italygovernment
Source: Universitaly — Pre-enrolment portalofficial-body
Source: Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores — Student visagovernment
Source: Ministerio de Universidades — Studying in Spaingovernment
Source: SEPIE — Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Educationgovernment
Source: Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) — Income requirement for studentsgovernment
Source: Study in Finland — Student residence permitofficial-body
Source: UDI — Study permit (studietillatelse)government
Source: Study in Norway — Cost and requirementsofficial-body
Source: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) — Entry & residence for studygovernment
Source: University of Zurich — Visa & residence guidelinesuniversity
Source: New to Denmark (SIRI) — Study at a higher-education institutiongovernment
Source: Study in Denmark — Residence permits (non-EU/EEA)official-body
Source: Study in Austria — Visa & residence permitofficial-body
Source: OeAD — Residence permit (student, no mobility programme)official-body
Source: Study in Japan (MEXT) — Immigration & student visasgovernment
Source: JASSO — Japan Student Services Organizationofficial-body
Source: Immigration Services Agency of Japangovernment
Source: HiKorea (Korea Immigration Service) — Study (D-2) visagovernment
Source: Study in Korea (Government scholarship & admissions portal)government
Source: Belgian Immigration Office (IBZ) — Sufficient means of subsistencegovernment
Source: Study in Flanders — Visa requirementsofficial-body
Source: gov.pl — Financial resources required to enter Poland (national visa)government
Source: study.gov.pl — Visa & applicationofficial-body
Source: Immigration Portal CZ — Long-term visa for the purpose of studiesgovernment
Source: Study in Czechia — Entry formalities & visaofficial-body
Source: Portugal Visas (MNE) — Means of subsistencegovernment
Source: DGES — Directorate-General for Higher Educationgovernment
Source: AIMA — Agency for Integration, Migration & Asylumgovernment
Source: Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) — Guidelinesgovernment
Source: Malaysian Immigration Department — Student Passgovernment
Source: The UAE Government Portal — Student visagovernment
Source: ICP — Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Securitygovernment
Source: GDRFA Dubai — Residency & Foreigners Affairsgovernment
Source: DAAD — EPOS scholarship databaseofficial-body
Source: Erasmus+ — Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters catalogueofficial-body

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