The thing about TT is that depending on your bank, you can ask for a lower exchange rate, which will in effect reduce the the overall cost of transferring the money over. It's not wrong advice if you research thoroughly.

TT follows the standard exchange rate, the same rate used for bank draft....if big amounts, or you know them, they can give you slightly better rates....but that works for both TT and draft...

TT is meant for urgent transfers....it is fast....but costly...definite not for routine small sum transfers....

i should add that if you have the right credit cards, payment through it gives you significant points, and can be redeemed for travel miles for airtickets...

eg, your fees is 20k pounds, so you pay about rm120k, with some maybank visa cards, you get 600k treats points, which you can redeem for about 125k enrich miles....you need a little bit more to redeem for a business class return mas ticket to lhr....

you pay about 1% more using the cc, and there are taxes of about 2,800 for the ticket....so for a total cost of rm4000, about the normal price of an economy ticket, you redeem a business class ticket worth normally rm15k....

Thanks.

Cool, where would you be staying ?


yeah, i assumed that i was the only Malaysian that's going to Strathclyde.
True, i opted for private accommodations though.



Just curious, have you done your visa and booked your flight tickets ?

Just obtained my bank letter, they seem to stick to a new template now while preparing the letter.
Even though the account is joint name account, my parents with me, but the letter writes my mother as the account holder and states she's my mother.

Does this mean I need to provide my birth cert as well for the documents during visa application? This adds more work to my preparation.

Hope everything goes well.

Had a question regarding the TB test for the visa.

I plan to go to the Life Care centre in Bangsar for the test, but my offers are still conditional and I don't have a CAS. Is it still possible to take the test?

Yes you can, they don't need your CAS statement.
I think you just need to bring your offer letter, photos that fit the UK visa requirements, and your passport.

i went to bangsar for TB test last month, i get my result in 30 minutes, so i think go there faster~ but remember bring passport size photo with white background, or else they will ask u go shoot b4 filling up those forms~

yah, received everything and booked flight~ last 2 week emirate gt promotion so i fast fast booked it~

i dun think it is necessary, as long as ur name on it then ok edy~ actually they dun really strict on bank statement requirement (i submitted mine within the 28 days maturity date, but they still pass my visa application)~

Hmm ok, I'll see what I can do.

As I'm planning to book an appointment with VFS I recalled 1 thing. 4 years ago in 2011, when I applied for UK study visa, I remember buying a bank draft to pay VFS for some sort of application fees.
But today I can't seem to find the information regarding buying bank draft anymore. Has the procedure changed?

How's your application went? Mind to share your experience with me?

same here... that guy really "hardworking", i wonder if he had gone through from the 1st comment until right now @@

any clinic also can? I thought there are some hospitals that we should go?

There are specific places which they recognize.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ing-in-malaysia

EDIT:
Just sent my visa application form and documents to VFS Global Malaysia in Wisma MCA. Hope everything goes well.
Would like to share with you all some differences I saw compared to when I first applied in year 2011:
- They now provide 'pre-application scrutiny' service on 3rd floor of the building, that's where the security guards on 19th floor directed me to go when I reached there half an hour before my appointment time. On 3rd floor they'll organize and check the documents which you want to submit, and sealed in an envelope which you can just passed to the counter on 19th floor straight away when your number is called. So you should actually go to 3rd floor first, and they'll start scrutinizing your documents about 5 minutes before your appointment time.
- Education certificates and financial evidence are optional, but I submitted them all anyway since I brought everything there. Please bring a photocopy of the documents that you are going to submit, keep this in your mind: if you want to have the original copy back when you're collecting your passport, send the photocopy version along. This includes the TB screening certificate.
- For Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS), they asked me to provide the exact amount that I paid for IHS, which isn't written on the email with IHS reference number, it's in another email they sent, so do take note.
- On 19th floor, the queue system still have rooms for improvement, cause it doesn't have a display which shows the queue number, and you have to listen to the announcement to know it's your turn.

That should be all, everything else is pretty much just follow the instructions.

Hope this post helps.

This post has been edited by chungdavi: Jul 29 2015, 10:27 AM

Note. Unless you have confirmed on which university that you want to go to, you might need to wait for your TB test as you will need to fill in your University name + postcode.

Either that or a permanent address in UK. That's it.

This post has been edited by digitalz: Jul 29 2015, 02:23 PM

whr did u get ur translated birth cert?? I translated myself and took for lawyer for stamp but they said they could not offer this service

Hey, guys, I am going to Nottingham this coming sept

I wonder is RM 4000 is expensive? non stop flight from KL to UK (LHR).. May I know how much is the cheaptest price u can get?

Thats about the usual price for a sept trip to the UK. If u want cheaper, try early August.