2020 UKFPO Reserve list allocations

Do you think they will get back to us earlier than May?

Who did you email?

Just to update everyone, I am ranked 10-20th in the reserve list. I got an email yesterday from nhs asking me to apply for tier4 visa since i am international, i emailed them, they then emailed me back saying that their record shows that I have been allocated to northwest foundation school already.

Hey there, I'm also on the reserve list and a few days ago I received an email for a tier 4 visa. I am from a UK med school but the campus is based in Malaysia. So our uni told us we need a tier 2 and all my friends in the primary list actually got their tier 2 emails. So I have no idea why I received an email for tier 4, and I have not even gotten a FP allocation yet. I emailed both UKFPO and tier4doctors, but ukfpo told me to speak to tier4doctors and tier4doctors told me to speak to ukfpo......

Hey there, I'm also on the reserve list and a few days ago I received an email for a tier 4 visa. I am from a UK med school but the campus is based in Malaysia. So our uni told us we need a tier 2 and all my friends in the primary list actually got their tier 2 emails. So I have no idea why I received an email for tier 4, and I have not even gotten a FP allocation yet. I emailed both UKFPO and tier4doctors, but ukfpo told me to speak to tier4doctors and tier4doctors told me to speak to ukfpo......

Hey there, I'm also on the reserve list and a few days ago I received an email for a tier 4 visa. I am from a UK med school but the campus is based in Malaysia. So our uni told us we need a tier 2 and all my friends in the primary list actually got their tier 2 emails. So I have no idea why I received an email for tier 4, and I have not even gotten a FP allocation yet. I emailed both UKFPO and tier4doctors, but ukfpo told me to speak to tier4doctors and tier4doctors told me to speak to ukfpo......

it doesn't make sense? why would your friends receive tier2? there is a rule here saying your annual salary must be above a certain level for you to get tier2 visas. all my international friends need to continue their tier4.
also apparently there is a big miscommunication between the 2 of them. Can you email tier4doctors and explain to them you are still on the reserve list and see what they say and let us know here?

my friend and I who got AFP and are international students in UK med schools also wrongly received an email for tier 2 visa. we emailed them and they asked if we wanted to be tier 2 or 4?? they are clueless themselves tbh.

eventually we said to be on tier 4 and now we got the tier 4 email. i think there was a mix up between us and the new CT1/ST1. unless rules changed, foundation programme has always been tier 4. i think it might be worth getting your friends to check, because HEE/home office might screw things up and reject their applications in the end and delay their start of F1. that being said, i believe some PLAB doctors who come in at F2 have tier 2, so who knows?

i would have loved to be on tier 2 since you can get ILR (PR) faster...

Even if you came from numed Malaysia, internationals on a UK foundation programme will be on a tier 4 visa due to the financial minimum.
However, doctors are now part of the SOL and possibly the minimum salary requirement has been scrapped.
But, so far all internationals I know are on a tier 4 visa

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Thanks! I’ve emailed them as well and they’ve emailed back saying I’ve been allocated to Yorkshire and Humber foundation school. Thought it was a little strange as I’m from sheffield; just out of curiosity is your med school based in northwest?

As @Jckc123 stated, I am from Newcastle University Med school, but my campus is Malaysia based (NUMed). So I am not currently a holder of any UK visas. When we applied for the UKFPO eligibility, all of us from NUMed submitted the application stating that we are students/to graduate from a UK medical school, just not currently in the UK. (We were all informed by the uni to apply as such - I attached a picture)

None of my friends (both primary list/reserve list) received an email for a tier4, all of them got a tier2. And I contacted my university, they brought up my issue in their meeting and they have all agreed that I need a tier 2, not tier4.

I have emailed tier4doctors and this was their reply: Good Afternoon, thank you for your email. Please seek advice from the Foundation team as you are currently placed on the list for the Tier 4 visa.

I have also emailed UKFP team and this was their reply: Dear ___, Please contact who will be able to advise accordingly. Thanks.


I have applied to both their emails and the automatic reply system says probably I'll get a reply in 5 working days.
There is also the issue regarding the interim F1, and we were informed that we are not eligible for that. So I'm rather lost and confused and worried right now.

Hey, yeah I have no idea what's going on with my visa but my university told me we need tier2 to work as FY doctors and also HEE sent out tier 2 emails to all my primary list friends. Even another friend who is also on reserve list got his tier2 email. So it's just me now in numed who got a tier 4 email.

Thanks! I’ve emailed them as well and they’ve emailed back saying I’ve been allocated to Yorkshire and Humber foundation school. Thought it was a little strange as I’m from sheffield; just out of curiosity is your med school based in northwest?

this sounds weird. Unless all your friends will have an annual salary of >=35000 pounds, i dont see why they would be on tier2

I don't know if this is happening due to the miscommunication between the 2 team. We may already have been allocated to our foundations school secretly but maybe tier4doctors don't know they want to keep this as a secret so they just told us this outright

hi, re the anonymous reply to he/she getting yorkshire when she/he's based in sheffield. Can i know where were you based? I have just received an email saying i got northwest but i was in a northwest med school. Wondering if there is a mishap in the tier4 system?

Hey I’m the anon that got Yorkshire. Yeah I’m from a Yorkshire med school so I was wondering as well if this is a mishap in the system! Or do you think it could be our interim F1 job allocations since we’d be allocated to our local trusts?

Thanks! I’ve emailed them as well and they’ve emailed back saying I’ve been allocated to Yorkshire and Humber foundation school. Thought it was a little strange as I’m from sheffield; just out of curiosity is your med school based in northwest?