Carry every original in your cabin bag, never in checked luggage. Keep one photocopy set in your checked bag, one set at home in Nepal, and a scanned copy in cloud storage plus a USB drive.
📄Use the Documents screen insteadTrack originals, photocopies and scans separately, with expiry dates and a filter for what you need at check-in.Valid for the whole course plus at least 6 extra months. Check for blank pages.
If any previous passport carries visas or travel history.
The UK no longer issues BRP cards or visa stickers. Your status is digital. Know your UKVI login, make sure your current passport is linked to the account, and generate a share code before you fly — airlines check this at boarding, and a passport mismatch is the most common cause of being denied boarding.
Screens die and roaming fails. Carry paper as well as a phone screenshot.
Print it.
Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies from your university.
Mandatory for Nepal for any stay over 6 months — from the IOM Migration Health Assessment Centre (Kathmandu / Damak) or Norvic. Valid 6 months. Carry the original X-ray certificate even after the visa is granted.
SEE, +2 / A-Level, Bachelor's transcripts and mark sheets, provisional and character certificates, migration certificate. Universities and future employers ask for originals; couriering them later from Nepal is slow and risky.
IELTS / PTE / Duolingo TRF original or printout.
Immigration Health Surcharge — your NHS access depends on it.
Bank statements, balance certificate, source-of-funds papers, sponsor letter and relationship documents.
Required for Nepali students studying abroad and for the official foreign-currency exchange — carry the original and copies.
Booking letter or tenancy agreement, with the full address and postcode written on paper — you will need it at the border, for your bank and for your GP.
Include UK size (35 × 45 mm) as well as the Nepali size.
Covers the gap before NHS registration, and your luggage in transit.
Useful when registering with a GP; the UK may ask about MMR.
For any medicine you carry. Also list generic drug names — Nepali brand names mean nothing to a UK pharmacist.
Google Drive folder + emailed to yourself + a USB drive in your bag.
Passport endorsement / NRB documentation for the currency you carry out.
The IDP lets you drive in the UK for up to 12 months; it is also accepted as informal photo ID.
Occasionally asked for by landlords or employers.
Useful for part-time jobs and Graduate Route applications.
Build one document folder and never unpack it
Use a single A4 zip folder. Originals in one sleeve, photocopies in another, and a printed index on top.
That folder lives in your cabin bag from the moment you leave home until you finish university enrolment. Do not put it in checked luggage 'just for the flight'.