< img src="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b691dc85b527871068ffcfed5fbf9e776f2b6474/0_798_5504_4403/master/5504.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=9fbdd9dd37389aada796fb83e323561c"alt =""> A Sri Lankan college student states her life has actually been ruined since a one-day hold-up in paying her tuition costs led to her being shaken off her degree course and endanger of deportation.Navodya De Silva, 25, protected a place at Coventry University to study worldwide hospitality and tourist management, with overseas student costs for the three-year undergraduate course of ₤ 42,000. Her dad used his life cost savings to spend for the course. Sri Lanka is a popular location for worldwide travelers and her plan was to obtain senior-level tourist tasks in her home country after finishing her UK degree.Now, because of a hold-up with the charge payment processing system she has actually fallen nasty of Office rules for universities that sponsor overseas students.De Silva began her degree in October 2024 and completed her very first year. The deadline for making the first payment for the 2nd year of her studies was 6 October 2025. She moved the required ₤ 8,000 payment on 3 October but due to a hold-up in her payment arriving into the university’s bank account, the university did not receive it up until 7 October, one day after the deadline.De Silva had actually finished her very first year at Coventry University. Photograph: Gordon Bell/Alamy The university reported this delay to the Office and as an outcome
she was unable to continue with her degree course and her study visa has actually been ended. She has actually applied for
further leave to stay in the UK and is awaiting a Home Office choice. If her application is refused she could be deported. “The UK is one of the best nations worldwide to do a university degree in. I believed that by studying here I would improve my opportunities of
having a good career in the tourist industry in my home nation,” she said. “I did my part correctly, paying my fees before the due date. It was out of my control that there was a delay in the university receiving my payment.
I was a student who attended all my classes, got high marks and did all my projects. I never ever anticipated this to happen. I remain in a state of shock and am so stressed.”If I return to Sri Lanka without any degree, having lost my daddy’s life savings, my life will be destroyed, even if of a delay in the system
for moving a payment. This decision, based upon simply a one-day delay, is extremely severe and out of proportion.” Her lawyer, Naga Kandiah, said:”She is an international student from Sri Lanka whose moms and dads have invested their life savings in her education in the UK. In spite of a one-day delay in the university receiving payment it proceeded to report her to the Office, withdraw sponsorship, and trigger the curtailment of her student visa, leading to serious and life-altering consequences.”A Coventry University Group representative stated: “While we can not talk about private cases, all students have a six-week timeframe in which to pay and total enrolment and we
issue clear guidance and tips concerning due dates to support trainees through the procedure.”We are proud of our record in supplying wide-ranging assistance for students but this is stabilized with our obligation to adhere to UKVI guidelines relating to enrolment. We do not set those guidelines however we are needed to impose them.”The Home Office has actually been approached for remark.