Check tuition deposits, residence charges, insurance requirements and refund deadlines directly with the school or provider. Immigration category does not by itself establish a particular tuition rate. Price any proposed independent immigration procedure separately using current official charges. Put the refundable commitments first and the non-refundable ones last. A deposit paid before the employer confirms its support buys a place the family may not be able to use, while the same money held two weeks costs nothing. Ask each provider for the last date on which a full refund is still available, in writing.
Avoid combining unrelated fee assumptions
Ask for written answers on student fee classification and refund conditions. Keep those answers separate from immigration advice. A school may accept a deposit before all immigration questions are resolved, so payment should not be treated as confirmation that the child can remain.
Three cost sets should never be merged into one figure: what the school charges, what a separate immigration request would cost, and what the parent’s own employment filing costs the employer. Each is decided by a different party on a different schedule. Government charges change, so confirm any current amount from the official source rather than from a figure quoted last year.
Where a residence contract renews automatically, find the notice date and mark it beside the birthday, because that renewal is one of the commitments that cannot be undone once it runs.