28 July 2025

Visas & Immigration release notes

The release notes detail the new features, bugs, and known issues in release 2025.07.

Features

The new features in release 2025.07 are detailed in the tables Features and Integration APIs.

Features

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Affected topics

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Export and import information available in CAS info

Staff can now view the export and import files a CAS has been included in via the CAS information panel. This is accessed by selecting the CAS information icon the CAS info icon in the right-hand menu bar when viewing a CAS request.

What is Visa sponsorship?

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Application and enrolment references available in CAS info

Staff can now view the application or enrolment reference of a CAS request by new Application reference or Enrolment reference fields in the CAS info panel in the CAS overview.

What is Visa sponsorship?

580291

Query CAS requests by application or enrolment reference

Staff can query CAS requests by application or enrolment reference in the Visa sponsorship app. Application reference and Enrolment reference are available as filters in CAS queries, and can be shown in the list of results.

How to search for CAS requests

586846

Search for a CAS request by application or enrolment reference

Staff can now search for a CAS request in the Visa sponsorship app by the Application reference or Enrolment reference. The search bar can be used to search by these references, and new Application reference or Enrolment reference columns will be available to view in the search grid of results and in the advanced filters.

How to search for CAS requests

580292

Application and enrolment references available in CAS folder grids

Staff can now view the application or enrolment reference of a CAS request by new Application reference or Enrolment reference columns in each of the CAS request folders, such as Preparing, Awaiting approval, and so on.

Not applicable

588032 and 602102

Download an import file in Visa sponsorship

Staff can now download the import files that have been uploaded in Visa sponsorship. Staff can download the file from the CAS import files page and the CAS information panel for an individual CAS request.

What is Visa sponsorship?

Integration APIs

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Affected topics

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CAS request application or enrolment reference integration

Third-parties can now provide an application or enrolment reference for a CAS using the integrations APIs. institutionApplicationId and institutionEnrolmentId are available in the preview version of the POST and GET CAS request integration APIs. Only one of these can be provided depending on whether the CAS is for an application or for an enrolled student, such as for a visa extension.

On creating a CAS, the Application number (applicationId) will be populated with the value from whichever field has been sent in. institutionApplicationId and institutionEnrolmentId have also been added to the details of each of the CAS request integration events.

applicationId has been removed from the preview version of the POST CAS request integration API.

API catalogue

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CAS Student requested date

Third-parties can now send in the date the student requested a CAS via integration. studentRequestDate is available in the preview and stable versions of the POST and GET CAS request integration APIs. The date will then be shown in the CAS information panel and can also be viewed in the list of CAS requests in folders.

API catalogue

Bugs

There are no bug fixes in release 2025.07.

Known issues

None