Article 3 Scope
United Kingdom
This Directive shall apply to third-country nationals who apply to be admitted to the territory of a Member State for the purpose of studies.
Member States may also decide to apply this Directive to third-country nationals who apply to be admitted for the purposes of pupil exchange, unremunerated training or voluntary service.
This Directive shall not apply to:
third-country nationals residing in a Member State as asylum-seekers, or under subsidiary forms of protection, or under temporary protection schemes;
third-country nationals whose expulsion has been suspended for reasons of fact or of law;
third-country nationals who are family members of Union citizens who have exercised their right to free movement within the Community;
third-country nationals who enjoy long-term resident status in a Member State in accordance with Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 on the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residentsf1 and exercise their right to reside in another Member State in order to study or receive vocational training;
third-country nationals considered under the national legislation of the Member State concerned as workers or self-employed persons.