Dear Sandra,

Thanks for your advice. I wrote to my spervisor to ask for the contact person of the admissions office to enquire about the official offer letter. He was very responsive and helpful. He contacted the admissions office himself to ask them to rush this letter to me late last week. Right away, the office also sent me the scanned version of the offer letter, which I could confirm my acceptance. So, basically my offer is now unconditional.

I hope the original offer letter and the visa letter would reach me some time in the middle of July and I can start to apply for visa. The British visa office requests "ORIGINAL" documents.

Also thanks Smilodon for your advice. I appreciate that you are trying to help me out.

You guys are very helpful.

Good day to you,

I am from Asia. And this is the first time I have posted my thread on this forum. I really need your advice:

I received an e-mail from my future supervisor in the middle of May 2009 (19/5/2009) about the "unofficial admission news". He was saying that I could expect to receive an official letter from the University by month end 5/2009. (He interviewed me for the Ph.D). However, so far, I have not yet got the letter. I am so anxious as it takes time for me to apply for a visa.

Do you think that I should e-mail him and ask for the name of the contact person from the admissions office or should I just wait until the end of June 2009? (Normally, it takes 10-15 days for a letter from the UK to Asia by post). If I asked him, would he think that I bother him too much? I really want to establish a good working relationship with the supervisor for the future work.

Thanks a lot in advance for your help