refused student finance as lived abroad- please help!

panes10

Hi i have just found out i am not eligible for student finance as i have been travelling in Australia for the past 3 years. I have already started my uni degree and yet to pay the tuition fees. They say i have not been resident in the uk but i was not resident in Australia. I am a uk citizen and have lived here all my life except for when i was travelling.

Has anyone had a similar experience and could anyone help. i saw a thread with a similar situation and i saw that the situation got resolved.

Thanks in advance

devildog

Not another one

This was a link that Taiko posted a while back.Don't know if you have seen/looked at it but it may be beneficial to you regarding eligibility.

http://practitioners.studentfinancee..._schema=PORTAL

Taiko is the one with the expertise regarding this and may be able to help(depending on what his/her personal workload is at the minute)
Sorry Taiko, not sure if you are a he or a she(in my mind a he, but who knows )

panes10

Thank you for your help. hopefully i can get hold of Taiko and get this resolved. thanks again

Lokolo

devildog wrote: »

Not another one

This was a link that Taiko posted a while back.Don't know if you have seen/looked at it but it may be beneficial to you regarding eligibility.

http://practitioners.studentfinancee..._schema=PORTAL

Taiko is the one with the expertise regarding this and may be able to help(depending on what his/her personal workload is at the minute)
Sorry Taiko, not sure if you are a he or a she(in my mind a he, but who knows )

Yes Taiko's a he

(I do sometimes have my doubts looking at his pictures though... hehe)

Oldernotwiser

I have to say that one of my students was in a similar situation and she was unable to access funding, but Taiko has more experience than I do.

What sort of visa did you have for Australia?

panes10

I had a working holiday visa for 2 years and then had no choice but to apply for a defacto visa as this was the only way i could stay with my partner while she studied. none of these visas class me as a resident of Australia