FAO Taiko

whodathunkit

Hi

I've just been told quite authoritatively on another forum that

"British citizens who've been living in France are eligible for loans to pay the fees and the maintenance loans, the only restriction is that they must have lived in England for a period of 3 months at some time during their lives."

As this isn't the information that I would've given, I wonder whether you could confirm that this is, in fact, the case.

Thanks.

Taiko

Nothing in the regulations about three months. You'd just be a UK citizen exercising a right of free movement throughout the EU, and would be entitled to the full support package provided you were ordinarily resident back in the UK before the 1st day of the relevant academic year. That would be the 1st September for autumn starters, 1st Jan for winter starters, and the 1st April for spring starters.

Got the forum link?

whodathunkit

Taiko wrote: »

Nothing in the regulations about three months. You'd just be a UK citizen exercising a right of free movement throughout the EU, and would be entitled to the full support package provided you were ordinarily resident back in the UK before the 1st day of the relevant academic year. That would be the 1st September for autumn starters, 1st Jan for winter starters, and the 1st April for spring starters.

Got the forum link?

Thanks for the reply.

I thought they had to be living here for the 3 years before the course started, not just children of ex pats who hadn't lived in the country for years and were returning "home" for university - you learn something new every day!

It's just an ex pat forum I post on sometimes.

Taiko

Rule only applies if the residency is in the EU. It can be done if outside, but it's a case of proving it was a temporary thing.