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Student finance forms and guides 2012/2013

As well as applying online, you can apply for student finance by completing a paper form. Students and their parents, husbands, wives and partners can download forms and guidance notes for the academic year 2012/2013.

Returning your completed forms

You should send your completed forms to your local Student Finance NI office.

Student loans: a guide to terms and conditions 2012/2013

This guide applies to students who take out government loans during the academic year 2012/2013 to support their study at higher-education institutions in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It explains what you are committing yourself to when you take out a loan, and it is important that you carefully read and understand this information.

2012/2013 Full-time Students

These guidebooks provide detailed information on all aspects of the financial support available during 2012/13:

Applying for support

Students wishing to apply for support should complete the following forms:

New Students

We recommend that new students applying for support in 2012/2013 submit their passport as proof of identity. Those students who are not passport holders can submit their Birth or Adoption Certificate, but must also complete and return the Birth/Adoption Certificate Declaration form.

This form contains two separate declarations. The Applicant's Declaration of Identity must be signed by the student to confirm their identity. The Identity Confirmation Form is to verify your identity and must be completed by a person of good standing in the community who has known you for at least two years.

Continuing students

Loan Request Forms

These forms are for students who have already applied for support and now wish to amend either the amount of Maintenance Loan or Tuition Fee Loan they requested:

Change of circumstances

Missing signature

Missing signature - complete this form if you did not sign your paper application, when you applied for student finance.

Part-time students

2012/13 part-time guidance will be available summer 2012.

Here is guide to financial support for part-time students in higher education 2011/12.

Part-time students wishing to apply for support should download the following application forms:

Confirmation of Benefits and Income, and Change of Circumstances Forms

Here is a Confirmation of Benefits Form for part-time students:

Here is a Confirmation of Income Form for part-time students:

Here is a Change of Circumstances Form for part-time students:

Parents husbands, wives and partners of students

If you are supporting a student during their studies, you may require these forms:

These forms are for you to provide your financial information in support of a student's application (where it has not been provided on the main application form):

Missing signature - complete this form if you did not sign the paper form when you supported a student's application for finance:

Disabled Students' Allowances

If you have completed or are completing your Application for Student Finance and you also want to apply for Disabled Students' Allowances, you should complete the slimline version of the DSA1 form.

If you are applying for Disabled Students' Allowances only, or if you are a part-time student, a post graduate student or if you are studying your course by distance learning you must complete the full version of the DSA1 form.

Childcare Grant

Information on all aspects of financial support, including the Childcare Grant, for student parents:

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