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Originally Posted by CrystalD
I have a quick question in case anyone happens to be in the same position. My parents live in Malaysia, and I moved to England 6 years ago. On the form, there is a question about whether your parents have lived abroad, and in the 'eligibility for NHS paying 2nd,3rd,and 4th year fees' bit, it says youre not eligible if parents are living abroad. Does anyone know if this applies to someone who is classed as an independant student (I am 25)? I will call NHS Grants anyway, but just wanted to check if anyone else has the same circumstances. Am very much hoping that I am not suddenly going to be faced with an extra £10,000 for fees that I thought all GEP students had paid for them!
Thanks
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Hi Crystal,
I found below on the NHS Bursary website. If you satisfy the residence conditions you should be OK.
Residence Conditions
To be eligible for NHS Bursary support ALL students regardless of nationality must be able to satisfy the following requirements on the first day of the first academic year of the course (the ‘prescribed date’) * On that day, all applicants must:
be ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for the three years preceding the prescribed date, apart from occasional or temporary absences;
AND
be ordinarily resident in England, Scotland , Wales or Northen Ireland on the prescribed date (other than medical and dental students who must be ordinarily resident in England.);
AND
have ‘settled status’ in the UK - within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971. This means that there must be no restrictions on your length of stay in the UK.
*Academic years are the period of 12 months starting as follows:
1 September for all courses starting between 1 September and 31 December
1 January for all courses starting between 1 January and 31 March
1 April for all courses starting between 1 April and 30 June
1 July for all courses starting between 1 July and 31 August
If you were away from this country because you or your family were temporarily employed abroad, you may be treated as if your residence in the UK had not been interrupted.
If you are living here mainly to receive full-time education and you would normally have lived elsewhere, you will not usually be treated as having been resident in the UK.
Students who do not meet the residency rules
If you do not meet the required residency conditions , you may still be eligible for an NHS Bursary. This may apply if either you, your spouse or civil partner or your parents are:
Non-UK EU nationals who have been ordinarily resident in the UK throughout the three years preceding the prescribed date. (If, during any part of this three year this period, the main purpose for your residence was to receive full time education, you must have been ordinarily resident in the EEA/Switzerland immediately prior to the three year period of ordinary residence in the UK).
From another EEA country or Switzerland, if you can show that you, your spouse, civil partner, or either of your parents have 'migrant worker' status and you have been living in the EEA or Switzerland for three years before the first day of the first academic year of your course, and are ordinarily resident in the UK on the first day of the first academic year in which your course begins.
You have been recognised by the British Government as a refugee and have been ordinarily resident in the UK since you were granted this status.
Those who have been refused refugee status but instead have been granted Humanitarian Protection or Discretionary Leave, and have resided in the UK for the three years prior to the prescribed date.
