Fee Status Classification Questionnaire In most cases we can determine your fee status from the information you have provided in your application form or from your UCAS data. However this is not always possible and we may ask you to complete a Fee Status Classification Questionnaire to accurately assess your fee status. Please complete all the relevant sections and provide the supporting documentation requested in each applicable section. Please note that failure to supply the correct information may delay a decision being made on your application. Definition In accordance with The Education (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 which came into force on 1 August 2012, all students applying to the University of St Andrews are assessed as either Home (Scotland/EU), RUK (Rest of UK) or Overseas. In order to qualify for Home fees, students must have a relevant connection to Scotland. This is defined as follows: a. The student is settled 1 in the UK on the relevant date 2 b. The student is ordinarily resident 3 in Scotland on the relevant date c. The student has been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands throughout the 3-year period immediately preceding the relevant date If you fail to meet (b) but meet all other requirements, you will be eligible for the RUK fee as long as you are ordinarily resident in the rest of the UK on the relevant date. In addition to the above, there are certain categories of students who do not meet all of the conditions above but who may still be eligible for Home (Scotland/EU) fees. Further information can be found in the Appendix to this document and in the UKCISA Guidance Notes: http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/international-students/fees--finance/home-or-overseas-fees/scotland-higher- Education/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Settled means you are a British Citizen or have either Right of Abode, Indefinite Leave to Enter or Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK 2 The relevant date is 1 August, 1 January or 1 April closest to the start date of the student s proposed course 3 Ordinarily resident means you have habitually, normally and lawfully resided in that area and not wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education
1. Immigration status Please tick one: British Citizen (or spouse/civil partner/child of a British Citizen) Indefinite Leave to Enter/Remain EU National, other than UK (or spouse/civil partner/child of an EU National) Dual UK/EU National Refugee status Refused refugee status but granted Exceptional Leave to Enter/Remain Swiss National Other Please provide: Copy of relevant passport page or that of spouse/civil partner/parent Copy of relevant passport page and/or Home Office letter Copy of relevant passport page or that of spouse/civil partner/parent Copy of EU passport Copy of relevant passport page and Home Office letter Home Office letter Copy of relevant pages from your and your parents passports Copy of relevant passport page and/or Home Office letter 2. Personal details Family name Forename(s) Date of Birth UCAS ID no. (if applicable) St Andrews student ID no. (if known) Course applied for Country of birth Nationality (if dual please indicate both) Current address Permanent address (if different from above) Email address Father s country of birth Father s nationality (if dual please indicate both)
Father s current address Mother s country of birth Mother s nationality (if dual please indicate both) Mother s current address (if different from above) Spouse/Civil Partner s country of birth Spouse/Civil Partner s nationality (if dual please indicate both) Spouse/Civil Partner s current address (if different from your address) 3. Residency 3.1 Please give details of your places of residence (including current residence) since birth (continue on a separate sheet if necessary) Country and Town Dates of residence (from dd/mm/yy to dd/mm/yy) Purpose of residence i.e. living with family, education, work 3.2 Have you/will you have been ordinarily resident in the UK/EEA/Switzerland during the 3-year period before the relevant date? Yes/No If Yes, please continue to section 5. If No and your absence was due to temporary employment overseas, please complete section 4.
4. Temporary absence due to employment overseas 4.1 Please indicate whether the employee was: Yourself/Your parent(s)/your spouse 4.2 Give details of employment in the last 10 years you must provide evidence of the temporary nature of the employment i.e. temporary work contracts Employer s name Employer s address Start and end date 4.3 Was the employment obtained prior to departure? Yes/No If No, why were you in the overseas country prior to obtaining employment? 4.4 Was/is the employment for a specific period? Yes/No If Yes, what is the length of the contract? 4.5 Was/is the contract renewable and/or part of a series of contracts? Yes/No 4.6 Was/is property maintained in the UK/EEA/Switzerland during the period of absence? Yes/No If yes, please provide evidence such as utility bills, mortgage statements, rental agreements
4.7 Have holidays or other periods of time been spent in the UK/EEA/Switzerland during the period of absence? Yes/No If yes, please list the dates and duration of visits. Date of visit Purpose of visit Type of residence stayed in i.e. own home, with relatives, hotel 5. Education 5.1 Please give details of your previous education School/College/University Country Start and end date 5.2 If you have applied to or attended another UK university were you classed as Home, RUK or Overseas for fee status purposes? 5.3 Have you applied/do you intend for a tuition fee loan/award/bursary from the Student Loans Company or SAAS? Yes/No If Yes, please give details
6. Declaration Please provide any further information that you think may assist us in determining your fee status Based on the eligibility conditions for fee status, please state which fee status you think you qualify for: Home/EU RUK Overseas If Home/EU please give your reasons: Please sign below to indicate that the information given above is, to the best of your knowledge and belief, accurate and complete. Signature: Date:
Guidance notes for fee status assessment In addition to those students who have a relevant connection to Scotland as described on page 1, there are certain categories of excepted students who may be eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home/EU rate. These are listed below. For full notes attached to each exception, please refer to the UKCISA website: http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/international-students/fees--finance/home-or-overseas-fees/scotland-higher- Education/ Those who are 'settled' in the UK and have exercised a 'right of residence' in the EEA and/or Switzerland, and family members of 'settled' UK nationals (a) you are settled in the UK or you are the family member of a UK national and (b) you have left the UK and exercised a right of residence in the EEA and/or Switzerland EU nationals, and family (a) on the relevant date, you must be a non-uk EU national, or the relevant family member of a non-uk EU national where you are accompanying/joining the non-uk EU national in the UK and (b) you, or the person that you are a relevant family member of, must have been ordinarily resident in the EEA, Switzerland and/or the EU overseas territories for the three years before the relevant date Non-UK EEA/Swiss workers, and family (a) you must be an EEA national (but NOT a UK national), or a Swiss national, in the UK as a worker, or the relevant family member of such a worker. If you are an EEA or Swiss frontier worker you must be working in Scotland; and (b) you must have been ordinarily resident in the EEA and/or Switzerland for the three years preceding the relevant date. Child of a Swiss National (a) you must be the child of a Swiss national; and (b) you must have been ordinarily resident in the EEA and/or Switzerland for the three years immediately before the relevant date. Child of a Turkish worker (a) you must be the child of a Turkish national; and (b) your Turkish national parent must be ordinarily resident in Scotland and must be, or have been, lawfully employed in the UK; and
(c) you must be ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date; and (d) you must have been ordinarily resident in the EEA and/or Switzerland and/or Turkey for the three years before the date in (c) above. Refugees, and family (a) you must have been recognised as a refugee by the UK Government and have remained ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands since then, or you must be the spouse or civil partner or child of such a person; and (b) you must be ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date. If you fail to meet (b) but meet all other requirements, you will be eligible for the RUK fee as long as you are ordinarily resident in the rest of the UK on the relevant date. If you are, or if your parent or spouse or civil partner is, recognised as a refugee after the start of the course, you will be entitled to pay home or RUK fees from the start of the next academic year. Those not granted refugee status but allowed to remain in the UK, and family If you apply for asylum and the Home Office decides that you do not qualify for refugee status but that you should be allowed to stay in the UK, it normally grants Humanitarian Protection (HP) or Discretionary Leave (DL) or, in some cases, Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). To be eligible for 'home' fees under this category, you must meet all of the following criteria: (a) you must: 1. have been refused refugee status but granted leave as above and have remained ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands since the Home Office decision; or 2. be the spouse, civil partner or child of someone who meets the conditions in (1); (b) you must be ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date. If you fail to meet (b) but meet all other requirements, you will be eligible for the RUK fee as long as you are ordinarily resident in the rest of the UK on the relevant date. If you are, or if your parent or spouse or civil partner is, granted permission to stay in the UK after the start of your course, you will be entitled to pay home fees from the start of the next academic year. Children of asylum seekers and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (a) be the child of an asylum seeker, or an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child; and (b) be living in Scotland on the relevant date; and c) have been living in Scotland for the three-year period immediately before the date in (b); and (d) have been under 18 years old on the date when you or your parent applied for asylum, and that application must have been made before 1 December 2006; and (e) be under 25 years old on the date in (b).
Exchange students If you are studying in the UK on the basis of a formal student exchange between your institution in your own country and your UK place of study, you will not normally have to pay fees. If you do have to pay fees, these will be at the home rate. Iraqi nationals granted indefinite leave to enter the UK under the Locally Engaged Staff Assistance Scheme (Direct Entry), and family (a) you must be an Iraqi national who has been granted indefinite leave to enter the UK, under the Locally Engaged Staff Assistance Scheme (Direct Entry) operated by the Home Department, or the spouse, civil partner or child of such a person; and (b) you must have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands at all times since you were first granted such indefinite leave to enter; and (c) you must be ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date. If you are not an Iraqi national yourself, but are the spouse, civil partner or child of such a person, then that Iraqi national must also be ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date.