Conditions for Release of Payment

The following conditions will affect the release of your student funding:

• If you are 22 years or older, and this is the first time you are applying for post-secondary student funding, you must pass a credit check. Your funding is conditional on having a satisfactory credit history.
• Your educational institution must confirm that you are registered as a full-time student in the program you selected and for the period of study for which you applied for funding.
• Your personal and program information on your funding application must match the information you used to register at your school
• You must advise both Students Finance and your school if there is any change to your personal and program information.  Information that does not match will:
• delay the confirmation of your registration, and
• delay the release of your student funding
• If you have applied online for student funding, you may be mailed an Electronic Confirmation of Financial Information (EC) letter.
• If you receive an EC letter:
• sign and return the EC letter immediately. Your funding will be withheld until the EC letter is received with your signature.
• have your parents sign the EC letter if you are a dependent student
• have your spouse/partner sign the EC letter if you are married/common law
• If you do not receive an EC letter, the above instructions do not apply to you.