ADMISSIONS
TUITION FEE ASSESSMENT FORM - CONFIDENTIAL
The personal information you provide in this form, together with any supporting documents, will
student for the purpose of payment of university tuition fees.
Any citizenship/immigration documentation you provide will be used to check your immigration
status. This form together with all fee assessment documentation will be stored electronically on
your applicant record.
Please note that the University fee assessment process is carried out independently of your
application to study at it. UKCISA (UK Council for International Student Affairs) guidelines are
considered in full when an assessment is made. A decision on your fee status is not an admission
decision on your application, which will be determined separately of your fee status.
If you do not wish your data to be used as part of this process then please
However, without this data it will not be possible to make a fully informed decision regarding your
Instructions for Completion
Please note that all questions should be answered unless indicated otherwise. You will need to
provide proof to support any of the answers you give. An assessment cannot be made without
the relevant evidence.
It is important that you submit this form as quickly as possible as some academic departments
are unable to make a decision on your application until your fee status is determined.
Please return the form by e-mail in either Word or PDF format.
General information for prospective applicants can be found on the UKCISA website ukcisa.org.uk
We recommend you read the UKCISA Guidance detailing the eligibility criteria which can be found
at ukcisa.org.uk/Information--Advice/Fees-and-Money/England-fee-status
The Education (Fees and Awards) (England) Regulations 2007 as amended, and The Student
Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) (England) Regulations 2007 as amended are applied in
making our decision. Details of how we determine eligibility are available at ukcisa.org.uk
Return completed form and supporting evidence to
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY:
Date received:
Intake: Jan / Mar / Apr / Jul / Sep / Oct 20
Registration Number:
Decision: Home / Eu / Overseas / Islands
Name & Date:
IMPORTANT: Please note that incomplete forms or forms submitted without supporting documents
will be unable to be processed accurately. This is likely to lead to the processing of your application
form being delayed.
Section A. Personal and Contact Details
University Registration
Number
Title Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Mx
Surname
(Family Name)
First Name(s)
(Given Name(s)
Current Postal Address
Date of Birth
(day/month/year)
Country of Birth
Email Address
If you were born outside
enter the UK to live
Nationality
IMPORTANT: Please note that incomplete forms or forms submitted without supporting documents
will be unable to be processed accurately. This is likely to lead to the processing of your application
form being delayed.
Section B. Immigration Status
Please tick the statement(s) that apply You must submit the following documents
to you: when you return your form:
I am a British Citizen, or holder of Copies of the relevant pages of passport
Abode in the UK nationality).
Copies of the relevant pages of passport
✓
enter from the UK Border Agency
Copies of the relevant pages of passport
I have Refugee Status granted by the
UK Border Agency
I am the child, spouse/civil partner or
parent of someone granted Refugee
Status Refugee Status.
I applied for asylum and was refused
Refugee Status, but granted one of the Copy of UK Border Agency letter (with any
following: enclosures) and copy of the relevant pages
name and nationality).
- Humanitarian Protection
I am the child, spouse/civil partner or
parent of someone refused Refugee
Status but granted one of the above immigration status.
Copies of the relevant pages of passport
EEA National, Other than UK or a Swiss
National, or relative of such person
nationality).
Copies of the relevant pages of passport
I am the relative of an EU National who
lives in the UK
that the EU National lives in the UK.
I have a time limit on my stay.
Date of last passport stamp/visa Copies of the relevant pages of passport
___/___/_____
Date of expiry of most recent permission nationality).
to stay ___/___/_____
Please provide copies of any Biometric Residence Cards together with any of the above
documents you hold when submitting your complete form.
C. Please complete the following section if you are:
• A non-British EEA national
• A Swiss national
• A British national who has worked in another EEA country or Switzerland
• The spouse / civil partner of a child or such a person
Have you ever worked in the UK?
If yes, please provide dates and further details:
Yes No
✓
Has your spouse or civil partner ever worked in the UK?
If yes, please provide dates and further details:
Yes No
If yes, please provide dates and further details:
Has your parent (s) ever worked in the UK?
Yes No
✓
temporary absence from the UK/EEA and overseas territories during any part of the three years
prior to the start of the course, please provide answers to the following questions (on a separate
sheet if necessary). Please also provide documentary evidence of the temporary nature of the
employment.
(i)Who was the employee?
(ii) Was employment obtained prior to departure? If not, what was the reason for residence in the
overseas country prior to obtaining employment?
(iv) Was/is the employment contract renewable and/or part of a series of contracts?
D. Residency Details: Please given details of all your residence addresses for the last 10 years.
Main reason for residence
Address details Dates of residence (living with family, study,
employment, vacation, etc)
Please note that you must provide documentation to show where you have been resident in the
3 years preceding your relevant date (eg utility bills, council tax letters, transcripts, employment
letters, etc)
Depending on the answers and information you provided in Section B please provide us
with some additional information about your visa status:
Complete Section 2 and 7
Abode in the UK GO TO SECTION 2
UK or EU National temporarily employed Complete Section 3 and 7
outside the UK, EU or EEA* including GO TO SECTION 3
Switzerland
EEA*/Swiss National working in the UK Complete Section 4 and 7
including certain family members GO TO SECTION 4
UK or EU Nationals living within the EEA* or Complete Section 5 and 7
Switzerland and certain family members GO TO SECTION 5
Asylum Seeker, Recognised Refugee, Complete Section 6 and 7
GO TO SECTION 6
If none of the above Provide details in Section 7
GO TO SECTION 7
Please complete the following questions (on a separate sheet if necessary) and provide supporting
2.1 Have you or your parent(s) been granted
✓
Right of Abode
2.2 Please indicate the person who has been
✓ Yourself
Your Parent(s)
Your Spouse
2.3
issued
Please now go to Section 7.
Please complete the following questions (on a separate sheet if necessary) and provide supporting
evidence where appropriate (e.g. copy of employment contract, evidence of links with the UK (visits
bank accounts, utility bills, property, copy of relevant pages of passport).
3.1 Are you, your parent(s) or your spouse a UK
Yes
or EU National temporarily working outside the
UK, the EEA* or Switzerland?
No
3.2 Who is the person that is temporarily
Yourself
employed?
Your Parent(s)
Your Spouse
3.3 Please state the Nationality of the relevant
person
3.4 How long have you been outside the UK or
EEA*?
3.5 Please give employment details for the last 10 years
Dates of Employment Additional information
(eg temporary/
permanent contract)
Please now go to Section 7.
Section 4: EEA Migrant/Swiss workers including certain family members
Please complete the following questions (on a separate sheet if necessary) and provide supporting
4.1 Are you, your parent(s) or your spouse an
Yes
EEA* or Swiss National who has been or is
currently working in the UK?
No
4.2 Who is the migrant worker?
Yourself
Your Parent(s)
Your Spouse
4.3 Please state the nationality of the relevant
person
4.4 Please give the name, address and start
date of current employment
Please now go to Section 7.
family members
Please complete the following questions (on a separate sheet if necessary) and provide supporting
5.1 Are you, your parent(s) or your spouse a UK
Yes
or EU National temporarily working outside the
UK, the EEA* or Switzerland?
No
5.2 Please state the Nationality of the relevant
person
5.3 Have you been resident in the UK, EEA*
Yes
or Switzerland continuously for the three years
preceding the relevant date?
No
5.4 If you answered yes in 5.3, please indicate the nature of your stay within the past 3 years
Town and Country Start and end dates Reason (eg employment,
self employed, student, etc)
Please now go to Section 7.
Section 6: Asylum Seeker, Recognised Refugee, Exceptional Leave to Remain,
Please complete the following questions (on a separate sheet if necessary) and provide supporting
6.1 Have you, your parent(s) or your spouse
Yes (Go to question 6.2)
applied for asylum?
No (Go to Section 7)
6.2 Please indicate the person who has applied
Yourself
for asylum.
Your Parent(s)
Your Spouse
6.3 Yes (please attach a copy of the relevant
that the government recognises him/her as a
refugee?
No
Awaiting decision
6.4 If the answer is no to 6.3, has the Home
granted one of the following?
Humanitarian Protection
(If one of the above, please attach a copy of the
I have not been given leave to remain
Please now go to Section 7.
Section 7: If you have any additional information which you feel might help us
when considering your case, please give details below:
Final Checklist
Please ensure that you have completed all compulsory parts of the questionnaire and the
✓
sections applicable to you.
Please ensure you have attached a copy of your passport / EU ID card. If you were born in
✓
If you are an overseas passport holder and have a relevant UK/EU/EEA family member
✓ please ensure you have provided copies of their passport and proof of your relationship
with this person.
If you have been granted refugee status, leave to remain, humanitarian or discretionary
your status in the UK.
I declare that the information I have given is both true and correct. I understand that giving
inaccurate or false information, or submitting false or fraudulent documentation or withholding
relevant information will affect my ability to enrol or remain on a course of study at the University.
I understand that the University may require further documentary evidence to verify this
information and that failure to produce this (or any of the evidence that is listed under ‘Required
Documentation’ listed under the relevant sections above) may result in me being assessed as
an ‘Overseas’ student for fee paying purposes. I also understand that the University is unable to
accept responsibility for any original documents submitted with this questionnaire.
Signed:
Dated:
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018, the
status only and may be viewed by you subject to written request.
This questionnaire is now complete. Thank you for providing this information.
Please return this questionnaire either via post to the address (listed below) or
via email
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is ‘fee status’ & why have I been asked to complete How much are my tuition fees & how do I pay them?
this questionnaire?
determine, and where required, assess an applicants fee status, section is not responsible for any tuition fee payments or queries
which is the process where we determine whether they will be regarding how much your course will cost. The dmissions eam
will contact you with an assessment decision once your
with the provisions of the Education (Fees and Awards) assessment has been completed. If you would like to know how
Regulations 1997 (including amendments). This questionnaire much you will need to pay for the course please visit the
allows us to obtain all the necessary information we require to be University website:
in a position to make an assessment, where required.
For Overseas Students: uclan.ac.uk/study_here/
fees_and_
What is a ‘Home’ Fees Payer?
For Home/EU Students: uclan.ac.uk/study_here/
fees_and_
is charged the UK/EU rate of tuition fees, which is usually at
Whom do I talk to about Student Finance?
(whether you will be staying in halls of residence, private rented Please note that the Admissions Team do not work in
accommodation or living at a parental home). conjunction with Student Finance. We are two different
organisations, whom follow two different sets of eligibility criteria.
What is an ‘Overseas’ Fees Payer?
impact on the amount you are charged for your chosen course,
Student Finance relates to funding that you may be eligible for
in order to pay for tuition fees and supporting yourself whilst at
charged a higher rate of tuition fees. If you require a Tier 4 University.
(student) visa to study in the UK, you will have to be categorised
I do not have a Passport or my Passport has expired, what
document(s) should I submit?
What is an ‘Islands’ Fees Payer?
If you do not have a Passport and you are a British Citizen or you
have an expired British passport and you were born in the UK,
Alderney, Sark or Herm Citizen. you can submit a
driving licence, college/employment ID card) to
What is ‘ELQ’ & what does it mean in terms of my fee status @uclan.ac.uk
must
submit copies of any UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) or
that is used for students whom have been accepted to study you may
another course at the same or lower level than the highest be asked to provide additional documentation to support any
answers you give and the University may on occasion request to
see originals.
University bursaries. At the same time, the Government will not
provide funding to universities for these students. As a result, Please do not send original documents to aid your fee status
for unless requested. We cannot accept responsibility for these
documents.
What criteria does the University of Central Lancashire use I have a different name to the one on my Passport /
for fee status? relevant ID.
The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) If you have recently married or had a civil partnership and
publish the Government regulations on fee status which all changed your name, but have your maiden name on your
Passport, you must submit a copy of your Marriage/Civil
to and have no bearing on making your actual
assessment. The University abides by the eligibility criteria for
without exception so that we treat all students fairly by using What happens if I do not complete this questionnaire?
a fully consistent approach. Further information can be found
on the UKCISA website at ukcisa.org.uk/Information-- Advice/ If you fail to complete this questionnaire, or do not produce
copies of the required documents as outlined, you may either be
defaulted to that of an
fees, your application may be withdrawn or
Please note that the criteria on this website is applied at time you may not be permitted to enrol onto your course.
of assessment without exception, and should there be any
subsequent change in the fee regulations as stated by UKCISA, I have additional questions, whom should I contact?
these are implemented by the University immediately for any If you have any additional questions that have not been covered
future assessment. These however, will not affect any previous in this section, please contact @uclan.ac.uk
by
UKCISA. HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for We also encourage you to have a look at the fee regulations,
England) regularly audits all Universities in the UK to ensure which can be found on the UKCISA website at ukcisa.org.uk/
applicants are being fairly and accurately assessed against the Information--Advice/Fees-and-Money/England-fee-status (scroll
published criteria.
European Union (EU) national
You are an EU national if you are a national or citizen of Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece,
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden or the UK
The European Economic Area (EEA)
The EEA is a larger area than the EU. It is made up of all
The Overseas Territories
The “Overseas Territories” are Anguilla; Aruba; Bermuda; British
Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin
Islands; Cayman Islands; Ducie & Oeno Islands; Falkland
Islands, Faroe Islands; French Polynesia; French Southern
and Antarctic Territories; Greenland; Henderson; Mayotte;
Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curacao, Saba,
Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten); Pitcairn; South Georgia and
the South Sandwich Islands; St Helena and Dependencies
(Ascension Island and Tristan de Cunha); St Pierre et Miquelon;
the Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies; Turks and
Caicos Islands; and Wallis and Futuna.
Ordinarily Resident
and lawfully resided in that area from choice and for a settled
purpose.
Norwegian or Swiss ‘Worker’
A Norwegian or Swiss applicant can be employed or self-
employed in the UK, either on a full-time or part-time basis. If
you have given up your employment to start a course, you are still treated as a
worker if your course is related to your former job or area of work.
