Getting your first student finance payment
Expecting your first student finance payment? We바카라 사이트檝e got you covered!
Applies to England
If you바카라 사이트檙e starting or returning to a course soon, you바카라 사이트檒l be looking forward to your first student finance payment. You can check your payment schedule and status by signing in to your online account.
Follow our 3 easy steps to help you get paid on time:
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Make sure you바카라 사이트檝e submitted your application and given us any evidence we need. Sign in to your online account and check your application tracker in case you still have anything to do.
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Check your bank details are correct in your online account. To do this, select 바카라 사이트榊our personal details바카라 사이트� in your account. If you need to update them, make sure to do this at least 4 working days before your payment date.
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Register/enrol on your course. You might be able to do this online through your university or college바카라 사이트檚 website. We can바카라 사이트檛 make payments to you until your university or college confirm that you바카라 사이트檝e registered/enrolled. You바카라 사이트檒l be invited to do this by your university or college closer to your course start date.
If you바카라 사이트檙e a part-time or distance learning student and you바카라 사이트檙e getting a Maintenance Loan, your course provider will typically confirm your registration 2 weeks after the start of your course. Your payment schedule won바카라 사이트檛 update until you바카라 사이트檝e attended your course for 2 weeks and we바카라 사이트檝e got confirmation of your registration/enrolment from your course provider.
Where to find your payment status
To get ready for your next payment, you should check your payment status in case there바카라 사이트檚 anything you still need to do before you get paid. It바카라 사이트檚 easy to check your payment status, just follow these steps:
- Sign in to your online account at www.gov.uk/student-finance-register-login.
- Select 바카라 사이트楿ndergraduate student finance applications바카라 사이트�.
- Select the application for the payments you wish to check.
- Under the heading 바카라 사이트楳anage your student finance바카라 사이트�, select 바카라 사이트榁iew your payments바카라 사이트�.
What your payment status means
Check what your payment status means in the table below:
| Payment status | What this means for you |
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| Checking details | We need to check your National Insurance number before we can pay you. Go to 바카라 사이트榊our actions to complete바카라 사이트� to enter it. |
| Scheduled | We바카라 사이트檝e scheduled your payments. Before we can pay you, your university or college will need to tell us that you바카라 사이트檝e registered/enrolled with them. They바카라 사이트檒l do this when you start your course. |
| Awaiting confirmation | Your university or college need to tell us that you바카라 사이트檝e registered/enrolled on your course. They바카라 사이트檒l do this when you start your course. We바카라 사이트檒l pay you after we get this. |
| Ready to be paid | We don바카라 사이트檛 need anything else from you. Your payment will be made on the date shown. |
| Payment in progress | Your payment is on its way. It can take up to three working days for it to appear in your bank account. |
| Paid | We바카라 사이트檝e made a payment to your bank account. |
| Blocked | We can바카라 사이트檛 pay you. You should already know about this. If you don바카라 사이트檛, we have different ways to contact us. |
| Failed | Your payment has been returned to us. Go to 바카라 사이트榊our personal details바카라 사이트� to check your bank details. |
Checking if we바카라 사이트檝e got confirmation of your registration/enrolment
You don바카라 사이트檛 need to call us to check, the quickest and easiest way to find out if we바카라 사이트檝e got confirmation of your registration/enrolment is by checking your application status and payment status.
Use the table below to understand what each status means:
| Application status | Payment status | What this means |
|---|---|---|
| Confirming all details | Awaiting confirmation | We바카라 사이트檝e not had confirmation of your registration |
| Receiving payments | Ready to be paid | We바카라 사이트檝e had confirmation of your registration |
If your university or college have told you they바카라 사이트檝e sent confirmation of registration/enrolment to us, you should allow time for the status in your online account to be updated as this can take up to 48 hours. We바카라 사이트檒l send you a text when your payment is on its way to your bank account.
Visit our application status page for more information on what your status means.
If you바카라 사이트檙e getting less student finance than you expected
If you바카라 사이트檝e applied late or haven바카라 사이트檛 given us the household income details we need yet, you may get a smaller amount of student finance to begin with. This is to make sure you have some money in time for starting your course.
Once we바카라 사이트檝e got your household income details and processed them, we바카라 사이트檒l adjust how much you바카라 사이트檒l get and send you a top up payment as soon as we can.
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Updates to this page
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Removed 'withdrawn' and 'suspended' payment statuses as these are no longer live.
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Added additional payment statuses and updated section 'what this means for you'.
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Included payment information for part-time and distance learning students.
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YouTube film has been added to the page
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Guidance has been updated to reflect changes to online accounts ahead of the 2022/23 academic year
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Updated guidance on what the payment status 'awaiting confirmation' means.
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Updated embedded films to the latest versions.
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Embedded a second guidance film, "How to view your payment dates and status".
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