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Guidance: SFE: Current application timescales

Student Loans Company

October 16
14:55 2023

This page is updated weekly.Timescales are subject to change.

This page is used for undergraduate student finance applications only. To get an update on your Postgraduate Loan or Advanced Learner Loan application, youll need to sign in to your student finance account.

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If youve applied for student finance

If youve recently applied for student finance, we might give you the minimum amount to make sure you have some funding near the start of your course.

How long it takes us to work on your application depends on what youve applied for and how many other students are applying at the same time.

If you apply this week for Current timescales are Expect to hear from us between
Full-time undergraduate student finance 27 working days Monday 20 November and Friday 24 November
Part-time undergraduate student finance 35 working days Monday 4 December and Friday 8 December
Childcare Grant, Parents Learning Allowance or Adult Dependants Grant 40 working days Monday 11 December and Friday 15 December

Remember to check the progress of your application using your student finance account.

If youve sent us evidence or made a change to your application

If youve sent evidence to help us work out how much you can get, or youve told us that your circumstances have changed, the table below shows when you should hear from us about it.

If you send us information or evidence this week about Current timescales are Expect to hear from us between
your financial information, including the PFF2 form 16 working days Monday 6 November to Friday 10 November
a change in your circumstances 16 working days Monday 6 November to Friday 10 November
Childcare Grant, Parents Learning Allowance or Adult Dependants Grant 26 working days Monday 20 November to Friday 24 November

If youve uploaded evidence or made a change to your application, your student finance account might not update straight away. Well update it once weve actioned your change or reviewed your evidence.

Published 27 September 2023
Last updated 16 October 2023 +show all updates
  1. Current timescales have been updated

  2. Timescales tables have been updated.

  3. Timescales have been updated for the week commencing Monday 2 October 2023

  4. First published.

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