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If youre starting or returning to a course soon, youll 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:
| 1. Make sure youve submitted your application and provided any evidence we need. Sign in to your online account and check your application tracker in case you still have any actions to complete. |
| 2. Check your bank details are correct in your online account. To do this, click Your personal details in your account. If you need to update them, make sure to do this at least 4 working days before your payment date. |
| 3. Register/enrol on your course. You might be able to do this online through your university or colleges website. We cant make payments to you on your scheduled payment dates unless your university or college confirm that youve registered. |
Where to find your payment status
To prepare for your next payment, you should check your payment status in case theres anything you still need to do before you get paid. Its easy to check your payment status, just follow these steps:
- Sign in to your online account at www.gov.uk/student-finance-register-login.
- Click Undergraduate student finance applications.
- Select the application for the payments you wish to check.
- Under the heading Manage your student finance, click View your payments.
How to check your payment schedule
What your payment status means
The payment statuses that show in your online account have been updated, so theyre a bit different to what they were last year.
Check what your payment status means in the table below:
| Payment status | What this means for you |
|---|---|
| Indicative | Your payment status will show as indicative until we receive your bank details. Once we have these, your payment status will change to awaiting confirmation. |
| Awaiting confirmation | Were waiting to receive confirmation of your registration/enrolment from your university or college, they usually send us this once youve registered/enrolled for the start of term. Once we have this, youll move to a new status called ready to be paid. |
| Ready to be paid | Your registration/enrolment is complete and youre on track to get your first term payment on the date shown in your account. Well send you a text when your payment is on its way. |
| Paid | Your payment has been successfully made to your bank account. |
| Failed | Your payment was unsuccessful and your bank has returned the money to us. Check your bank details are correct in your online account. |
Checking if weve received confirmation of your registration/enrolment
You dont need to call us to check, the quickest and easiest way to find out if weve received confirmation of 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 | Weve not received confirmation of registration |
| Receiving payments | Ready to be paid | Confirmation of registration received |
If your university or college have told you theyve 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. Well 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 youre getting less student finance than you expected
If youve applied late or havent provided 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 youve provided your household income details and weve processed them, well adjust your entitlement and send you a top up payment as soon as we can.
For more information on how applying late may affect you, check out our dedicated page.
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Last updated 17 August 2022 +show all updates
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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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