Anyone returned kids for uni & escaped 3yr rule?
Sep 21st 2009, 2:26 pm
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Re: Anyone returned kids for uni & escaped 3yr rule?
Yes that is correct but when you are not use to the Uni stysem in the U.K it is great to talk to someone who actually know about the course etc...also the tutor put us in touch with the Uni accounting dept and they were of great help, they sent us (not ucas etc) the forms we were required to fill in about residency....and any help with questions we were not sure of they were only more than willing to help..did that make a difference....100%..
Sep 21st 2009, 2:29 pm
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Yes that is correct but when you are not use to the Uni stysem in the U.K it is great to talk to someone who actually know about the course etc...also the tutor put us in touch with the Uni accounting dept and they were of great help, they sent us (not ucas etc) the forms we were required to fill in about residency....and any help with questions we were not sure of they were only more than willing to help..did that make a difference....100%..
Sep 21st 2009, 5:22 pm
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Re: Anyone returned kids for uni & escaped 3yr rule?
Does this mean you didn't quite meet the 3 year rule?
Yes that is correct but when you are not use to the Uni stysem in the U.K it is great to talk to someone who actually know about the course etc...also the tutor put us in touch with the Uni accounting dept and they were of great help, they sent us (not ucas etc) the forms we were required to fill in about residency....and any help with questions we were not sure of they were only more than willing to help..did that make a difference....100%..
Sep 21st 2009, 5:43 pm
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Look, they're going to see Australia all over the application form, and then they're going to ask to see a passport. Then they're going to look at the dates and ask questions about permanent residency in Australia. Listen, I'll PM you.
Sep 22nd 2009, 1:23 am
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Our son applied to six institutions in England for his Masters degree in medieval history a couple of years ago. He'd lived in the United States since the age of six, and was sending his applications from his address in America. Of the four universities that offered him a place, two quoted the international rate in their financial offers, and two quoted the much lower resident rate. There were varying additional financial incentives in the offers, but the two that offered him the lower resident rate were perhaps the less prestigious institutions that maybe were hungrier to get him to accept. In the end he went to Durham where he paid the full international rate..
Sep 22nd 2009, 7:00 am
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Re: Anyone returned kids for uni & escaped 3yr rule?
Although I don't follow these threads too closely (no kids myself), I'm sure I recall a number of folks over the years saying they got around the international fees issue in a number of ways. Pretty sure that one was simply talking with individual universities and colleges (i.e., not all apply the rule as strictly). It does seem unfair on "kids" (OK, they're adults when they go to uni) being penalised because they had no choice but to follow their parents overseas ... especially when other services like the NHS are free as soon as you get off the plane (provided you're returning as a resident, that is).
Does the 3-yr rule apply to the parents, or the student? If the latter, is there any way to send your son home early, stay with rellies for a few weeks?
Does the 3-yr rule apply to the parents, or the student? If the latter, is there any way to send your son home early, stay with rellies for a few weeks?
Sep 22nd 2009, 9:30 am
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Our son applied to six institutions in England for his Masters degree in medieval history a couple of years ago.
Sep 22nd 2009, 10:40 am
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For home fees: the applicant will have to be settled and ordinarily resident in the UK on the first day of the first academic year of the course. This ordinary residency must have been for three full years before the first day of the first academic year of the course. Additionally the main purpose of this ordinary residency must not have been to receive FT education (this stops little Tarquin from getting home fees because he is in Eton while Mama and Papa are in Keeenya, etc).
Sep 22nd 2009, 10:44 am
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Our son applied to six institutions in England for his Masters degree in medieval history a couple of years ago. He'd lived in the United States since the age of six, and was sending his applications from his address in America. Of the four universities that offered him a place, two quoted the international rate in their financial offers, and two quoted the much lower resident rate. There were varying additional financial incentives in the offers, but the two that offered him the lower resident rate were perhaps the less prestigious institutions that maybe were hungrier to get him to accept. In the end he went to Durham where he paid the full international rate..
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Sep 22nd 2009, 10:53 am
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I read in one of your posts that you have two houses - one in the UK. Was this information included in his application? It might have been the reason for the home fees. Most of the people who blag home fees, ironically, are the wealthier ones with two houses, one of which is in the UK. This way, you see, it's much easier for them to construct the story they're resident in the UK because they can supply gas bills from a UK address, etc., even though they are, essentially, living permanently in New Zealand, for example.
Sep 22nd 2009, 11:07 am
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Sep 22nd 2009, 11:08 am
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In that case I can't offer an explanation as to why two institutions would have classified home and two overseas. Institutional inconsistency on this is a major pain for applicants. I think your son made the right decision to go to the superior institution regardless of fees.
Sep 22nd 2009, 11:10 am
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