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• your name or your parentsslegal guardians name; and • the account number; and
• the date of the letter; and • the inancial institution’s name and logo; and
• the money in your account; and • that there is enough money in the account to cover your course fees and living costs.
iv. Letter from a inancial institution regulated by either the Financial Conduct
Authority, the Prudential Regulatory Authority or, in the case of overseas accounts, the home regulator oficial regulatory body for the country the institution is in and where
the money is held for the purpose of personal savings accounts, conirming funds have been held for a consecutive 28 day period ending no more than 31 days before
the date of the application.
Your letter from the inancial institution regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulatory Authority or home regulator
must show:
• your name or your parentsslegal guardians name; and • the account number; and
• the date of the letter; and
• the inancial institution’s name and logo; and the money in your account.
v. Letter from a regulated inancial institution conirming a loan
The loan letters from a regulated inancial institution that you send us must be dated no more than 6 months before the date of your application. The letters must be the original
not a copy and must clearly show: • your name; and
• the date of the letter; and • the inancial institution’s name and logo;
• the money available as a loan; • that the loan is provided by your national government, their state or regional
government, a government sponsored student loan company or is part of an academic or educational loans scheme.
The inancial institution must be regulated by either the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulatory Authority or, in the case of overseas accounts, by the home
regulator the oficial regulatory body for the country the inancial institution is in and where the money is held for the purpose of student loans.
You cannot use loans held in the name of your parents or legal guardians as evidence of money held by you.
There must be no conditions placed on the release of the loan funds to you, other than your Tier 4 application being successful.
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208. If you qualify for our differentiation arrangements because you are considered to be “low risk”, you are not required to include the evidential documents from this section with
your application. You must, however, conirm on your application form that you meet the requirements set out in this section and that you hold documentary evidence in the manner
required. We will sometimes ask a “low risk” student to send us these documents and we reserve the right to request any or all the evidential documents from this section from you.
209. If you are relying on money held by your parentsslegal guardians, you must show that you are related to your parentslegal guardians. You must provide one of the following:
i.
your birth certiicate showing the names of your parentslegal guardians; or
ii. your
certiicate of adoption showing names of both parents or legal guardians; or
iii. a Court document naming your legal guardians. The document use must be the original legal document or a notarised copy.
210. If you are relying on money held by your parentsslegal guardian, you must also show that your parentslegal guardian have given their permission for you to use this money. You
must provide: a letter from your parents or legal guardians. The letter must conirm:
• the relationship between you and your parents or legal guardians; and
• that your parents or legal guardians have given their consent to you using their
funds to study in the UK.
Letter of parental consent Tier 4 General students under the age of 18 only
211. If you are a 16 or 17 year old Tier 4 General student, you have the legal right to live independently in the UK, and so may make your own arrangements for accommodation.
However you require the consent of your parentslegal guardians to do this and to travel to the UK if you are applying from overseas.
212. If you are 16 or 17 years old and living independently, you must provide a letter from your parents or legal guardians, conirming:
• the relationship between you and your parents or legal guardians; • that your parents or legal guardians have given their consent to your application;
• that your parents or legal guardians have given their consent to you living independently in the UK;
• that your parents or legal guardians have given their consent to your independent travel to the UK.
213. The letter must conirm if your parents or legal guardians have legal custody or sole
responsibility for you. If they have sole custody then they must sign the letter. If they do not, the letter must conirm that each of your parents or legal guardians agree to the contents
of the letter and it must be signed by each parent or legal guardian.
