APPEAL REQUEST FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA RESIDENCY
Rev. June 2020 Page 1 of 3
DEADLINE
Six weeks before your study period ends.
WHAT IS AN APPEAL?
An appeal is the process by which you have the opportunity to request a reconsideration of your assessed award. If you have had an
exceptional circumstance that meets one or more of the criteria listed below and you have not received the maximum amount of funding
for the application study period, you may submit an appeal request. Once evaluated, the appeal request may result in a change to your
StudentAid BC award.
DEPENDENT STUDENT APPEAL CRITERIA
As a dependent student, you can submit an appeal request for B.C. residency if any of the following apply:
• Your parent(s) reside in or maintain a family home in B.C., even if one parent works in another province.
• Your parent(s) live in B.C., but your sponsor lives in another province.
• Your parent(s) are separated or divorced and the parent with whom you normally reside or from whom the principal financial
support is received is a resident of B.C.
• Your parent(s) have been stationed abroad for a definite period of time (e.g. military service) and lived in B.C. for at least
12
m
onths before leaving the country.
• Your parent(s) are not living in Canada and you are studying in B.C.
• Your parent(s) are permanent residents who have been resident in B.C. for less than 12 months prior to the commencement o
f
s
tudy.
• Both you and your parents originally resided in B.C., but parent(s) have resided in another province for 12 consecutive months,
and you remained in B.C. to begin or continue post-secondary education.
INDEPENDENT STUDENT APPEAL CRITERIA
As an independent
student, you can submit an appeal request for B.C. residency if any of the following apply:
• You are married/common-law and both you and your spouse/partner originally received student financial assistance from a
province other than B.C. but are now both studying in B.C. and B.C. is the province of residency for one of you.
• You are a married/common-law student from another province attending a B.C. post-secondary institution and your
spouse/partner is employed in B.C. The working spouse must provide documentation of employment (pay stubs, letter from
employer, etc.) in B.C. for 12 consecutive months prior to the first day of classes in the study period.
• You are considered to be a resident of another province but have completed four years of full-time study in B.C. prior to the star
t
da
te of classes for which student financial assistance is being requested (the Province of British Columbia will accept thes
e
st
udents as residents).
• You and your spouse/partner are both attending school in a third province (in which neither you or your spouse is a resident),
each of you will then be considered a resident of your original province, unless mutual agreement among provinces is reached.
APPEAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. Talk to a Financial Aid Officer at your school, they can help you with the appeal process. If you are unable to contact a Financial
Aid Officer, contact StudentAid BC
.
2. Review the Appeal Criteria.
3. Complete Sections 1, 2 and 3.
4. Upload your completed Appeal Request Form and all required documentation to your StudentAid BC Dashboard
.
Appeal Request instructions continue on page 2.
