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You are none EU national holding UK spouse visa because your husband is British national then how can you be partner of EU national. Read about student finance:
Both the previous answers are wrong, and a good example of why it is not wise to seek advice from random unqualified strangers online.turkishh wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:10 amI am a non-EU citizen and living in the UK for more than 3 years. I have got a spouse visa (Leave to remain-expires 09/2021) and my husband is a British citizen.
I would like to apply for a Dental Hygiene course next year. I was wondering whether I am eligible to apply for a student loan or not? As I am a member of an EU family I could be classified under EU funding for tuition fee loan?
I couldn't agree more. That why for direct and specific questions, even when I think I know, I try always to provide the relevant documents and screenshots. But to be fair, I have seen many damaging advice provided by solicitors or immigration advisers.sah10406 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 9:17 amFair enough, although this isn't an immigration question, it's about a whole other area of law.
From my point of view as an immigration adviser, I can't tell you how much time I spend unpicking and disagreeing with terrible and potentially damaging immigration advice that people have crowdsourced online, usually here or on Quora, with no citations of rules, guidance or case law to back it up.
The idea and the ethos of a public forum is for strangers to advise and contribute towards helping each other.
The affection is mutual. We have instances on these forums where immigration advisors and solicitors has advised incorrectly, by not taking certain nuances of the person's circumstances into account.sah10406 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 9:17 amFrom my point of view as an immigration adviser, I can't tell you how much time I spend unpicking and disagreeing with terrible and potentially damaging immigration advice that people have crowdsourced online, usually here or on Quora, with no citations of rules, guidance or case law to back it up.
Neither. My comments were prompted specifically by the two replies above that both confidently but wrongly told OP that they are not eligible for a student loan. Neither referred OP to any regulations or eligibility guidance to explain their conclusion, and they seemed to be conflating EU immigration law with the UK fees and awards regulations.secret.simon wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:13 amHowever if you disagree with the ethos of a forum or look upon with disdain on people with lesser knowledge trying to help each other out on such forums, there is no obligation on you to visit, much less contribute to these forums.
The irony of the situation is that it is your post that is actually inaccurate and misleading.sah10406 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 8:08 amBoth the previous answers are wrong, and a good example of why it is not wise to seek advice from random unqualified strangers online.turkishh wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:10 amI am a non-EU citizen and living in the UK for more than 3 years. I have got a spouse visa (Leave to remain-expires 09/2021) and my husband is a British citizen.
I would like to apply for a Dental Hygiene course next year. I was wondering whether I am eligible to apply for a student loan or not? As I am a member of an EU family I could be classified under EU funding for tuition fee loan?
The regulations the govern who is eligible for home fees and student support for higher education in the UK are UK law, not EU law. The category of eligibility "EU Nationals and family" includes your situation being the family member of a British citizen. You would be a home fee payer, not overseas, and you would be eligible for a tuition fee loan but not a maintenance loan for living costs.
Strongly advise using UKCISA's guide to home fees and student support at www.ukcisa.org.uk
With respect, you are wrong. You are perhaps thinking this is an immigration matter, conflating EU free movement law (including the Surinder Sigh route for UK nationals) with unrelated UK domestic law about who is eligible for home fees and student support.
Even the category 3 you cited, appears to go against your argument.1) you are the relevant family member of a:
non-UK EU national, and that non-UK EU national is in the UK as a self sufficient person, student, or worker; or
UK national, and that UK national has exercised a right of residence in another EU member state for more than three months as a self-sufficient person, student, worker, or a family member accompanying one of these types of people ;
and
That's something else. The basic eligibility isObie wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:45 pmEven the category 3 you cited, appears to go against your argument.1) you are the relevant family member of a:
non-UK EU national, and that non-UK EU national is in the UK as a self sufficient person, student, or worker; or
UK national, and that UK national has exercised a right of residence in another EU member state for more than three months as a self-sufficient person, student, worker, or a family member accompanying one of these types of people ;
and
I disagree on both counts, but let's move on.Obie wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2019 3:38 pmI understand what you are saying. But the 2011 regulation makes clear that the reference is to British citizen with enforceable EU law rights.
Relevant family member of a British citizen has a specific meaning, which I have cited from the documents you provided me. That is in black and white.
Just for accuracy and pedantry, the residence area for this category is not just the EU, it's the whole EEA plus the overseas territories. The regulations have already been amended to separately include the UK in the residence area in anticipation of the UK leaving the EU.
Me? I don't recognise this as something I would ever do, either online or offline. We should all be reporting any member who behaves in such a way.
You may have done it inadvertently, but you clearly did.
We need to agree to disagree.Obie wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2019 5:37 pmYou may have done it inadvertently, but you clearly did.
Talking about the random, unqualified strangers online, is not uplifting though, is it? You know nothing about anyone to term them unqualified.
These are individuals who have provided very helpful advise over a long period of time.
In any event, for the reasons I have given, I believe their advise was sound.
It makes no sense because it is not true. For example In England you would not be eligible for a loan for living costs but you would be eligible for a Tuition Fee Loan under the category "EU Nationals and Family":Mairaandradde wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2019 1:51 pmI get so many conflicting information online and cannot understand why family members of EU countries would be able to get student finance in the UK but not UK family members; that makes absolutely no sense to me.
They do. See above. I advise that you get advice from the student welfare adviser at your chosen university or that you contact UKCISA direct.Mairaandradde wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2019 1:51 pmUKCISA never includes specific info for FAMILY MEMBERS OF UK NATIONALS, it's always EEA OR EU.