What happens if you miss the student finance application deadline?

I've applied, but I didn't realise they needed my NI number until the application day (i've been a bit lax with keeping it up to date). Can i fill the NI number in at a later date?

And, just out of sheer curiosity here, for those people who DO miss the deadline or get their loan late, how exactly is the whole 'tuition fees' thing handled? Are the universities made aware of the fact that the person HAS been approved for a loan but it hasn't come through yet, or do people have to put down a few grand as an assurance/deposit?

I've done all the online application etc - and posted in the evidence. The evidence page says they've posted my birth cert. back (haven't got it back yet) but it says they're still waiting for something else to confirm my mother's marital status. I put them all in the same envelope. Could it be that they process them separately, so haven't updated to say they've seen the evidence for my mother? Obviously there's no way that I can send it back in before midnight tonight if they claim they haven't got it!

Rather worried.

Just wondering; what DOES happen if you miss it? I've been having trouble with separated parents, where I legally 'live' blahblahblah, and I'm doing it by paper so I've not actually sent it yet. Apparently the deadline is more a convenience date, rather than a 'if it isn't in by then, you will get nothing' date. I'm just so worried about everything

To be fair this should've been done a while back, especially if you know your dad is self employed so paperwork would be different. Nevertheless that's besides the point now, try and get it in as soon as possible if you can. My dad is also self employed but i entered in his national insurance number and he had to enter in the information that would be the same for HM. He didn't need to send off any evidence because SFE cross check with HM and if the information is the same, it's all fine. Shouldn't that also be the same with you? It may not be though but it tells you at the end of the application anyway.

You would have thought it would have been a good idea to do it sooner but it wasn't actually possible, we didn't actually know the final figure for my dad's income until quite recently and from then in just provided more problems. Fortunately I got it in on time and everything is fine now, I was just quite annoyed that when I checked for the deadline nearer the beginning it said that you can apply up to a short while into your course, and then a few days before my college told me that the deadline was that week. It wasn't really clearly stated anywhere and had I not have been told, I wouldn't have known any different from what I read earlier in the year!

You didn't know the deadline? That is incredible negligence on your college's part (and to some extent, yours ). My college made sure to tell us all a year early and sent us e-mails so often that it kind of got annoying lol. Nevertheless, i'm glad you got it sorted.

Most people don't receive their money until after the first week even if they applied way before the deadline because student finance need to confirm you have enrolled on the course and attended before they will send out any money. This was the case for everyone I asked not just myself, so it's best to save up your own money like you did so you can really enjoy yourself during fresher's.

I have no problem with not getting the money before I start for my living cost loan and maintenance grant as I have £1200 saved up from working and will be working a lot over the summer so I hope to get it to £2000 so having a rubbish freshers won't happen.

You only have to apply before the end of the academic year to get a loan for that particular academic year.

The deadline is simply to ensure you have funds in place for your course start date.

if you apply late you'll have to pay the first installment of tuition fees yourself, but when they finally get the money to you do they also reimburse you for the first installment of fees you paid yourself?

sorry to intrude