Loan but no grant

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  1. Kvitty's Avatar
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    Loan but no grant
    A bit concerned with my application as I opted to be household assessed, sent off all the forms, my fathers financial document etc

    Now on the application online it says I'll be getting the loan but there's no mention of the grant.
    Should I ring up and ask why or not?
    Anyone else have this problem?
  2. LadyBunion's Avatar
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    Re: Loan but no grant
    Are you likely to get a grant based on income?
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    Re: Loan but no grant
    (Original post by Kvitty)
    A bit concerned with my application as I opted to be household assessed, sent off all the forms, my fathers financial document etc

    Now on the application online it says I'll be getting the loan but there's no mention of the grant.
    Should I ring up and ask why or not?
    Anyone else have this problem?

    How much does your father earn? If it's over 45k or so, then you won't get a grant.
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    Re: Loan but no grant
    (Original post by Kvitty)
    A bit concerned with my application as I opted to be household assessed, sent off all the forms, my fathers financial document etc

    Now on the application online it says I'll be getting the loan but there's no mention of the grant.
    Should I ring up and ask why or not?
    Anyone else have this problem?
    this could be because they haven't updated your father's details yet - that happened to me, because his details weren't sent by 31st may which was the deadline. but after a week or so they updated it.

    otherwise, he might earn too much, or they might have made a mistake. phone up and see. or look at the section of your application which shows all the documents sent, to check if they've received it.
  5. Kvitty's Avatar
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    Re: Loan but no grant
    I can assure you my fathers income is well below the income cap, I'm eligible for the full grant. I think I've sorted it anyway, thanks for replies ladies and gents.
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