International student coming to the UK

Hi everyone,

My girlfriend currently lives in Venezuela and is thinking about moving to the UK permanently and also going to university here. She also has a Portuguese passport as her mother is from there so does qualify as an EU student also I hope.

We are trying to research the requirements for coming to university here but there seems to be a lot of information. I didn't apply to uni myself so I am not that familiar with the process.

A few important questions:

How does she apply for a tuition fee loan?

Does she qualify for any kind of maintenance loan or grant? ( she will not have enough money to pay for everything herself)

Does she need to have lived here for 3 years before applying? That seems to be something that is talked about sometimes but it's quite unclear.

Anything else that we should be made aware of?

Thanks in advance, I hope someone can help