Thought I had my student finance sorted but now they've thrown a spanner in the works......!
I am 24, and had been working for approx 3 years before the start of the course. I applied as an independent student, but due to not having P45s and P60s from 2005 I had a hell of a time proving it. It seemed like it wasn't going to happen, so I wrote an email complaining. I got a very helpful reply back from a lady, sent in some alternative evidence direct to her, and recieved an email on 29th Nov to say the evidence was fine and so she'd fully means tested my application as a self supporting student. I recieved support notifications dated 29th Nov with extra loan, grant of £2900 and a bursury from the uni of £1800. I have already had close to £2000 of this additional money since then.
Today, I recieve a letter dated 6th Dec saying I am not considered an independent student as I have not been supporting myself for long enough before the course started. WTF? This comes a week after notifications etc have come through and after I've recieved money. Is this just an admin error or should I be worried? Have emailed the lady who sorted it all for me, but I doubt she'll get it til Monday, and I don't want to call as I'll just get some incompetent idiot who doesn't know my case.
Am really worried and annoyed, either way this is going to ruin my first weekend of the holidays, just as I thought I had it all sorted
Does anyone in the know understand what's happened? Am kind of inclined to just ignore the letter - I've had some money, I've got notifications etc. But I'm terrified as I need that money to pay rent etc and I definitely can't afford to pay it back