University of Oxford 2022 Applicants Official Thread

Is anybody here a British passport holder but lives overseas, applying for Home fees? I ask because St. Andrews has just recently put me down as an international student, though I am still trying to negotiate with them, which sucks because I absolutely cannot afford international student fees. I'm worried, in the slim chance I get an interview/get accepted to Oxford, that something similar will happen. It would suck to have to turn down any (or all) of my UK offers because they won't classify me as a home student. Apparently a lot of Brits living overseas also have this problem - does anybody know which sort of documentation I should try to bring forth?
Sorry if this is not entirely related to the thread, by the way, just thought I would ask

Thank you!! It’s actually quite fun to be going through the process again for me (I already have a degree), but I get what you mean 🙃 Good luck to you! What are you applying for?

anyone applying for arabic or just any course at queen's? Not sure when I should expect an interview/rejection from them

i’ve applied for Mansfield , for human sciences though. Haven’t heard anything yet

If we’re thinking about the same person, then I’m pretty sure her Instagram is ‘mollyslittlesisters’, if that’s of any help

If we’re thinking about the same person, then I’m pretty sure her Instagram is ‘mollyslittlesisters’, if that’s of any help

Unless you are a Scot then you are an overseas student. All English students are automatically classed as non 'home' students. The English are classed as Rest of UK (RUK) It is because you don't live in Scotland. Where do you live?

me! i was born in england but have been living overseas for the past few years. i’ve been classified as international for all the unis i applied to (including st. andrews and oxford).

i think it might be different for universities in england compared to scottish ones, because they prefer intl students for the money. i don’t know if it’s necessarily true, but it’s something i hear often.

it’s worth appealing your fee status though. they might change it if you haven’t been away for too long.

also, did you apply as home or international on ucas?

I'm British living in the Netherlands! For the next 7 years British citizens in the EU class as home students and therefore are paying home fees luckily! It's because the next 7 years class as a transition period. I've had an offer from York already and been classed as a home student so don't worry. I think you can contact the minister of education about this, as that's what my mother did and where she got all this information from, as long as you live in the EU

Do you have British citizenship? I lived in England from birth til end of year 10 (so mid-2019) but I only have settled status and not citizenship (I have dual EU citizenship from my parents instead) so I’m worried I’ll get classed as international, even though based on a UKCISA document I read I should qualify for home fees since there are many many different categories

By the way how do you know that you’ve been classed as international by Oxford? I thought they only decided your fee status once you’ve been accepted

Every uni interprets the rules slightly differently but generally You need to have lived in the U.K. for 3 years prior to starting uni. Your stay in the U.K. can’t be for education only. If you have been out of the U.K. because your parents got transferred for work but they still have ties to the U.K. (come back regularly and still own a house here) then you may be able to get home fee status.

Home on UCAS but still they're not convinced. I'm realising now they might see this differently in Scotland compared to England - but still, I would expect to be put down for Rest of UK fees, instead of International. I have unfortunately myself been a way for a good deal of time, but my father has been living in the UK for all of that time, and I have been returning to the UK each Summer. St. Andrew's said to me that they don't accept proof of travel if it's during "holiday times" which I think includes Summer, but I'm not sure when else they would expect me to be in the UK if I am getting my education overseas?!

Is anybody here a British passport holder but lives overseas, applying for Home fees? I ask because St. Andrews has just recently put me down as an international student, though I am still trying to negotiate with them, which sucks because I absolutely cannot afford international student fees. I'm worried, in the slim chance I get an interview/get accepted to Oxford, that something similar will happen. It would suck to have to turn down any (or all) of my UK offers because they won't classify me as a home student. Apparently a lot of Brits living overseas also have this problem - does anybody know which sort of documentation I should try to bring forth?
Sorry if this is not entirely related to the thread, by the way, just thought I would ask

i thought that there wasn't a cut off and they look at it holistically amongst other aspects...

st andrews exeter sheffield and Leeds. any offers

i believe there is some sort of lower and higher threshold mark that they set such that every one above the higher threshold is selected and lower threshold is rejected and for the ppl in between they look at it holistically among other aspects? i am not sure about PAT but at least this is how they correct MAT

i’ve applied for Mansfield , for human sciences though. Haven’t heard anything yet