Sfe maintenance loan

when i initially started uni i had no clue about the average income of my mother and had a hard time communicating this to her as she isn’t good at english, i therefore received the minimum amount which has made it very hard to live. i recently found documents stating her annual income and hence we submitted the income form to sfe. will i be able to receive my loan even though i am in the middle of term 2. can additional payments be made and how quick will this be done? somebody help meeee 😵*💫

Yes - it usually takes 6-8 weeks for SFE to complete household income assessment but once it’s done you will get a new payment schedule which will include “back pay” for the instalments that have already been paid.

Have you spoken to your university about hardship funding to help you manage your finances while you wait for the household income assessment?

Tysm for the reply!

I’m confused about the notion of backpay? Do I payback the payments I’ve made or it something else? Also the payments come as soon as the income assessment is completed or does it take a couple weeks too?

No, I haven’t asked nor told my university for help, i thought SFE was the only one giving financial help.