2024/2025 maintenance loan with pre-settled status

Hello, I am starting my first year at Uni in September 2024. It is my first time in Uni, I have moved in the UK in September 2019 and have been working in London ever since, full-time until 2023 and as of today both part-time and self employed while under universal credit. When I go to Uni I will have to drastically reduce my working hours (and if it’s too much might have to quit the job I have at the moment).
As I am now on pre settled status working in the UK for the past 4 and a half years, am I eligible for both the tuition and maintenance loan with SFE ?
Thank you

I will be eligible on September 24th. With that information do you think SFE will grant me maintenance as I will become settled as I start my first term ?
If not as I am going to keep on working part time during my studies around 8/10 hours weekly should I mention it somewhere on the application to make sure I don’t get rejected the maintenance if I’m eligible ?

Hi there, do you mean you receive your settled status on the 24th of September? Thanks, Jason

Hi there,
If your course starts in September you would need to have Settled Status on or before 1st of September to be eligible for the full year as a UK national. You can still apply for the UK funding but you would need to be working to apply as a Migrant Worker. If you are then granted Settled Status during the 1st term you will need to send us your new Share Code and from Term 2 you would be classed a UK student and not a Migrant Worker. If you were awarded the Settled Status after Term 2 you would still need to continue you to be a Migrant Worker. You would need the Settled Status approved before the start of any of the terms to be eligble from that term onwards.
Thanks, Drew

Hi there,
If this is the 1st year you are applying then you will need to complete a paper PN1 form to apply as a Migrant Worker and you would need to post this back to us. We do not know if there a minimum amount of hours you will need to work but you need to be seen to be able to support yourself. If your Settled Status is approved during your 2nd Term then you would be eligible for UK funding from Term 3. As a Migrant Worker you will need to provide your employment contract with your application. The contract should include your employment start date, contracted hours per week and it should be signed & dated by the employer or employee. We would also ask for the last 3 months of your payslips and most recent P60 if available.
https://media.slc.co.uk/sfe/2425/ft/sfe_pn1_form_2425_o.pdf
EEA Migrant Worker Team
Student Finance England
PO Box 89
Darlington
DL1 9AZ
Thanks, Drew

Hi there,
If this is the 1st year you are applying then you will need to complete a paper PN1 form to apply as a Migrant Worker and you would need to post this back to us. We do not know if there a minimum amount of hours you will need to work but you need to be seen to be able to support yourself. If your Settled Status is approved during your 2nd Term then you would be eligible for UK funding from Term 3. As a Migrant Worker you will need to provide your employment contract with your application. The contract should include your employment start date, contracted hours per week and it should be signed & dated by the employer or employee. We would also ask for the last 3 months of your payslips and most recent P60 if available.
https://media.slc.co.uk/sfe/2425/ft/sfe_pn1_form_2425_o.pdf
EEA Migrant Worker Team
Student Finance England
PO Box 89
Darlington
DL1 9AZ
Thanks, Drew

hello thank you so much ! So I am completing the PN1 now on the last pages when signing, a customer reference number is required should I live this blank ? Or should I create the number somewhere ?
Thank you !

Good evening,
So I am filling my PN1 form as a migrant worker, I have been living since September 2019 on Pre-Settled Status under the EUSS. My question is for section 3 of the form. For questions a19, a20 and a21, I have ticked « No » for all three. But I am not sure if I should have ticked yes for a21 ? (is pre settled status considered a limited leave to remain ?).
As in the notes it says if I answered « no » to all three I’m only eligible for tuition fees. But I should be eligible for maintenance as well as I’ve been living and working in the UK for the past four years and a half. If you could guide me through this section so I tick the right answer !
Thank you

Hi there,
What Nationality are you?
Thanks, Ross

Good evening,
So I am filling my PN1 form as a migrant worker, I have been living since September 2019 on Pre-Settled Status under the EUSS. My question is for section 3 of the form. For questions a19, a20 and a21, I have ticked « No » for all three. But I am not sure if I should have ticked yes for a21 ? (is pre settled status considered a limited leave to remain ?).
As in the notes it says if I answered « no » to all three I’m only eligible for tuition fees. But I should be eligible for maintenance as well as I’ve been living and working in the UK for the past four years and a half. If you could guide me through this section so I tick the right answer !
Thank you

Hi there,
Pre settled would be classed as this - yes. Thanks, Jason

Okay so I tick « yes » to a.21 (limited leave to remain) ? Thanks

That's correct, as Jason has advised. Thanks, Ross

Hello so I think I’m all good although I am in between jobs (quit the last one that I’ve added as my current job to my PN1 form before sending it) but now I have quit after sending my application. Will it pose a problem as a migrant worker to get my assessment done, or will I have to wait until I get my new job later in May to register it with SFE ?
Thanks !

Hi there,
We would need the contract of employment for your new employer, P45 from previous employer and 3months worth of payslips for you to be eligible for Migrant Worker.
Thanks, Ross