Uni "home status"

[poppydoppy]

Do you think its fair that someone who has never lived in the UK but has British parents can receive home status for Uni?

I'm not sure they can. University funding is about residency not nationality.

They can't. They have to have lived here for a certain amount of time (3 years, I think). If thy live in the EU I think this counts too though.

Lots of children are being offered home status even though they've not been educated or lived in the UK. When I looked into it further there is a wealth of info on how to get round it and what the best Unis are to avoid paying full fees.

Did you get this from the daily mail, or an even less reputable source?

Mmm thats a bit rude!!

I know a few people that live in the UAE they've been there for years and have received home status for their children despite not living here for all of their education.

Poppy, they should NOT be getting home status, as that is dependent on residence status in the 3 years preceding the start of the course.

Unless these kids were at Uk boarding school maybe?

Outside of Europe anyway (UAE as per your example),

If their parents are diplomats they will be able to claim residency. Special rules apply for forces and diplomatic service. Maybe what you've heard about ?

Please tell us how to do this, OP? We are thinking of going overseas for a few yrs & would come back possibly when DC just of a starting Uni age.
Or just give the best links.

If you can show that your absence from the UK is only temporary then this is another way round the 3 years rule. This applies not just to diplomats and military but also when companies assign personnel abroad. The posting can be many years in duration and still be temporary.

We were given home status under this rule. While overseas we resisted attempts by the parent company to localise the contract, we did not change our visa status from working visa linked to the one company and we maintained a UK address, visiting twice a year. By keeping scrupulous records of all this we got Home Status.

Oh and UK boarding school does not count as the student being resident if the parents are not (unless they qualify as diplomats etc).

Does seem easy to get round the home status, think every student we know of personally, has home status. Some had to show air tickets, to prove that when they had leave they travelled home. All parents on annual contracts, (that automatically renew).

Vast majority are real career expats, parents been out 10 - 20 years. The kids don 't seem keen on remaining in the UK for their holidays, flood over for the university breaks. Think its driven by the individual universities, and how popular a course is. Local Irish friends daughter has just been refused home status for Dublin, not enough days in Ireland in last three years, but does have home status for the UK.

My gripe is that Scottish students studying in any UK universities get home status but English students studying in Scotland don't even get treated as well as European students! How can that be justified?

DD will be applying in October and will not be applying to any Scottish universities.

I had to appeal to the local govt ombudsman to get my home status recognised. I applied to university from overseas (where I was serving with the British military and being paid by her maj) and was told I would have to pay international fees.

There's nice. Welcome home, and all that jazz.

I did win. Eventually.