Deferral of Tuition Payment

Notes for Application Deferral of Tuition Fee Payment through Student Development Services (SDS)   1. Each student will only be allowed to apply for deferral of tuition fee once for each tuition instalment. For instance, if you have been approved deferral of your tuition once with your Government Grant and Loan application as a reason, you cannot apply for deferral again merely because your Grant and Loan application is confirmed unsuccessful. Even though you are in the process of lodging an appeal for your Grant and Loan result or applying for assistance under the Non-means Tested Loan, you have to settle your tuition first and no further deferral of tuition will be granted. 　 2. Approval for deferral of tuition payment will be granted by SDS only if you have genuine financial need. Apart from submitting all the required document by the due date, you may also be invited to an interview conducted at SDS. 　 3. Application deadline : 　 2 working days prior to tuition fee due date. 　 *Late Application : 　 After application deadline but before tuition fee due date : ONLY applications with strong and valid reasons will be considered. As time may not be sufficient to process the form, a late charge may be imposed. 　  *  Please note that all late applications will be black-listed and no late application in future will be accepted. Applications submitted after tuition fee due date will not be considered. 　 4. Hard copy of the application form should be neatly completed with all the required supporting document attached. Otherwise, we shall not process your form. 5. If approval is granted, only your tuition will be deferred. You still have to pay all the other fees, such as Student Union’s fees and hostel fees and etc. by the original due date. Otherwise, a penalty charge of 2% on the outstanding balance will be imposed. 　 6. Provided that your form is well completed and you have submitted all the document to us, you will be notified of the result by e-mail within 2 days after we have received your form. 7. You may consider applying for the government Non-means Tested Loan to settle your tuition fee if you have no other sources to turn to. Details of the loan scheme can be browsed via the web site: http://www.info.gov.hk/ 8. For enquiries, please contact SDS at 3442 8090.         Full-time UGC-funded students who have applied for assistance under Tertiary Student Finance Scheme or Non-means Tested Loan Scheme and are waiting for the result should apply for deferral on-line through AIMS under the Student Service Menu. If you are part time student or student of self-financing degree or above level programmes, your application will only be considered under the following condition : 1. 　 You have applied for the Government Non-means Tested Loan when you submit the application for deferral, or 　 2. You are facing sudden and acute financial hardship caused by unforeseeable and uncontrollable factors. You are expected to plan well for your study and finance, hence reasons such as awaiting the maturity of time deposit or release of salary, mortgage repayment, awaiting repayment of loan from others or employer's sponsorship, poor finance management and the like will not be considered.

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