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Ruth Canham-James
Apprenticeship Three Year Residency
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Is someone who is 18 at proposed start date, eligible for apprenticeship funding if they are here as a dependant of someone with right of abode, even though the potential student has not been in the UK or EU for the last three years?
For a 19 year old, is clear cut that they are not eligible, however, the rules say this:
Further information for 16 to 18-year-olds
339. 16 to 18-year-olds are eligible to be funded for an apprenticeship if any of the following clauses apply:
339.1. They are accompanying or joining parents who have the right of abode, leave to enter, or leave to remain in the UK;
339.2. They are the children of diplomats;
339.3. They are the children of teachers coming to the UK on a teacher exchange scheme;
339.4. They are entering the UK (where not accompanied by their parents) and are British citizens;
339.5. They have a passport that has been endorsed to either show they have the right of abode in the United Kingdom or to show that they have no restrictions on working in the UK;
339.6. They are placed in the care of the local authority;
339.7. They meet the requirements for any other eligible category in this document.
340. Further information on eligibility can be found from the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA).
Does this mean that all 16-18 year olds are fundable if they meet any of those clauses, regardless of length of residency? Does the three years rule still apply?
We know that in the non-apprenticeship 16-18 rules, it's explicit that the three year residency rule doesn't apply for these sorts of students (accompanying parents is a typical one), but the Apps rules are not clear either way.
I am asking the Apps Service Desk, but I seem to be increasingly getting personal interpretations of rules from them, rather than a firm check with the rule makers.
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Steve Hewitt
It's the same as Study Progs, the additional exemptions in that para do not require three years (I'm sure I double-checked this at some point but was several email addresses ago...)
Ruth Canham-James
Apprenticeship Three Year Residency
Created
Is someone who is 18 at proposed start date, eligible for apprenticeship funding if they are here as a dependant of someone with right of abode, even though the potential student has not been in the UK or EU for the last three years?
For a 19 year old, is clear cut that they are not eligible, however, the rules say this:
Further information for 16 to 18-year-olds
339. 16 to 18-year-olds are eligible to be funded for an apprenticeship if any of the following clauses apply:
339.1. They are accompanying or joining parents who have the right of abode, leave to enter, or leave to remain in the UK;
339.2. They are the children of diplomats;
339.3. They are the children of teachers coming to the UK on a teacher exchange scheme;
339.4. They are entering the UK (where not accompanied by their parents) and are British citizens;
339.5. They have a passport that has been endorsed to either show they have the right of abode in the United Kingdom or to show that they have no restrictions on working in the UK;
339.6. They are placed in the care of the local authority;
339.7. They meet the requirements for any other eligible category in this document.
340. Further information on eligibility can be found from the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA).
Does this mean that all 16-18 year olds are fundable if they meet any of those clauses, regardless of length of residency? Does the three years rule still apply?
We know that in the non-apprenticeship 16-18 rules, it's explicit that the three year residency rule doesn't apply for these sorts of students (accompanying parents is a typical one), but the Apps rules are not clear either way.
I am asking the Apps Service Desk, but I seem to be increasingly getting personal interpretations of rules from them, rather than a firm check with the rule makers.