Might not be eligible

Three years absolutely applies...

(I'm also interested in which MIS this is as I've not seen one do this before!)

Thanks Steve.  I thought that might be the case.

Our MIS is Aptem

Hi Steve,

I have checked a further document - Education Fees and Awards England Regulations 2007 and this states the following; 

5.1 Settled in the UK
5.1.1 You are ‘settled’ in the UK if you are a British citizen or you have ‘Right of Abode’ in
the UK or you have Indefinite Leave to Enter/Remain (ILE/R) in the UK.
5.1.2 You must be ‘settled’ in the UK on the first day of the first academic year of the
course; and
5.1.3 you must be ‘ordinarily resident’
2
in the UK on the ‘first day of the first academic year
of the course’
3
; and
5.1.4 you have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands for the three year period
immediately prior to the first day of the first academic year of the course; and
5.1.5 the main purpose for your residence in the UK and Islands must not have been to
receive full-time education during any part of that three-year period.

Our learner is eligible according to points 1, 2, 3 & 5.  In view of this would you say he is eligible?

Many thanks

So, Fees and Awards doesn't override what's in the App Funding Rules (in fact, the Rules have more exceptions).

Also Point 4 is kind of the most important.

Also, someone on an Ancestry visa doesn't meet point 1 and, if they've not been here for three years they don't meet point 5 either...

However, per the Rules, someone on a ancestry visa is eligible once they've been here three years under this para:

P391 A non-EEA citizen is eligible for funding if they have permission from the UK
government to live in the UK (not for educational purposes), and have been
ordinarily resident in the UK for at least the previous three years before the start of
the apprenticeship.

Thanks Steve.  Think I was probably clutching at straws to be honest