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If you're the parent or partner of a student, the student will need to give 'consent to share' before Student Finance England can speak to you about their account - see 'Accessing your student finance account: passwords, IDs and security' to find out how.

• Your student finance account: passwords, IDs and giving other people access

A message from Student Finance England

Student Finance England apologises for the difficulty customers are having getting through to their contact centres.

This year, they have received record numbers of applications and an unprecedented number of callers. They acknowledge that this will be a worrying time for those students affected, and are focussing resources on making sure applications and callers are dealt with as quickly as possible.

In the meantime, if you've applied for finance as a full-time student you can login to your account to check the status of your application.

• Login to your student finance account

Student Finance England

Sending in application forms and evidence

Starting your course in 2009/2010?

If you're a new student starting your course in academic year 2009/2010, you should send completed paper forms and evidence to:

Student Finance England
PO Box 210
Darlington
DL1 9HJ

Started your course in 2008/2009 or earlier?

If you started your course in academic year 2008/2009 or earlier, you'll usually need to send completed paper forms and evidence to your local authority. See 'Contact your local authority (student finance applications)' to find out where to send your documents.

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Applying for finance as an EEA migrant worker

If you’re classed as an EEA migrant worker – or a family member of an EEA migrant worker – you should apply to Student Finance England. This applies whenever you started your course.

EEA Migrant Worker Applications
Student Finance England
PO Box 89
Darlington
DL1 9HJ

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