It is important that you inform Aide financière aux études of any change of address before you move or within 30 days of moving. If you fail to provide your exact mailing address within the prescribed period, the scheduled instalments of financial assistance could be suspended.
If you applied for financial assistance during the current year, complete the online form Declaration of Change – Student, which can be found under the heading On-Line Access to Your File! on the website of Aide financière aux études.
If you did not apply for financial assistance during the current year, you must make your change of address by mailing in the form Declaration of Change – Student.
A student who receives financial assistance for education expenses under the Loans and Bursaries Program or the Loans Program for Part-Time Studies must inform the Aide financière aux études of the ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport of any change in his or her circumstances, in an award year, that might affect the amount of financial assistance the student receives.
Such changes may be related to, for example:
- the student’s financial situation or that of his or her parents, sponsor, or spouse;
- the student’s marital status;
- a pregnancy that has entered the 20 th week;
- the birth or adoption of a child;
- a change of address;
- a temporary interruption of studies or withdrawal from a course;
- the death of the student’s parents, sponsor, spouse or dependent child;
- medical expenses;
- the completion of 90 credits in a university program or of a bachelor’s degree.
By keeping his or file up-to-date, a student can avoid a number of inconveniences, such as:
- the suspension of scheduled financial assistance instalments;
- the obligation to immediately repay a financial assistance overpayment;
- loss of eligibility for a two-year period under the Loans and Bursaries Program and the Loans Program for Part-Time Studies.
As a rule, any change in a student’s circumstances over the course of an award year is taken into account as of the month following the change.
Withdrawal from or interruption of studies
If a student interrupts or withdraws at the beginning of a month from full-time studies or from studies that are deemed full-time, the student is considered to be a student for the entire month. However, he or she is no longer considered to be a student if the month corresponds to the beginning of a period of study and the educational institution does not regard him or her as a student.
If a student interrupts or withdraws from studies during a period of study, the student’s expenses will be recognized providing he or she studies on a full-time basis during the next period of study. The amount of the student’s allowable living expenses will be adjusted as of the month following the interruption or withdrawal. However, these expenses will continue to be recognized for no more than 4 months. Other expenses will continue to be recognized unless the educational institution reimburses part of the student’s compulsory tuition fees. In that case, the reimbursement will be taken into account.
Drop in income
A drop of 10% or more in the income of a student’s parents, sponsor or spouse, if the spouse is not a student, is taken into account for the year as a whole. Any changes in the number of dependent children of the student’s parents, sponsor or spouse are also taken into account for the entire year.
Any student who receives financial assistance under the Loans and Bursaries Program or the Loans Program for Part-Time Studies and whose circumstances change during an award year.
