Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Full-time Tertiary Students (NLSFT)

Checklist for Submission

• To complete the online application, please submit the following documents to the Student Finance Office (SFO) -

  • During the online application

    • (If the administrative fee is paid through the ATM or the HSBC branch) Upload the softcopy of the transaction advice, account deposit form or ATM transaction advice for administrative fee paid at "Step 5" (please refer to the "Points to Note for Paying Administrative Fee" for details).

  • Within seven calendar days from the date of submission of the application

    • (If choosing to sign on paper) the duly signed "Declaration Form": Once log in to “eWFSFAA” online platform, open the scheme directory for "Post-secondary and Tertiary Level" by clicking the "Post-secondary and Tertiary Level" button. Select "Application submitted" and download the "Declaration Form". (The document is password protected. The password is the first 6 characters of your Hong Kong Identity ("HKID") Card number. If your HKID Card number is "A123456(7)", the password should be "A12345".)
    • (For applicants without the right of abode in Hong Kong) a copy of identity proof
    • (For applicants without the right of abode in Hong Kong) a copy of documentary evidence proving that the applicants or their families have resided in Hong Kong continuously for three complete years prior to the commencement of the programme in the current academic year (“AY”): Such as the “Permit for Proceeding to Hong Kong and Macao” (commonly known as the “One-way Permit”), but not covering the following visas / entry permits:
      (i) student visas / entry permits;
      (ii) visas / entry permits under the Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates; or
      (iii) dependant visas / entry permits which were issued by the Director of Immigration when the relevant students have reached 18 years old
      
      

    For details, please refer to the "Checklist of Supporting Documents" and Part 3 of "Application Procedures".

  • For Applicants on Postgraduate (by research) Course

    • • Starting from the 2018/19 academic year, the Government has provided a tuition waiver for all local full-time students enrolled in University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded Research Postgraduate (RPg) programmes. For details, please visit https://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/funding_opport/tws.html.