VET FEE-Help Assistance, fee help with Health Skills Australia

Request for VET FEE-HELP Assistance

:: Your name must be identical to the name you stated on your enrolment form for this application to be processed ::

:: You MUST read the VET FEE-HELP Information booklet before completing this form::

Personal Details

1. Surname*:

Given names*:

2. Date of birth*:

3. Gender*:

Male Female

4. Name of VET provider*:

Health Skills Australia

Campus:

5. Student identification number:

It is very important that this is accurate. It is in the format "199999" (That is 6 numbers without quotes). If you have not been allocated a Student ID number from HSA, please leave this blank.

6. Name of VET course of study:

Contact Details

Email Address*:

Phone Number:

Address

Address Line 1*:

Address Line 2 (optional):

Suburb*:

State*:

Postcode*:

7. What is your citizenship status? (Please select the option(s) that relates to you)

I am an Australian citizen

Yes (Go to question 8)
No (Go to permanent humanitarian visa ↓)

I am the holder of a permanent humanitarian visa, and I will be a resident in Australia for the duration of the VET unit(s) of study for which you are applying for VET FEE-HELP assistance?

Does not apply, Australian citizen
Yes (Go to question 8)
No (You are not eligible for FEE-HELP assistance. Do not complete this form.)

8. Do you have, or have you had a VET FEE-HELP and/or a FEE-HELP debt?

Yes (Go to item 9)
No (Go to question 10)

9. This section only applies if you have, or had, a VET FEE-HELP and/or a FEE-HELP debt. By signing this form you declare that you agree to ALL of the statements below.

- I understand, over my lifetime, I am able to access VET-FEE HELP assistance AND FEE-HELP assistance to pay (VET) tuition fees up to the amount of the FEE-HELP limit.
- I understand it is my responsibility to declare to each VET provider, higher education provider and Open Universities Australia if I am enrolled with more than one VET provider, higher education provider, or with Open Universities Australia.
- I understand it is my responsibility to inform all my VET providers, higher education providers and Open Universities Australian (if I am enrolled with more than one) that I am approaching my FEE-HELP limit. I will notify each provider of how much VET FEE-HELP assistance and/or FEE-HELP assistance I wish to access for each VET unit of study.

10. Tax file number (TFN)*:

Your VET provider is authorised under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to collect your TFN. It is not an offence not to provide your TFN. However, you will not be able to obtain VET FEE-HELP assistance for the amount of your VET tuition fees that remain unpaid on the census date unless your give your VET provider, on or before the census date, either your FN or a Certificate of application for a TFN from the Australian Taxation Office (the 'Tax Office'), stating that you have applied for a TFN.

Note: as TFNs are usually provided within 28 days of application, it is essential that you apply early to ensure you have your TFN on or before the census date. If you are applying for a TFN for the purpose of obtaining VET FEE-HELP assistance and it is within one month before the relevant census date, you should request the Tax Office to issue you a Certificate of application for a TFN. If you havenï¿½t received your TFN within 10 days before the census date, you should provide this certificate to your VET provider as proof that you have applied, and then quote your TFN once you receive a Tax file number advice from the Tax Office.

Your VET provider is authorised to retain your TFN information only for the purpose of reporting details of your VET FEE-HELP assistance to the Tax Office. Privacy and taxation laws protect your TFN information. There may be severe penalties if these laws are broken.

Go to item 11.

11. By submitting this form, you:

Declare that: - You have read the VET FEE-HELP Information booklet and are aware of your obligations if you receive VET FEE-HELP assistance; and the information on this form is complete and correct and you can produce documents to verify this if required. Request that: - The Commonwealth lend you the amount of those VET tuition fees outstanding at the census date and to use the amount so lent to pay the fees outstanding to your VET provider on your behalf. Understand that: - A 20% loan fee will be applied to the amount of VET FEE-HELP assistance provided and that this loan fee will be included in your VET FEE-HELP debt; - You will repay to the Tax Office the amount that the Commonwealth has loaned to you (plus the loan fee). These repayments will be made in accordance with Chapter 4 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, when your income reaches a certain level, even if you have not completed your studies; - Your debt with the Commonwealth will remain if you withdraw or cancel your enrolment after the census date by that your debt may be removed by your VET provider in special circumstances; - You will not be able to obtain VET FEE-HELP assistance for VET unit(s) of study if you do not provide your TFN, or a Certificate of application for a TFN from the Tax Office to your VET provider on or before the census date; - You will no longer be able to obtain VET FEE-HELP assistance when the total amount of VET FEE-HELP and FEE-HELP assistance you have obtained reaches the FEE-HELP limit as set out in the Higher Education Support Act 2003; - You are able to cancel this request, in writing, at any time, with your VET provider, and that it will no longer apply from that time; - Your personal information will be stored by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations in order to administer your Commonwealth assistance; - If your eligibility for VET FEE-HELP changes you must notify your VET provider; - The authority to collect the information on this form is contained in the Higher Education Support Act 2003; - The information is collected for program administration purposes; - The information may be shared for these purposes between the Tax Office and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; - The information may not otherwise be disclosed without your consent unless authorised or required by law; and - Giving false or misleading information is a serious offence under the Criminal Code. Go to item 12.