Checklist for Submission
- The application will be processed further when the Student Finance Office (SFO) has received the following documents.
- If the information provided in the application is incomplete or discrepancies in the supporting documents are found, the SFO may contact the applicant, the respective institution, other bureaux / departments of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong), or other organisations to obtain the information required and the processing time of the application will be extended correspondingly. The SFO bears no responsibility for the delay so caused.
- This checklist is for reference only and not exhaustive.
During the online application
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Applicants can pay the administrative fee through the credit card, the Faster Payment System, the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) or in person at any branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC). Please refer to the "Points to Note for Paying Administrative Fee" for details.
- (If the administrative fee is paid through the ATM or the HSBC branch) please upload the softcopy of the transaction advice, account deposit form or ATM transaction advice for administrative fee paid at “Step 5”.
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Within seven calendar days from the date of sucessful submission of the application
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(If signed on paper) the duly signed “Declaration Form”: The “Declaration Form” could be downloaded from “Step 7” of the online application or from “Application Form(s) Submitted” page under the “SFO E-link – My Applications” online platform. 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”;
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a copy of the HKID Card;
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a copy of bank account proof: Such proof should bear the applicant’s name (same as the name shown on the HKID Card) and bank account number, for example, the first page of the bank passbook of the savings account, a bank ATM card or a bank statement issued within the last three months. The relevant bank account should be a personal savings / current account of the applicants who must be the sole holder of the account. Time deposit account, credit card account, foreign currency account, personal loan account and security / investment account will not be accepted; and
- (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: 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.
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For details, please refer to the "Checklist of Supporting Documents"(NLSPS_SD_E) and part 3 of "Application Procedures".