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The Student Finance Office (SFO) encourages applicants to register and use “iAM Smart+” to digitally sign the Declaration of “Electronic Household Application Form for Student Financial Assistance Schemes” (E-Form). Applicants will not need to print, sign and submit separately the signed Declaration. For more details on the registration of ”iAM Smart+”, please visit the “iAM Smart” website .
(i.e. applicants who have successfully applied for financial assistance in the 2023/24 school year on or before 1 March 2024 for (i) primary and secondary students or (ii) students at pre-primary, primary and secondary levels or (iii) pre-primary students who will be attending Primary 1 (P1) in the 2024/25 school year)
Starting from mid-March 2024, the SFO will issue Access Code and/ or paper-based pre-filled “Household Application Form for Student Financial Assistance Schemes” (Paper-based Pre-filled Form) to continuing applicants in batches according to their option indicated in the 2023/24 application. Continuing applicants may –
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E-submission
Access the “Pre-filled E-Form” tab in the “SFO E-link – My Applications (Financial Assistance Schemes at Pre-primary, Primary and Secondary Levels) ” website, and use “iAM Smart” or enter the Access Code and required information to open the E-Form which has been pre-filled with their application details (Pre-filled E-Form). Continuing applicants may then complete the Pre-filled E-Form, upload relevant supporting documents and submit the application online; or
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Complete and submit the Paper-based Pre-filled Form issued by the SFO, together with copies of relevant supporting documents, to Tsimshatsui PO Box 96824 by post.
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| Document Number | Document Name | Paper-based Application | Electronic Application |
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| SFO 107B(1) | Guidance Notes | Paper-based Application | |
SFO 107B(2) / SFO 107B(E) |
Notes on How to Complete and Return Household Application Form (including Sample I: Income Certificate; Sample II/III: Profit & Loss Account; and Sample IV: Self-prepared Income Breakdown) |
Paper-based Application | Electronic Application |
(i.e. new applicants and applicants who have NOT received financial assistance for primary and secondary students in the 2023/24 school year on or before 1 March 2024)
Other applicants may –
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E-submission
Access the “E-Form” tab in the “SFO E-link – My Applications (Financial Assistance Schemes at Pre-primary, Primary and Secondary Levels)” website to complete and submit E-Form direct; or
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Complete and submit the paper-based Household Application Form for Student Financial Assistance Schemes, together with copies of relevant supporting documents, to Tsimshatsui PO Box 96824 by post.
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| Document Number | Document Name | Paper-based Application | Electronic Application |
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| SFO 7B^ | Household Application Form for Student Financial Assistance Schemes | Paper-based Application | - |
| SFO 75B(1)^ | Guidance Notes | Paper-based Application | |
| SF0 75B(2)^/ SFO 75B(E) |
Notes on How to Complete and Return Household Application Form (including Sample I: Income Certificate; Sample II/III: Profit & Loss Account; and Sample IV: Self-prepared Income Breakdown) |
Paper-based Application | Electronic Application |
| Document Number | Document Name | Paper-based Application | Electronic Application |
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| SFO 108 | Cover Sheet for Supporting Documents | Paper-based Application | - |
| SFO 182 | Cover Sheet for Addressed envelope for submission of application | Paper-based Application | - |
| - | Notification of Change of Correspondence / Residential Address | Paper-based Application | |
| - | Form of Supplementary Information | Paper-based Application | |
| Document Number | Document Name | Paper-based Application |
Electronic Application |
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| ☆ | English Leaflet | Paper-based Application | |
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Leaflet and “Notes on How to Complete and Return Household Application Form” in languages of different races Show more
Documents obtainable from the Home Affairs Enquiry Centres of District Offices, schools and the SFO (Mong Kok office and Cheung Sha Wan office).
Documents obtainable from the Home Affairs Enquiry Centres of District Offices, schools, the SFO (Mong Kok office and Cheung Sha Wan office), District Social Welfare Offices of the Social Welfare Department, Regional Education Offices of the Education Bureau and Support Service Centres for Ethnic Minorities.