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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 2024/25 school year on or before 1 March 2025 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 2025/26 school year)
Starting from mid-March 2025, 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 2024/25 application. Continuing applicants may –
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E-submission
Follow the procedures in “Guide to create ‘eWFSFAA’ account for accessing pre-filled forms” to create and verify an “eWFSFAA” account, and access the E-Form which has been prefilled with their application details (Pre-filled E-Form) via “eWFSFAA”. 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, by post with the return envelope provided by the SFO.
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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 2024/25 school year on or before 1 March 2025)
Starting from May 2025, other applicants may –
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E-submission
Follow the procedures in “Guide to create ‘eWFSFAA’ account for accessing pre-filled forms” to create and verify an “eWFSFAA” account, and access, complete and submit an E-Form via “eWFSFAA”; 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. The related application form and documents will be uploaded to this webpage later in due course.
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Under normal circumstances (except financial assistance for pre-primary students), the SFO will not accept any “Household Application Form for Student Financial Assistance Schemes” for the 2024/25 school year submitted on or after 1 March 2025. As far as the fee reimbursement for Diploma of Applied Education (DAE) / Diploma Yi Jin (DYJ) and Financial Assistance Scheme for Designated Evening Adult Education Courses (FAEAEC) is concerned, applicants who need to apply for student financial assistance on or after 1 March 2025 for their children attending the courses commencing during the period from 1 March 2025 to 31 May 2025, they should approach relevant institutions for details of the application procedures and the deadlines. They should also submit application documents to the institutions, for onward submission to the SFO for processing. Please click here for the application form and documents for the 2024/25 school year.