Enquiry

Financial Assistance Schemes for Primary & Secondary Students

Enquiry

2802 2345

wg_sfo@wfsfaa.gov.hk

Overview

The Student Finance Office administers various financial assistance schemes for needy primary and secondary students, including the School Textbook Assistance (TA) Scheme, the Student Travel Subsidy Scheme and the Subsidy Scheme for Internet Access Charges (SIA). Please click here for details of the schemes.

Links, Forms & Download

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 .

2024/25 School Year

Applicable to Continuing Applicants

(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 –

1. 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
2. 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.

Application Documents

Document Number	Document Name	Paper-based Application	Electronic Application
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

Applicable to Other Applicants

(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 –

1. 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
2. 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.

Application Form and Documents

Document Number	Document Name	Paper-based Application	Electronic Application
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

Other relevant forms and documents (applicable on a case-by-case basis)

Document Number	Document Name	Paper-based Application	Electronic Application
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

Leaflet on Household Application for Student Financial Assistance Schemes

Document Number	Document Name	Paper-based Application	Electronic Application
^☆	English Leaflet	Paper-based Application

Leaflet and “Notes on How to Complete and Return Household Application Form” in languages of different races Show more

Remarks:

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Documents obtainable from the Home Affairs Enquiry Centres of District Offices, schools, Regional Education Offices of the Education Bureau and the SFO (Mong Kok office and Cheung Sha Wan office).

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Documents obtainable from the Home Affairs Enquiry Centres of District Offices, schools, Regional Education Offices of the Education Bureau, the SFO (Mong Kok office and Cheung Sha Wan office), District Social Welfare Offices of the Social Welfare Department and Support Service Centres for Ethnic Minorities.