Description

A code that indicates which request for Commonwealth assistance form the student completed, and what the student’s eligibility status was at the time.

Details

Version: 1.0
First year: 2005
Last year: 2008
Field name: ELIGIBILITY
Element name: Request for Commonwealth assistance indicator

Code format:

Data Type: Numeric
Units: Code (numeric)
Width: 2

Classification

Request for Commonwealth support and HECS-HELP:

CODE MEANING
10 Australian citizen
11 New Zealand citizen
12 Permanent humanitarian visa holder
13 Permanent visa holder (other than permanent humanitarian visa)

Request for Commonwealth support and HECS-HELP – pre-2005 HECS:

CODE MEANING
20 Australian citizen
21 New Zealand citizen who is NOT eligible for HECS-HELP
22 New Zealand citizen who is eligible for HECS-HELP
23 Permanent visa holder who is NOT eligible for HECS-HELP
24 Permanent visa holder who is eligible for HECS-HELP

Request for FEE-HELP assistance:

CODE MEANING
30 Pre-2005 PELS student who is eligible for FEE-HELP
31 Post-2005 student who is an Australian citizen
32 Post-2005 student who holds a permanent humanitarian visa
33 Post-2005 student who holds a permanent visa and who is doing a BOTP course

Request for FEE-HELP assistance – Open Learning Australia (OLA):

CODE MEANING
40 Australian citizen
41 Permanent humanitarian visa holder

OS-HELP debt confirmation:

CODE MEANING
50 Student who has requested an OS-HELP loan

Coding notes

None

Please refer to the Glossary for further information about terminology used in this document.

Input files

​Higher Education Student:

  • Electronic Commonwealth Assistance Form (PO)

Change History

Details of all versions of this data element can be found on its supporting information page.


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