VET FEE-HELP

Box Hill Institute can offer you VET FEE-HELP in 2012 if you are:

• an eligible student enrolling in a Diploma or Advanced Diploma course (applies to both existing and new students, for both government subsidised and self funded places); or,
• an eligible student enrolling in a Vocational Graduate Certificate course (applies to both existing and new students for self funded places only).

VET FEE-HELP is an Australian Government loan scheme enabling you to defer part or all of your tuition fees, and re-pay them via the Australian taxation system once your income reaches a certain threshold ($47,193 in 2011 - 2012 financial year).

There is no loan fee for government subsidised students, however a 20% loan fee does apply to full fee students, and is added onto your VET FEE-HELP debt.

Download the VET FEE-HELP Fact Sheet.

Who is eligible for VET FEE-HELP?

To be eligible for VET FEE-HELP, you must be either:

• an Australian citizen or 
• a permanent humanitarian visa holder. Applies to visa subclasses: 200 - 217, 803, 807, 809, 810, 817, 851(CD), 866.
  

Please note that permanent residents and New Zealand citizens are not eligible for VET FEE-HELP.

• In addition, you must also have a sufficient lifetime VET FEE-HELP (FEE-HELP) balance available. In 2012, students are entitled to $89,706 in VET FEE-HELP and FEE-HELP combined, over their lifetime.

How do I apply for VET FEE-HELP?
If you are interested in applying for VET FEE-HELP, you must:

• read the VET FEE-HELP booklet
• complete the VET FEE-HELP application form
• bring either your Tax File Number or a ‘Certificate of Application for a Tax File Number’ to enrolment. This is obtained from the Australian Taxation Office, and should be provided either at enrolment or to Student Administration no later than two weeks after your enrolment.
• bring the original and a photocopy of your citizenship evidence to enrolment.

Schedule of Unit Tuition Fees (Skills Deepening level courses only)
This schedule sets out units of study for which eligible students may request VET-FEE-HELP assistance to pay for some or all of their tuition fees. It includes unit fee rates for both government subsidised and self funded students. If you are eligible for a government subsidised place, this fee-schedule should be read in conjunction with information outlined in the Tuition Fee Rate Table, in regard to overall fee minimums and maximums for Skills Deepening and Fee Maintenance Diploma/Advanced Diploma level students.

Skills Deepening courses 2012

Census date for VET FEE-HELP
The 2012 census dates for TAFE Skills Deepening course units are:

Students withdrawing from a Skills Deepening level course or units on or prior to the census date will have their VET FEE-HELP application cancelled for those units. Students must officially withdraw via submission of a Course Exit or Unit Withdrawal form.

A VET FEE-HELP debt will still be incurred by students for those units in which they withdraw after the unit census date has passed.

Need More Information?
For further information regarding VET FEE-HELP, please contact Box Hill Institute VET FEE-HELP administrator on (03) 9286 9239.

Tuition Assurance
If Box Hill Institute ceases to provide a course of study, TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) will send a student enrolled in the course of study a Written Tuition Assurance Offer (the Offer) advising the student of the options available under the tuition assurance requirements. The Offer will include directions that the student must follow in order to notify TDA of the choice they have made for each affected subject. TDA will provide this Offer within 20 business days after it knows, or should know by reasonable enquiries that Box Hill Institute has ceased to provide the course of study.

For further information please see Tuition Assurance.