The College has a requirement to complete a residency check on all non-UK nationals for tuition fee purposes.
To be treated as a Scottish home student you must meet all of the following three conditions:
- You normally live in Scotland on the first day of the first academic year of the course (usually 1st August); and
- You've been living in the UK for 3 years before starting your course.
- You're a UK national or have 'settled status' (no restrictions on how long you can stay).
If you don't meet all of the three conditions, you may still be eligible for some elements of support if you meet the requirements of one of the other UK residency categories listed:
- You're an EU national, or family member of an EU national with settled/pre settled status and have lived in the UK for more than 3 years.
- You're a refugee.
- You're under humanitarian protection (as a result of a failed application for Asylum).
- You're a migrant worker.
- You're a child of a Swiss national; or
- You're a child of a Turkish worker.
- You're a Syrian Refugee (VPRS).
You must also normally be living in Scotland on the first day of the first academic year of the course.
If you do not meet the residency criteria you will be liable to pay the college tuition fee.
You can provide a copy of your residency documentation to Fife College by emailing it to our Admissions Team on applications@fife.ac.uk. You will be sent an email asking for this information once we have received your course application.
Support available in the community
The organisations below offer free support to individuals to apply for residency status. Some of the organisations below are UK wide and some are Scotland based. Some offer advice directly to applicants, some in several languages and some only to practitioners who work with potential applicants. Also, some councils offer help with scanning documents (applicants need valid ID documents at the very first stage of their application process).
UK wide organisations
Settled – provide advice and support on applying for Settled Status in different languages over the phone and online
Click on the link here for further details - Homepage - Settled
Here for good – free legal advice, including applications for Settled Status, immigrations guides
Click on the link here for further details - Here for Good - Free high-quality immigration advice (hereforgoodlaw.org)
Right to remain – immigration information, toolkit (for all nationalities)
Click on the link here for further details - Here for Good - Free high-quality immigration advice (hereforgoodlaw.org)
Scotland based organisations
Citizens’ Rights Project – information, online and face to face advice and assistance in several languages
Click on the link here for further details - Home - Citizens' Rights Project (citizensrightsproject.org)
Feniks – support with application for Settled Status in different languages; they organise regular face to face surgeries in different locations around Scotland
Click on the link here for further details - Feniks. Counselling, Personal Development and Support Services
JustRight Scotland – Scotland’s legal centre for justice and human rights; they provide advice over the phone at specific times for practitioners working with EU citizens – get in touch with them to request times or follow on social media.
Click on the link here for further details - JustRight Scotland
Just Citizens – a project of JustRight Scotland, providing information and factsheets on rights of EU citizens in English and 5 other European languages.
Click on the link here for further details - Making a case for fairer citizenship in Scotland , for all - Just Citizens
The College has a requirement to complete a residency check on all non-UK nationals for tuition fee purposes.
To be treated as a Scottish home student you must meet all of the following three conditions:
- You normally live in Scotland on the first day of the first academic year of the course (usually 1st August); and
- You've been living in the UK for 3 years before starting your course.
- You're a UK national or have 'settled status' (no restrictions on how long you can stay).
If you don't meet all of the three conditions, you may still be eligible for some elements of support if you meet the requirements of one of the other UK residency categories listed:
- You're an EU national, or family member of an EU national with settled/pre settled status and have lived in the UK for more than 3 years.
- You're a refugee.
- You're under humanitarian protection (as a result of a failed application for Asylum).
- You're a migrant worker.
- You're a child of a Swiss national; or
- You're a child of a Turkish worker.
- You're a Syrian Refugee (VPRS).
You must also normally be living in Scotland on the first day of the first academic year of the course.
If you do not meet the residency criteria you will be liable to pay the college tuition fee.
You can provide a copy of your residency documentation to Fife College by emailing it to our Admissions Team on applications@fife.ac.uk. You will be sent an email asking for this information once we have received your course application.
Support available in the community
The organisations below offer free support to individuals to apply for residency status. Some of the organisations below are UK wide and some are Scotland based. Some offer advice directly to applicants, some in several languages and some only to practitioners who work with potential applicants. Also, some councils offer help with scanning documents (applicants need valid ID documents at the very first stage of their application process).
UK wide organisations
Settled – provide advice and support on applying for Settled Status in different languages over the phone and online
Click on the link here for further details - Homepage - Settled
Here for good – free legal advice, including applications for Settled Status, immigrations guides
Click on the link here for further details - Here for Good - Free high-quality immigration advice (hereforgoodlaw.org)
Right to remain – immigration information, toolkit (for all nationalities)
Click on the link here for further details - Here for Good - Free high-quality immigration advice (hereforgoodlaw.org)
Scotland based organisations
Citizens’ Rights Project – information, online and face to face advice and assistance in several languages
Click on the link here for further details - Home - Citizens' Rights Project (citizensrightsproject.org)
Feniks – support with application for Settled Status in different languages; they organise regular face to face surgeries in different locations around Scotland
Click on the link here for further details - Feniks. Counselling, Personal Development and Support Services
JustRight Scotland – Scotland’s legal centre for justice and human rights; they provide advice over the phone at specific times for practitioners working with EU citizens – get in touch with them to request times or follow on social media.
Click on the link here for further details - JustRight Scotland
Just Citizens – a project of JustRight Scotland, providing information and factsheets on rights of EU citizens in English and 5 other European languages.
Click on the link here for further details - Making a case for fairer citizenship in Scotland , for all - Just Citizens