VET FEE-HELP for Sydney Institute courses

VET FEE-HELP assists eligible full fee-paying students to pay for all or part of their tuition costs for certain VET courses with TAFE NSW Sydney Institute.  Only certain diploma, advanced diploma, graduate certificate and graduate diploma courses may be eligible for VET FEE-HELP.

VET FEE-HELP is part of the Australian Government's Higher Education Loan Program (HELP).

VET FEE-HELP is available for the following courses for Semester 1, 2010.

You may be eligible to apply for VET FEE-HELP if you:

• are an Australian citizen or permanent humanitarian visa holder who will be a resident in Australia for the duration of the unit of study in which you are seeking VET FEE-HELP assistance;
• are a full fee-paying student enrolled on or before the census date in an eligible unit of study through an approved vocational education and training (VET) provider and remains enrolled in the unit at the end of the census date;
• meet the tax file number requirements;
• have completed, signed and submitted a valid request for VET FEE-HELP assistance form for the unit or the course of which the unit forms a part, on or before the census date; and
• have not exceeded the VET FEE-HELP limit.

If you would like to apply for FEE-HELP you will need to speak our VET-FEE Help and Course Coordinator on ph: (02) 02 9217 5172.

You will need to present original requested documentation to Sydney Institute staff to prove eligibility. You will also need to supply your tax file number for purposes of repaying your FEE-HELP debt.

Sydney Institute staff will advise you on the FEE-HELP application process.

In 2009, eligible students can borrow up to $83,313 (or $104,142 for medicine, dentistry and veterinary science courses that lead to registration as practitioners in those fields) over their lifetime. There is a 20% loan fee that applies for all VET courses and the FEE-HELP limit does not include the loan fee.

You repay the loan to the Australian Government through the tax system once you reach the minimum income threshold level for repayment, which for 2008-09 is $41,594.

Additional information on VET FEE-HELP for students and parents can be found by visiting the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations’ (DEEWR) website.