Lived in the UK or its Islands for the last three years or more?
As well as finance for tuition fees, you can also apply for help with living costs if all the following apply:
you are an EU national yourself (having an EU national parent isn't enough to qualify)
you have lived in the UK and Islands for the three years before the start of your course
you are living in England, Northern Ireland or Wales at the start of your course (this is 1 September for a course that starts in the autumn)
If you have been studying in the UK
If you intend to study in England, Northern Ireland or Wales, you may qualify for help with living costs even if your main reason for being in the UK for the previous three years was to receive full-time education.
However, to qualify you must also have been 'ordinarily resident' within the EEA and Switzerland immediately before the three-year qualifying period in the UK and Islands before the start of your course ('ordinarily resident' means where you usually live).
If this applies to you, you will be entitled to the same level of finance as students who normally live in England, Northern Ireland or Wales. See the article, 'Finance for new full-time students' (for studying in England), or the websites, Student Finance ni or Student Finance Wales.
O ten komunikat chodzi? Nie ma w tym nic dziwnego. Jesli jestes obywatelem UE, ale mieszkales 3 lata w UK przed rozpoczeciem studiow (majac statut rezydenta) to mozesz sie ubiegac o meteinence loan. Jesli jedziesz do UK prosto z Polski i rozpoczynasz studia to przysluguje ci tylko kredyt na tutition fees.