'Home' fees for HE in Wales: family of people with Ukraine or Afghan leave

 

The Welsh Government makes the regulations that decide who is entitled to pay fees at the 'home' rate for higher education in Wales (UKCISA does not make the regulations).

For academic years that start on or after 1 August 2024, they are changing the regulations so that some spouses, civil partners and children of people with Ukraine Protection or leave under the Afghan Schemes will be eligible to pay 'home' fees too, even though they do not have Ukraine Protection or leave under an Afghan Scheme themselves.

All the requirements a person needs to meet to fit the expanded categories are explained in detail on the UKCISA website, so look there to see if someone qualifies:

• Ukraine Protection, and family
• Persons with leave under the Afghan Schemes, and family

If you come across anyone who has leave under one of the Afghan Schemes and does not seem to fit the category for persons with leave under the Afghan Schemes, please telephone the UKCISA Student Advice Line (if you are a student) or the UKCISA Members' Advice Line (if you are a UKCISA member). The same applies if you come across a spouse, civil partner or child of someone with leave under one of the Afghan Schemes who does not seem to fit the category, please telephone UKCISA. 

If you want to see the law that expanded the category, it is:

• The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023 No.1349 (W. 243))