How Your Funding is Released

Students Studying In Canada

Before any of your funding can be released, your Confirmation of Enrolment form must be completed. This form will be available from your financial aid office at the beginning of your study period, after you have enrolled in and started classes.

When you go to the financial aid office to pick up your funding, you must:

• provide proof of registration;
• present two forms of identification:
• One piece of valid photo ID issued in Canada by the federal or a provincial or territorial government (a legible photocopy is acceptable). Examples of acceptable ID are: a valid driver’s license, passport, provincial health card with photo, permanent residency or citizenship card, etc.

One document proving that the Social Insurance Number on your loan or grant authorization document is your own. For example, you may present your Social Insurance Number card (a legible photocopy is acceptable) or an official Government of Canada document that indicates your Social Insurance Number (e.g., a Canada Revenue Agency Notice of Assessment, a Canada Pension Plan Statement of Contributions, or a Confirmation of Social Insurance Number from Service Canada)

The combination of these two pieces of identification must include your photo, your name, your address and your Social Insurance Number.

A note will be made of the documents that you presented and whether the identification was consistent with the information on your application. These documents may not be recorded or copied.

After the above documents are reviewed and approved, you and your financial aid office can then complete your Confirmation of Enrolment form. Once that is done, the financial aid office releases your funding.

Note: Your funding certificate must be negotiated within 30 days of the date on which your institution signs it. If your institution signs the funding certificate in the last month of your study period, you must negotiate it by the end of that month.

Students Studying Outside Canada

Before any of your funding can be released, your Confirmation of Enrolment form must be completed by you and your institution. Your Confirmation of Enrolment form will be mailed directly to you along with your funding certificate. Therefore, it is extremely important that you notify OSAP of any change to your address. You can change your address on the OSAP website.

After you have enrolled in and started classes, you and your institution must complete your Confirmation of Enrolment form and funding certificate. Once that is done, you must forward your completed Confirmation of Enrolment to the Student Support Branch of OSAP of Training, Colleges and Universities. You must forward your completed funding certificate to the National Student Loans Service Centre (NSLSC).

Confirmation of Enrolment Form

The Confirmation of Enrolment form is used to:

• confirm that you have enrolled in and started classes;
• update and/or confirm the information on your income that you provided on your OSAP application;
• authorize the release of the second portion of your funding halfway through your study period (if applicable);
• maintain previous Canada Student Loans, Ontario Student Loans and/or Canada-Ontario Integrated Student Loans in interest-free status.

On the Confirmation of Enrolment form you are asked to fill in the amount of gross income you actually received from all sources during your pre-study period. You are also asked to indicate any changes in the amount of your gross income you expect to receive while you are in school. You may be required to provide supporting documentation (e.g. pay stubs or a letter from your employer). If there are changes in your income, the new income amounts will be used to recalculate the amount of your funding.

Note: Your Confirmation of Enrolment form must be received by OSAP 30 days before the end of your study period.