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Parents' income changes

If your parents' income changes during your study, it may mean that you can now get a Student Allowance, or a higher rate of Student Allowance.

Why we use parents' income to calculate the Student Allowance

Income gone down

If your parents' income has gone down you may be able to get a higher rate of Student Allowance if their income:

  • was more than $69,935.32 before tax when your application was approved, and 
  • has reduced by 25% or more.

If your parents' income is going to reduce but hasn't yet, wait until it reduces before you send us your documents.

What you need to do

Before your course finishes you need to:

  1. get your parents to:
    • fill out a Reassessment of parents' income form
    • get evidence of their change of income
  2. log in to Connect and upload the form and income evidence.

If the application is approved, you'll be paid the new rate of Student Allowance from the date your parents' income reduced.

Reassessment of parents' income application form (PDF 778.74KB)

Income gone up

You don't need to do anything. We'll pay you the same rate of Student Allowance until your course finishes.

When you apply for your next Student Allowance, your rate may change because your parents' income has changed.

If you couldn't get a Student Allowance because your parents' income was too high, you may now be able to get one if your parents' income has gone down.

What you need to do

Before your course finishes you need to:

  1. apply online for Student Allowance (if you haven't already)
  2. get your parents to:
    • fill out a Parents form
    • get evidence of their change of income.
  3. log in to Connect and upload your form and income evidence.

If your application is approved, you'll be paid from the date we receive either your:

  • application (if you hadn't already applied)
  • documents (if you had already applied).
Student Allowance Parents form (PDF 781.42KB)

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Use the parental income calculator to work out how much you could get
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