Confirmation of Enrolment
- OSAP: Ministry Confirmation of Enrolments (release of OSAP funding) will begin daily starting Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025.
- Loyalist will process your OSAP Confirmation of Enrolment once your application is complete and you are enrolled in a full-time course load.
- Once your enrolment is confirmed, funding will take five-to-seven business days to reach your bank account,
Sample OSAP disbursement summary
Use the instructions below to help ensure your eligible funding is not delayed.
Fall 2024 start students
- If a special timetable is needed, make an appointment with a student advisor by contacting advising@loyalistcollege.com.
- If you are not returning, withdraw from your program and let us know so that Winter funding is not released.
- If you will not be full time (60 percent course load/40 percent for student with disability), apply for part-time OSAP.
- Check the status of your OSAP application.
- If you receive funding and were not eligible to continue in your program or are not returning and the funding was released, it is your responsibility to pay back funds received. Learn more: Paying back OSAP funding – Loyalist College.
- Any funds Loyalist receives will be returned to NSLSC on your behalf, and you will be notified
Winter 2025 start students
- Ensure all required OSAP documents are submitted and approved.
- You are encouraged to submit OSAP documents before the start of the semester to avoid delays.
- Document processing can take one-to-three weeks
- Pay your registration deposit. Learn more: Payment details for domestic students – Loyalist College
Reminder: Your OSAP funding will not be released until all required documentation has been submitted, reviewed and approved, and you are registered as a full-time student according to Ministry guidelines. Additionally, funding cannot be released if there is an active or unresolved OSAP restriction on your account.
- To be eligible for full-time OSAP, you must be enrolled in at least 60 percent course load.
- To be eligible for part-time OSAP, you must be enrolled in 20 – 59 percent course load.
- Students who have indicated a confirmed permanent disability are eligible for full-time OSAP at a 40 percent course load.
- Course load is determined by the number of hours or courses within your semester.
- Deadline to submit your OSAP application: 60 days before the end of your study period.
Where funding is directed:
Once funding is released, Loyalist will redirect funding from your Winter OSAP to pay outstanding tuition and fees.
- If the amount of the OSAP instalment exceeds the amount owing to Loyalist, the difference will be deposited into the bank account you specified when completing the MSFAA.
- If the amount is less than the amount due, you are expected to pay the difference from your own resources.
- Loyalist will begin confirming enrolment on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025.
- You should receive funding five-to-seven days after we have confirmed your enrolment.
- OSAP is issued in two instalments with approximately 60 percent issued in your first semester and 40 percent in your second.
- Your funding is released separately by the federal and provincial governments and may be deposited a few days apart. This is normal, so there is no need to worry.
Please notify the Financial Aid Office immediately if you:
- Reduce your course load
- Change your program of study
- Withdraw from your program
- Have changes in your financial information (Your income is verified by OSAP. Not reporting changes could affect your eligibility for current or future funding).
- Have a marital status change.
- Decide to attend a different post-secondary institution.
- Do not want your student loan funding.
Need money to help you through the Winter semester?
Complete the Government Sponsored Bursaries and Scholarships application between Jan. 7 – 26, 2025 to be considered.
Questions?
Our Financial Aid team is here to help.