Information for Financial Service Providers

This page offers institutions holding student loans some guidance on how to complete the documentation required by StudentAid BC. The forms are offered in PDF format or you can request forms by mail.

Schedule 2 - confirmation of enrolment

A Schedule 2 form [122kb] is used to confirm continued enrolment in a post-secondary program, or to reinstate interest-free status after a break in studies, for students with Canada student loans.

The student completes these sections of the Schedule 2 form:

  • Name.
  • Social insurance number.
  • Current address.
  • Date of birth.
  • Next of kin – name and address.
  • "Yes" or "No" box to indicate if they are a person with a disability.
  • Signature and current date in "consent and certification."

The school official completes these sections:

  • Name and address of the post-secondary institution.
  • Number of weeks in the student's current study period.
  • Study period commencement date.
  • Study period end date.
  • Institution code as assigned by StudentAid BC .
  • Enrolment status of the student (part-time or full-time) based on the course load for the study period.
  • Name of school official completing this Schedule 2 (they must be authorized by StudentAid BC to sign student loan documents).
  • Title of school official.
  • Work telephone number including area code.
  • “Instructions to lender" section if any funds are to be paid directly to the school.
  • Signature of school official completing this Schedule 2 (must be authorized to sign loan documents).
  • Date of completion of this Schedule 2.

The lender/financial service provider completes these sections:

  • Name, address, and telephone number (including area code) of lender/financial service provider.
  • "Lender's summary" section as applicable.

The lender then separates the document pages and distributes copies to each individual or group as indicated on the Schedule 2 form.

Certificate 2

Instructions on how to fill out a Certificate 2 form [70kb] (for risk-sharing, guaranteed and/or direct lend B.C. student loans) are on the back of the document itself.

Certificate 3

The Certificate 3 form is to be used by students who have a government grant overaward and who wish to ask that interest-free status for their grant overaward be continued while they are enrolled in full-time studies. This form is available through the financial aid office at your institution.

Certificate 3 must be completed by the student's educational institution, and the student must submit this form to StudentAid BC before the grant overaward becomes due and payable on the first day of the seventh month after they leave full-time studies.

Instructions to the student

  • Take this form to your school for completion of the confirmation of enrolment section.
  • Mail the original to StudentAid BC, make one copy for your records, and your school should keep one copy. Faxed copies will not be accepted because original signatures are required.
  • Certificate 3 must be received by StudentAid BC within 45 days of the date signed by the school and before the study period end date indicated by the school. Otherwise, the certificate will not be valid.
  • If you withdraw before the study period end date on the Certificate 3 form, you must notify StudentAid BC of your early withdrawal.
  • Within 15 days of any change in your name or address, you must notify your school and StudentAid BC.

Instructions to the school

  • Enrolment can be confirmed only if the student is currently enrolled in at least 60 per cent (or 40 per cent if permanently disabled) of a full course load, for credit and leading towards a certificate, diploma or degree.
  • Enrolment can not be confirmed after the current study period end date on the Certificate 3 form under any circumstances.
  • If the student withdraws from a program of study, or drops below 60 per cent (or 40 per cent if permanently disabled) of a full course load, indicate the withdrawal date on the second copy (yellow copy) of the Certificate 3 form and return it to StudentAid BC.
All students with government grant overawards are entitled to a maximum of up to 496 weeks of interest-free status during their lifetime. Under no circumstances will this lifetime maximum be extended. Once a student has reached the end of their lifetime maximum period of interest-free status, they must begin repayment the first day of the following month.