Thank you! Your OSAP Part-Time application & signature/declaration papers have been received by the Student Awards & Financial Aid Office at the University of Windsor!
Please check your staus on your OSAP account to ensure all supporting documentation has been submitted to our office.
Please allow a minimum of 4-6 weeks for processing. Although your Signature & Declaration pages have been received by us, it will take us some time to update your file on the OSAP website so that you can see that they have processed. If it has been less than 4 weeks, please do not call our office. If it has been more than 4 weeks, please call us so that we can follow up.
Please note that OSAP Part-time is for students taking between 20% - 59% of a full course load. If you are taking 60% or more of a full course load, you are considered full-time and you should therefore, apply on the OSAP Full-time application.
What does OSAP Part-time cover?
OSAP Part-time can ONLY help to cover your direct educational costs only (tuition, compulsory fees and book costs). OSAP Part-time DOES NOT fund a living allowance.
You may monitor your OSAP Part-time account via the OSAP website.
If this is your first time applying for OSAP Part-time, please review the following information so that you know what to expect.
All students (and spouse's, if applicable) must provide proof of income. The following will explain the income documentation that we will require from you:
Applying for Fall: We will require your most recent year-to-date 2014 paystub(s) for all income sources received and expected to be received in 2013 in order to confirm your estimated income that you indicated on your application.
Applying for Winter: We will require a copy of your FINAL 2014 pay stub(s), 2014 T4(s) for all income received in 2014.
Applying for Summer: We will require a copy of your FINAL 2014 pay stub(s), 2013 T4(s) for all income received in 2014.
If you have already submitted this documentation with your signature pages, no further action is required. If you have not, please submit the documentation to our office as soon as possible in order to avoid delays in receiving your funding.
If you are a Permanent Resident or Protected Person, we will require a copy of your Permanent Resident card (front and back) or your Protected Person documentation from HRSDC.
If you have self identified as a student with a permanent disability, we will require confirmation of your permanent disability. For your convenience, you may use the following form to have completed by a medical practioner.
If you have indicated that you have received OSAP Part-time funding in the past and you were in attendance at a school other than the University of Windsor, you must submit a copy of your transcript from the other school as we must confirm successful completion of any studies funded under the OSAP Part-time program.
If you have provided the above documentation to our office already within the past 2 years, then we will still have the documentation on file and we can pull it forward. Otherwise, please ensure that you forward this documentation to our office at your earliest convenience.
Please attach any follow-up documentation to this cover sheet to ensure effiicient processing.
If registred and attending for:
Fall - If you apply by August 1, your OSAP Part-time document should be available in our office at the start of classes. Our office will send you an email once your funding arrives.
Winter - If you apply by December 1, your OSAP Part-time document should be available in our office at the start of classes. Our office will send you an email once your funding arrives.
Summer - If you apply by April 1, your OSAP Part-time document should be available in our office at the start of classes. Our office will send you an email once your funding arrives.
- You will need to claim your OSAP part-time funding certificate from the Student Awards & Financial Aid Office.
- You will be required to have with you, valid government issued photo identification and your Social Insurance Card or a copy of Notice of Assessment from Canada Revenue Agency.
- Your document will be signed and validated.
- Once signed and validated, the document is only valid for 30 days and expires at the end of your study period.
- Your document must be immediately taken to a Canada Postal Outlet so that it can be forwarded to the National Student Loan Service Centre for processing prior to the expiry date. There is no cost to you to do this if it is done at a participating postal outlet as they have a contract with the Federal government to provide this service on behalf of the National Student Loan Service Centre.
On your OSAP Part-time funding certificate, amounts and source of funding will be noted. If you have fees owing to the University, we we request to have the amount of your tuition and fees redirected to the University by the National Student Loan Service Centre.
For students who are receiving Canada Access Grants (High-Need Part-Time or Permanent Disability), these grants are split 50/50. One-half of the grant is issued at the start of the study period (and is available to be redirected back to the University) and the second-half of the grant is issued part-way through the study period (and is remitted directly into the student's bank account). The Canada Student Loan for Part-time Students is issued 100% at the start of the study period and is available to be redirected back to the University to pay fees.
In cases where a student owes fees to the University and they have a portion of their Canada Access Grant deposited into their bank account, it will be the student's responsibility to redirect those funds to the University to pay their outstanding balance. For convenient payment options, please visit the Cashiers Office website.
Example 1: Student is receiving Canada Access Grant for High-Need Part-time in the amount of $1200 and a Canada Student Loan for Part-time in the amount of $659. The Student has fees owing to the University in the amount of $900. The OSAP Part-time funding will be used to pay this student's tuition according to the following:
$600 (1st half of Canada Access Grant/High-Need) > Redirected to University
$300 (from the OSAP Part-time loan) > Redirected to University
$900 > Total $900 to be redirected to University to bring balance to $0
$359 (from the OSAP Part-time loan) > Redirected to student's bank account.
$600 (2nd half of Canada Access Grant to be received 1/2 way through studies) > Redirected to student's bank account.
Example 2: Student is receiving Canada Access Grant for High-Need Part-time in the amount of $1200. Student has fees owing to the University in the amount of $900. The OSAP Part-time funding will be used to pay this student's tuition according to the following:
$600 (1st half of Canada Access Grant/High-Need) > Redirected to University leaving a balance owing of $300 that will need to be paid as soon as possible or once the 2nd half ($600) in deposited into their bank account.
