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Welcome to the NHS Business Services Authority Knowledge Base, the place to ask us anything you need to know
NHSBSA
NHS Student Bursaries
Application Evidence
Sending and Returning Evidence Queries
Sending Documents
Return of Documents
Tracking of Documents
Dependants and Childcare Allowances
Do I need to resend my spouse / civil partner / partner or child’s identification (ID) if I’ve previously sent it to you?
Do I need to send evidence of my Child Benefit every year?
What can I send if I do not have a Child Benefit letter?
What evidence is required to claim Childcare Allowance?
What evidence is required to claim Dependants Allowance?
Eligibility
Identification Evidence
Settled Status Evidence
Residency Evidence
Expenses
Do I need to send my tenancy agreement or mortgage statement every year?
What evidence can I send to prove child maintenance expenses?
What evidence can I send to prove employee pension contributions?
What evidence can I send to prove Income Tax contributions?
What evidence can I send to prove Life Assurance / Insurance premiums?
What evidence can i send to prove loan interest?
What evidence can I send to prove mortgage payments?
What evidence can I send to prove National Insurance contributions?
What evidence can I send to prove personal pension contributions?
What evidence can I send to prove professional subscriptions or other expenses attracting tax relief?
What evidence can I send to prove rent payments?
Other Evidence Queries
Do I need to resend evidence if I have already sent it with a previous academic year’s application?
How can I obtain a duplicate birth, marriage, divorce or death certificate?
How long does it take for my evidence to show on BOSS?
I am a lone parent. Do I have to provide evidence that I am single?
I am a medical student and you have requested a Local Authority letter. What do I need to send?
I have deleted or didn’t receive the email requesting evidence. What can I do?
What can I do if I do not have all of the evidence you have requested?
What can I do if I have been asked to provide proof my child / sibling is in further / higher education but do not yet have this?
What can I send as evidence to prove separation from a spouse / civil partner / partner?
What can I send as evidence to prove that I have moved in with a partner?
What can I send if my parent is divorced and is unable to obtain the document required?
What evidence can I send to prove that I have moved out of my parents’ home?
What evidence do I need to send if someone else within my application is a student?
What evidence is required for my parent(s) or partner’s other dependent children?
What evidence should I send to support my bursary application?
What is a Local Authority Notification of Award Letter?
Who would you consider to be a ‘professional person’?
Will CRB checks be done on staff handling my documents / evidence?
Will you accept a bank statement as proof of income or expenses?
Will you accept certified copies of documents?
Will you accept documents that are not written in English?
Income
Do I need to provide evidence of bank / building society interest and other unearned income?
Does my parent or partner need to send in evidence if they are in receipt of non-taxable benefits?
How do I prove that my parent(s) or partner does not have any income or taxable benefits?
What are forms P2 and P11D?
What evidence can I send to prove child maintenance payments?
What evidence can I send to prove earnings from salary or wages (employed earnings)?
What evidence can I send to prove Foster Carer Allowance?
What evidence can I send to prove income from lettings or lodgings?
What evidence can I send to prove income from pensions?
What evidence can I send to prove income from taxable benefits?
What evidence can I send to prove self employed income or company directorship?
Will you accept online payslips and P60s?
Student Award Status (Independent or Dependent)
Do I have to provide evidence of supporting myself for 36 months again if I am a continuing, independent student?
What evidence can I send to prove I am married if I do not have a marriage certificate?
What evidence can I send to prove that I am an independent student due to being in care?
What evidence can I send to prove that I am an independent student due to both my parents being deceased?
What evidence can I send to prove that I am estranged from my parent(s)?
What evidence can I send to prove that I am part of a religious order?
What evidence can I send to prove that I cannot trace my parents?
What evidence can I send to prove that I have been supporting myself financially for 36 months?
What evidence can I send to prove that I have care of a child or children?
What evidence is required to prove that my parents reside outside of the EU and contact with them would put them in jeopardy?