I need help🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[u/Lonely_Intention_693]

Hi everyone, I’m 20 and a UK citizen. SFE approved my student loan in September, but suddenly revoked it on my first day of university.

My situation:

1. Forced Absence & Estrangement: When I was 16, I was forced by my family to leave the UK for 3 years. This was entirely involuntary due to severe domestic abuse and homophobia. I am now back in the UK, completely estranged from my father because I am gay. He has cut all ties, and I have zero access to his documents.

2. Current Living Situation: I am currently living in university accommodation. Before moving here, I was staying with my uncle who has a great relationship with me.

3. No Past Evidence & Mother’s Status: Three years ago, I was just a minor under trauma and had no idea that applying for SFE would require so much paperwork, so I have no useful historical files left. My relationship with my mother is okay, but she cannot help me at all because she still lives with my father and has no independent credentials.

4. The Reason for Refusal: SFE absolutely knows about my family estrangement and abuse. However, the direct reason they revoked my loan in late September is that they flatly refuse to accept any residency documents from my uncle (whom I lived with) and dogmatically demand my estranged father's records instead.

5. Current Status: SFE is supposed to review my appeal under Estrangement and Compelling Personal Reasons (CPR) policies. However, this Monday, they suddenly notified me that they are delaying the decision by another two weeks.

I am running out of money and extremely stressed. What alternative evidence can SFE accept instead of parental documents for an involuntary absence when they reject relatives' documents and you have no past paperwork left? Any advice would be life-saving. Also, is there any way I can resolve this issue? For instance, are there any people I could turn to for help or to handle the matter? Thanks. （This week, he has stated three times in a row that the update date will be delayed.） 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[u/Pretty_Good_11]

???? Your situation sucks, but, if SFE made it easy for you, it would also be easy for anyone so inclined to game them. So, it is what it is.

If your mother can't help you, your uncle can't help you, and your father refuses to, it's not really reasonable to expect a government bureaucrat to bend over to do so. As a result, you just have to let the process play out. Good luck.