Liechtenstein - Guidance to Apply for Student Loan

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Procedure

Applying for the Government's Student Loan Scheme

• Training aid shall be submitted to the scholarship office by an official form.
• With the official form, any information required for the determination of the education grant shall be collected by the applicant person.
• The form must be completed by the applicant and person to sign. By signing the accuracy of the information is confirmed. With immaturity of the applicant person the request is in addition to be signed by the legal guardian.
• The documents shall be enclosed in all required documents. The ordinary residence shall be demonstrated with:
  • a residence certificate that municipality in which the applying person is reported properly; and
  • a residence permit under the Aliens Act or the law of persons with foreign nationals.
• Requests that are made more than one year after the start of training or the training section are rejected as out of time.

Applying for a Student Loan Banks

Another option to fund your studies are study loans. Many banks as well as countries offer suitable formats.

The Principality of Liechtenstein offers an interest-free loan to students who have been living in Liechtenstein for at least three years

• Decide on the amount of Loan required
• Understand which banks provide loan for that particular institute.
• Go to the bank Apply for the student loan
• Submit all the necessary documents
• Get Approval

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Required Documents

• Official application form
• A residence certificate
• A residence permit

Office Locations & Contacts

Educational Authority
Austrasse 79
PO Box 684
9490 Vaduz
Phone: +423 236 67 70
Fax: +423 236 67 71
Email: [email protected]

Business hours
Monday to Friday
8:30 to 11:30
13:30 to 16:30

Office hours
Monday to Friday
8:00 to 12:00
1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Eligibility

The state supports people undergoing training with training aid in the form of grants and loans.

Training aid can be requested with an official application form online, which is started by the Education Account. Important: To access the student account and we can offer a secure service, you need to uniquely identify. You will need either LILOG or lisign.

Fees

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Validity

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

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Instructions

The application requires a signature. This is based on an assessment made at the form-call registration with "LILOG" or "lisign" to install.

The authoritative data shall be collected in the form and submit the application at the end on the "Send" button electronically.

If you do not have "LILOG" or "lisign" and thus cannot make electronic filing, please go personally to switch the authoritative public office.

Requirements

Include the application please all the necessary supporting documents electronically. If you cannot do this, you send the supporting documents within 5 days please by mail to the scholarship office.

Necessary documents and information

Include the application please all the necessary supporting documents electronically. If you cannot do this, you send the supporting documents within 5 days please by mail to the scholarship office.

Required Information

• Name, date of birth, address and telephone number of the applicant person
• Training data
• The names of family members
• Data on the financial circumstances of the applicant person (wealth, income, third subsidies)
• Control data of the applicant person, their parents and their spouses or their Spouse

Need for the Document

Loans are training aid granted to the applicant person pursuant to a loan agreement without interest with the state and have to repay.

Information which might help

Right to training aid covers everyone residing in Liechtenstein who can provide evidence to date of about supporting training or to support training section at least three consecutive years, or a total of at least five years of normal residence in Liechtenstein

The scholarship office is responsible in particular:

• advising individuals who wish to apply for an education grant;
• the decision to grant and reimbursement of training aid;
• the drafting of loan agreements, determining the repayment as well as the deferral of repayment;
• budgeting of training aid;
• annual reporting to the government, in particular on the use of funds;
• advising private scholarships institutions headquartered in Liechtenstein under judicial secrecy.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture

Grants / loans

Others

If the necessary information and data the person making themselves cannot be levied on the application, the scholarship office is entitled to obtain the information necessary for calculating the training aid information and data in the following authorities.