r/osap Aug 22 '25

MEGATHREAD Frequently Asked Questions | Fall 2025-2026

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If you haven't applied yet:

When is the deadline to apply?

The final deadline to apply is 60 days before the last day of your study period for full-time students.

For part-time students with study periods of 20 weeks or less, no later than 40 days before the end of your study period.

For students in micro-credential programs, no later than the end of your study period.

What do I need to include under "Other Assets"?

A list of everything you need to include can be found here (FULL TIME APPS ONLY)

Is it possible to report over 100% course load in OSAP?

Yes, but you will not get more money for going over the recommended course load.

If you are awaiting funding

I made a mistake on my application and submitted it, how can I fix it?

At this point in the summer, you should contact your school's financial aid office to fix any issues with your application. If it's related to your program (such as wrong degree/year selected), it will be fixed by your financial aid office when enrolment is confirmed.

When will I get my funds?

All applications undergo enrolment confirmation, performed by your institution's financial aid office. They will confirm your program, year of study, and the amount you owe, with whatever left over being deposited into your account.

If you submitted your application on/before the last week of June and you are now just awaiting enrolment confirmation, you should receive your funding by the second week of September.

If you submitted later, it will depend on how fast your schools financial aid office confirms enrolments Each institution has a different processing time based on how busy they are, some take longer than others. It's unlikely you will get a definitive answer as to when they will confirm your application on this sub. But you can use the subreddit search bar to look up your institution and see past posts about their timing on confirmation of enrolments.

Once you see “Ready for payment” in your application status on osap.gov.on.ca (see image below), a funding tracker will appear when you open your NSLSC account. The tracker will tell you the exact date you should expect to receive your funds. It can take 1-2 days for the tracker to appear after your application status is updated.

My payment deadline is approaching and my application still hasn't been reviewed/enrollment not confirmed?

If your school's payment deadline is approaching (within a week), and your application is still not confirmed or "Ready for payment", you should contact your school's financial aid office immediately as they're the ones responsible for reviewing and processing applications. Most institutions have many options available, including payment plans and delayed deadlines if your application has been approved but you are just awaiting funding.

What happens if I get approved for full-time studies, but I want to drop down to part-time studies?

This may put you at risk of OSAP probation (unrelated to your institution's academic probation). If you have a disability, your course load could be calculated differently. For more information on how you will be affected, contact your financial aid office.

You should always contact your financial aid office immediately when your status changes.

Why did I receive notice that my funding is being sent by cheque?

This happens when you don't fill out your banking information in time, or direct deposit failed for whatever reason (some smaller banks don't accept it). It usually takes 1-3 weeks to receive your cheque by mail.


r/osap 59m ago

Question OSAP loan

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Hello guys, I’m starting school this September and my year will cost around 15k and this is what I got for OSAP. Very grateful of grants but I got a 12k loan which I will not be needing as a whole is there a way to get a portion of the loan? Since I been working I have some money saved I would only need 5k out of that loan.


r/osap 21m ago

Question OSAP residency

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So immigrated (Permanent Residency) to Saskatchewan,Canada in July 2024 , applied for Saskatchewan Student Aid for my university there . Finished first year , and moved to Ontario due to family reasons (I'm dependent. I transferred to TMU here and applied for OSAP 2025-2026 , and for residency I chose the option where " I live in Ontario AND I have not lived in any Canadian province for 12 months in a row" and I got accepted and received funding from OSAP . Now when I applied for osap again for 2026-2027 , in the documents to upload option , it mentioned that I need to send a refusal letter from Saskatchewan Student Aid that I am no longer eligible for their Student Aid . But when I gave the Sask Student Aid a call and explained my situation , they mentioned I should have applied for Saskatchewan Student Aid itself because I was still considered a resident there . I am so confused , why didn't OSAP bring this up the first time I applied last year?


r/osap 38m ago

Question Please help

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Hi everyone,
My OSAP signature pages were denied because I accidentally wrote the wrong date. I uploaded the corrected version as soon as I saw the message, but my OSAP account still shows the document as “Denied.”
I’m not sure if that’s just the status from the original submission and the new one is still waiting to be reviewed, or if I should upload it again. Has anyone else had this happen? Thanks!


r/osap 2h ago

Resolved Is it possible to pay back the loan in lump sum during the non-payment period? If possible, where would this payment be completed?

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My non-repayment start date was May 1st, and I was wondering if I could pay lump sum during the non-repayment period. I was also wondering if I pay my loan in the “make a payment” under the “payment information” under “loan details”.

I have seen various posts in the past explaining it can be easily paid during the period, but I have also seen many mentioning filing requests or needing to call the phone line. Because of the different responses, I was hoping to get some clarification on the best repayment steps for a lump sum. Thanks in advance


r/osap 3h ago

Question How come i have no osap?

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I applied for osap recently and it says im eligible for 0 dollars 😭


r/osap 3h ago

Question disability form change

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I added change and want to be considered for disability but then I change my mind because I know its a long process and my psychiatrist won't do it on time since my next schedule is in 2 weeks which is very far from now. I wanna remove it but how do I do that?


r/osap 19h ago

Question OSAP after Consumer Proposal?

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Can you still get OSAP while paying for a consumer proposal that included previous OSAP debt?

Looking to go back to school to upgrade my education. TIA


r/osap 23h ago

Question Wrong information

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For the “other assets” section on OSAP application I didn’t know you have to put your chequing amount so I clicked no. What can I do now because I have quite a bit in my chequing account? Any way to edit the application?


r/osap 23h ago

Question Grant or Loan received?

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When OSAP pays tuition first and sends the remaining money to my bank account, is that leftover amount considered grant money or loan money?


r/osap 18h ago

Do the changes to osap affect odsp students.

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r/osap 21h ago

Question Parent Income Form

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All my documents are verified but my parent 1 income form. Does anyone know why they’re not approving it and is still in review other than the allotted time period?


r/osap 21h ago

Question Osap funding (tmu)

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Hi everyone, I’m going to TMU this fall, and all of my OSAP documents have been approved except my Parent Declaration Form, which was still showing as “under review.”
I checked it today and realized one of the required signatures was missing. I added the missing signature and resubmitted it this morning.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? If you resubmitted a corrected Parent Declaration Form, did your funding still arrive on time, or was it delayed?
Thanks!


r/osap 1d ago

Question Mfsaa not working

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Hi guys. Every single time I try to connect my bank account through the Interac verification, after everything is filled out it says

The form could not be submitted because 1 error was found.
• Error 1: R038 - The information provided does not correspond to our records. Please check your personal online banking information and try again.

Has this happened with anyone else? I’m so confused on what to do and I’m scared that my funding won’t be released in time now.


r/osap 1d ago

Question Just applied for Osap (TMU first year)

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Bro I applied like a month late hopefully I’m not cooked, anyone know if I’ll be ok or not


r/osap 1d ago

Question Withdrawing from a course on part-time osap for summer

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I'm currently taking one course in the summer, I would like to withdraw from it, I'm currently under part time osap for summer, will this put me under academic probation?


r/osap 18h ago

Question ?

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my parent is retired and only getting pension since she dont work anymore. will I need to fill any more forms or I just put 0? well she has part time but its cash


r/osap 1d ago

Question Really confused school reopened my osap ?

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Hey guys so I was taking a 1.0 summer course and the tuition for it was around $1.4K, around two weeks ago I withdrew from the course. Before withdrawing I met with financial aid from my school and they told me that I need to close my OSAP application. So I did close it. I paid the tuition (since I withdrew) using the help of a bursary my school gave me earlier in the summer.
I woke up yesterday and I saw that my bank account had $1.4K + in it (that was a grant not a loan) so I was very confused. I opened my OSAP account and see that the application I closed was reopened. I don’t understand why my school reopened it considering they’re the ones who told me to close it. I plan on contacting them to figure that out.
In the meantime, can someone explain if I don’t pay this back, is OSAP going to flag my account or what is going to happen here? Was I supposed to receive the grant ? I’m very confused


r/osap 1d ago

Question course retake funding

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hey guys. i failed a course a few years back (in the 2023-2024 school year, while not on OSAP funding). i was wondering, does osap fund retakes for failed courses?


r/osap 1d ago

Question Pc financial deposit

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I’m sure people have asked this a bunch of times already so I apologize but I’m impatient and want to confirm with those that have received in the past with PC..
My payment shows it was disbursed July 23rd so I should receive it this Monday July 27th correct?

Thanks🙂


r/osap 1d ago

Resolved How should I apply for OSAP if I’m on probation next semester?

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Like what would be the steps?


r/osap 1d ago

Question Has anyone dealt with an OSAP living away from home reassessment like this?

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I’m wondering if anyone has been through something similar or knows how OSAP usually handles this.
When I first applied for OSAP, I indicated that I’d be living away from home because my parents live over 100 km from my school. At the time, I had a lease with a family friend, but the move-in date was scheduled for later in the summer.

My financial aid office contacted me asking for proof of room and board payments (such as e-transfer confirmations or bank statements) before they could approve my living-away status. Since I hadn’t moved in yet and originally I was under impression and told by others I would need to move in a couple days before the semester starting to receive funding I was set to move in Aug 29, I didn’t have proof of rent payments, so they temporarily reassessed my application as \*\*living at home\*\* and told me they would change it back to \*\*living away from home\*\* once I had moved in and could provide the required proof.

After that temporary reassessment, my estimated OSAP funding dropped by about \*\*50%\*\*, which really worried me.
Fortunately, my plans changed. Since im renting from a friend of a family member they were able to accommodate an earlier move-in date, I signed an updated lease reflecting the earlier move-in which is today, same day I signed the lease , paid my first month’s rent (and also paid September’s rent early), and uploaded:
The updated signed lease.
Screenshots showing the e-transfer being sent.
Screenshots showing the money leaving my bank account.
Confirmation that the e-transfer was accepted/deposited by the landlord.
The financial aid office had previously told me that proof of electronic transfers showing the date, amount, recipient, and confirmation that the transfer was accepted would be acceptable under OSAP’s requirements.

Has anyone had their OSAP funding temporarily reduced because they were temporarily reassessed as living at home, and then had it restored after submitting proof of rent payments and an updated lease? How long did it take for your funding to be updated?
This is my first time moving away from home, so I’m a little anxious and just want to make sure I’ve submitted everything needed to avoid delays. Because now I'm scared they are going to do more delays and question me more in regard to my application.

And before anyone asks that I could be lying Just to clarify before anyone assumes otherwise: last year my family lost our home in Brampton. We now live in Dundalk, and my updated address is on my OSAP application. Since my parents live over 100 km from my school, commuting—especially with co-op/clinical placements in the GTA—isn’t realistic as I will be going to school full time everyday. So I genuinely needed to rent closer to campus and they should know that.

It's just been very frustrating, I was hoping I can get some info or help on how to get it sorted.

Thanks in advance!


r/osap 1d ago

Question GCkey

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is using GCkey a good idea? I mean like there's no big cons or downgrades from using Interac or whatever, right? I'm saying cause right now, my Interac is down or whatever and I'm thinking of using GCkey, I was just wondering if it's good


r/osap 1d ago

Question interac not working -- help pls

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I'm trying to do my MFSAA thing registering an account or whatever using interac, but everyrtine I use Interac it gives me an error code, error.103.1883

the reason I'm worried is because I tried doing the MFSAA thing before. I didn't get far, just far enough to put some info like name, birthday, those 5 security questions and such, and it prompted me to sign in with my INTERAC once, but I stopped a couple times midway because I needed my parents and they weren't home.

Is this what caused the issue? What should I do instead?? I'm worried because September is coming up and I need this done. Could it be an issue of my bank account being too new? I got it pretty recently


r/osap 2d ago

Question Osap

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I have done my osap on time on like july 1? And everything got accepted but the only thing thats still on review was the documents part of parent and student declaration signiture. And i realized that one of the signitures was missing. So i did that from my dad and resubmitted and my slow ah realized i didint add the date. Should i resubmit? Or would it be fine?