Circumstances you can claim under EAS and required documents

You attended three or more different secondary schools in Australia during Years 10, 11 and 12 or equivalent.

Note: Eligibility does not include moving from junior high school to senior high school, attendance at intensive language centres, or schools attended as part of an exchange program.

• Details of the secondary schools you attended during Years 10, 11 and 12 or equivalent and the period you attended each school.
• Reason/s why you changed schools.

• Details of the date you arrived in Australia.
• Details of the school/s you attended and the period/s attended.
• The country in which you undertook your secondary education before coming to Australia.

• A copy of your passport indicating date of entry to Australia or an international movement record from the Department of Home Affairs.
• A record of attendance from each secondary school you attended during Year 11 and/or Year 12 or equivalent. The record of attendance must be issued on the school letterhead, be signed by the principal or another senior person at your school, and confirm the period you attended the school. It is not a record of absences.

• Details of the secondary schools you attended since the beginning of Year 10 (school, state/territory and period attended).
• Reason/s why you moved interstate.

You’re studying any of your Year 12 courses through a secondary distance education centre, an Access program or School of Now as a result of circumstances beyond your control or choosing; for example, the Year 12 course you have chosen is not provided by the secondary school you are attending and you have to study it online via a distance education provider.

You are not eligible if you undertook distance education of your own volition for whatever reason, including elite sports or any other vocational reason, or overseas travel.

Note: You are eligible for S01D if you are undertaking HSC (or equivalent) courses via TAFE Digital. You are not eligible for S01D if you are attending face-to-face classes (ie not distance education) at a Community College, Saturday school, TAFE or other equivalent provider, even if the course is not offered by your school.

• Details of your HSC program and how you’re studying (eg at school, by distance education, or through an Access program or School of Now).
• The reason/s for your enrolment in HSC courses by distance education or through an Access program or School of Now.

Your Confirmation of Entry from NESA for the HSC

or

A letter from the distance education centre, Access program or School of Now confirming your enrolment and the courses you are undertaking.

If you’re currently receiving a Centrelink payment, enter your Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN) in the EAS application. UAC will verify your payments directly with Centrelink.

If you’re not currently receiving a Centrelink payment, but did so during Years 11 and/or 12 or equivalent, attach a copy of a Centrelink income statement:

• dated during the time period of those studies
• showing the payment type and payment amount
• in your name.
   

Your CRN is on all Centrelink income statements and Health Care Cards. Your CRN isn’t the same as your Centrelink Customer Access Number (CAN). Your Centrelink statements can be accessed via your MyGov account. Contact Centrelink to obtain your CRN if you’re unsure.

This number must be allocated to you and not to your partner, parent or guardian. If the CRN provided has not been allocated specifically to you, Centrelink will not release the required information to UAC and your claim will be assessed as ineligible.

• A Centrelink income statement issued to your parent/s or guardian/s demonstrating their receipt of Family Tax Benefit Part A
  or
• A Centrelink family assistance letter that has been issued to your parent/s or guardian/s demonstrating their receipt of Family Tax Benefit Part A.

Important information
The Centrelink income statement or family assistance letter must be dated within the period of your Year 11 and/or Year 12 or equivalent and demonstrate the actual payment rate. It cannot be considered if it shows $0 payment rate or a future payment date (ie the payment date is later than the issue date of the document).

Your parent/s or guardian/s can view and download their Centrelink income statement by logging in to their Centrelink online account, or myGov if they have set up an account.

To obtain a Centrelink family assistance letter your parent/s or guardian/s must call or visit a Centrelink office; you will need to allow at least a week for Centrelink to issue the letter.

Note: If your surname or residential address is different from your parent/guardian's, upload a copy of your birth certificate or other document(s) that verify your relationship.

During Year 11 and/or 12 or equivalent you experienced:

• a severe and long-term or a severe and recurrent medical/psychiatric condition or disability

or

• a learning, sensory, physical, psychological or other disability/disorder.

Applicants who have not sought and utilised recommended options (made by a registered health professional) for their condition, disability, illness or disorder, may not be assessed as eligible for P01A.

You’re not eligible if you’ve suffered a series of minor illnesses, have an ongoing minor medical condition stabilised by medication or if you become ill or suffer a condition that affects your examination performance only. You’re also not eligible if the only impact on you is ongoing rehabilitation or treatment of less than two hours per week.

• Details of your medical condition/disability in the period you’ve had your medical condition/disability and the school years involved.
• Details of treatment you have received for your medical condition/disability. The treatment must have been undertaken within the past three years.
• If you haven't applied for NESA (or equivalent authority) provisions, please explain why.

Applicants with a NESA disability provisions notification (or similar documentation from an equivalent interstate curriculum and assessment authority or the IB):
 

• the NESA (or equivalent authority) disability provisions notification
• the supporting medical documentation you submitted to NESA (or equivalent authority)
• an applicant statement (see above for the information required)

Applicants without a NESA (or equivalent authority) disability provisions notification:
 

• a medical impact statement
• an educational impact statement
• medical certificates/reports relating to the medical condition you have claimed (optional)
• an applicant statement (see above for the information required).

An immediate family member or close friend has died.

Note: If the deceased suffered a long-term illness/disability, you can also claim that circumstance.

• The date of death.
• The nature of your relationship with the deceased.
• The effect on your home environment and you personally.
• The effect on your educational performance.

• The nature of your relationship to the person with the illness/disability.
• The duration of the illness/disability and the school years involved.
• The effect on your home environment and you personally.

• Details of the period of family upheaval, including its duration and the school years involved.
• The date of separation.
• The date of divorce (if applicable).
• The effect on your home environment and you personally.

You, your parent(s) or any of your siblings have experienced abuse. This could include extreme physical, emotional or verbal torment at school or in the home environment.

Note: You cannot claim for isolated or trivial instances that may have caused you offence.

Applicant statement is optional. We are able to assess based on other evidence provided.

If you do provide an applicant statement, include the following information:

• details of the abusive situation, including duration of the abuse and the school years involved
• details of any absences from school because of the abusive situation
• the effect on your home environment and you personally.

• Medical certificates/reports giving details of the abuse, its duration and severity, including any treatment, medication and/or hospitalisation.
• A letter from your school providing details of any absences from school and/or disruption to your learning. The document must be on the school letterhead and must be signed by the principal or another senior person at the school.
• A copy of any legal proceedings (eg Apprehended Violence Order, Police Record of Interview), if appropriate.
• A medical certificate/report giving full details of the length of illness and its severity. Include information about treatment, medication, hospitalisation.

Your home environment was severely disrupted due to criminal or legal issues (for offences not committed by you).

Criminal/legal matters may include coronial inquiries, medical tribunals or police investigations.

Note: You cannot claim for offences for which you’ve been convicted, or for investigations or legal proceedings against you which have not yet been resolved. You cannot claim for minor issues such as traffic/parking infringements.

• Details of the type of criminal/legal matters, the duration of the matters and who the matters involved
• The effect on your home environment and you personally.

You experienced a major natural disaster. Natural disasters in Australia can include, but are not limited to, heatwaves, bushfires, droughts, floods, severe storms and tropical cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis and landslides. (healthdirect.gov.au, opens in a new tab.)

The major natural disaster must have affected your home directly, not your area/region or school.

• Details of the natural disaster, the duration of its impact and the school years involved.
• The effect on your home environment and you personally.

Evidence of any disaster relief payments or other payments from a state or federal government body related to the specific natural disaster. These can be payments to:

• you, the applicant, or
• your parent/s (or guardian/s). In this case, the address to which the payment has been made must match the address in your application.

If none of the above payments have been received, you must prove the educational impact of the natural disaster to the same level as applicants who received payments. This evidence can be in the form of:

• insurance documents
• socio-economic status reports
• bank documents
• government documents.

At least one of the following:

• A letter from your government or non-government organisation caseworker. The letter must:
  • be written on appropriate letterhead
  • include the name and date of birth of the applicant (young person)
  • include the date of removal
  • be signed and indicate the position of the author.
• A copy of placement papers from a Children’s Court.

You’ve had excessive work requirements during Year 11 and/or 12 or equivalent for at least one of the following reasons:

• supporting yourself, while living independently
• supporting your family
• responsibility to work in the family business.

• The reason/s you have to work.
• The number of hours you work each week.
• The type of work you do.
• The period you’ve had these responsibilities and the school years involved.
• The effect on your home environment and you personally.

• A statement of service from your employer/s on the company letterhead. The statement/s of service must include:
  • your job title
  • period of employment, including start date (and end date if no longer employed)
  • average number of hours worked per week.
• If you work in a family business you’ll need to provide independent verification of your work requirements (eg business accountant).

• Details of who you care for and why you’re required to provide care.
• The number of hours these responsibilities take each week.
• The period you’ve had these responsibilities and the school years involved.
• Details of support you’ve received from friends, family, neighbours or an agency.
• Details of the number and ages of residents in the household.
• Details of the illness or infirmity of any household members.
• The effect on your home environment and you personally.

• Medical certificates/reports confirming the medical condition/disability of any family members, giving full details of the length of illness and its severity.
• A letter from the Australian carers organisation you are registered with as a carer.

• Details of why you’re required to care for yourself.
• The period you’ve had this responsibility and the school years involved.
• Details of any support you receive from friends, family, neighbours or an agency.
• Details of your accommodation.
• Details of your income and any other means of support.
• If relevant, details of your employment status.
• The effect on your home environment and you personally.

• Documentation substantiating:
  • your independent residential status (eg lease documents, crisis accommodation)
  • your employment status if relevant
  • all sources of income and other means of support.
• Any Centrelink documents confirming ‘Unreasonable to live at home’ status.
• Documents relating to criminal/legal matters (eg police fact sheets, bail undertakings, coronial inquiries/inquests, medical tribunals, police investigations).

You are, or have previously been, the holder of one of the following Australian refugee visas:

• Global Special Humanitarian (subclass 202)
• Humanitarian Stay (subclass 449)
• Protection visa (subclass 866)
• Refugee visas (subclass 200, 201, 203 and 204)
• Resolution of Status visa (subclass 851)
• Safe Haven Enterprise visa (subclass 790)
• Temporary Humanitarian Concern visa (subclass 786)
• Temporary Protection visa (subclass 785)

At least one of the following documents confirming your refugee status:

• your Australian Refugee or Humanitarian visa, showing the relevant visa subclass (eg subclass 202)
• your United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) registration, showing the relevant visa subclass
• your Red Cross document for travel to Australia, showing the relevant visa subclass.

Note: Providing an Immi Card or visa grant letter with no other documents is not enough for assessment. UAC must be able to identify your date of entry into Australia.

All of the following:

• you are a current Australian Year 12 applicant
• you experience difficulty with the English language
• you came directly to Australia from a non-English speaking country
• you began your education in an Australian school in Year 11 and/or Year 12 or equivalent.

• The country and the language in which you undertook your secondary education before coming to Australia.
• Details of English as a Second Language (ESL) support that you receive (eg at school or outside of school, hours per week, the period you’ve been receiving this support).

• Copies of your school reports for any secondary education studies undertaken before coming to Australia. These documents must be translated into English. For more information about document translation, read the general requirements for all supporting documents.
• International movement records from the Department of Home Affairs.
• A notification confirming your date of first arrival in Australia on the letterhead of the Department of Home Affairs.

(Note: Providing an Immi Card or visa grant letter with no other documents is not enough for assessment. UAC must be able to identify your date of entry into Australia.)

You’re studying any of your Year 12 courses through a secondary distance education centre, an Access program or School of Now as a result of circumstances beyond your control or choosing; for example, the Year 12 course you have chosen is not provided by the secondary school you are attending and you have to study it online via a distance education provider.

You are not eligible if you undertook distance education of your own volition for whatever reason, including elite sports or any other vocational reason, or overseas travel.

Note: You can claim this circumstance if you are undertaking HSC (or equivalent) courses via TAFE Digital. You cannot claim this circumstance if you are attending face-to-face classes (ie not distance education) at a Community College, Saturday school, TAFE or other equivalent provider, even if the course is not offered by your school.

• Details of your HSC program and how you’re studying (eg at school, by distance education, or through an Access program or School of Now).
• The reason/s for your enrolment in HSC courses by distance education or through an Access program or School of Now.

Your Confirmation of Entry from NESA for the HSC

or

A letter from the distance education centre, Access program or School of Now confirming your enrolment and the courses you are undertaking.

You attended an Australian rural, regional or remote school during Year 11 and/or 12. A school is classified as an Australian rural, regional or remote school if identified as inner regional, outer regional, remote or very remote according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard – Remoteness Area (ASGS-RA). Eligibility is based on this standard; not your residential address.
 

2026 Year 12 students

• If you are completing Year 12 at a regional, rural and/or remote school in Australia, UAC will automatically generate an ‘electronic’ application for you. You will receive an email notification of this within 24 hours of submitting your undergraduate application. If you receive this notification, do not claim this category in your EAS application.
• Only claim this category manually in your EAS application if you attended a regional, rural and/or remote school during Year 11 or 12 and have since transferred to a school in a metropolitan area.
• If you’re a current Year 12 student and you manually claim this circumstance in your EAS application, you will need to provide supporting documents.

Applicants who are not 2026 Year 12 students

Claim this category in your EAS application if you attended a regional, rural and/or remote school in Australia during Year 11 and/or 12. You will need to provide supporting documents.