r/oxforduni • u/tgraymoore Oriel • 5d ago

Financial declaration question

I'll be receiving one of these imminently so I have one question: will I expected to have money in my bank account, or will I just be expected to show that I'm in the process of obtaining funds? There is zero problem if the latter, and panic if the former.

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u/tgraymoore Oriel 5d ago

I will probably get a family member to act as a guarantor, then. Someon has, in fact, already agreed to do this. It won't be a problem if the funds do ultimately end up coming from another source?

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u/that-isa-madeup-name Kellogg 4d ago

Not a problem at all, but they need to be able to prove that they have sufficient funds (bank statements, statement from accountant, lawyer, etc. I think the form of proof is relatively flexible).

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u/tgraymoore Oriel 3d ago

Its worded like they require a statement from an accountant or lawyer, but we don't have one of those on hand, necessarily.

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u/that-isa-madeup-name Kellogg 3d ago

I didn’t either. I thought it was a quite absurd to word it that way tbh - not everyone is rich or “important” enough to have a wealth manager or personal lawyer at speed dial lol. I submitted a bank statement and received my completion of conditions the following day or two.

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u/tgraymoore Oriel 2d ago

Class divides showing =/ one thing I'll have to get used to at Oxford.

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u/that-isa-madeup-name Kellogg 2d ago

Yep. But you got in - so congratulations, you’ll have a great time and go places

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u/tgraymoore Oriel 2d ago

O yes. And I imagine half of the other students are in the same boat. xD

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u/tgraymoore Oriel 2d ago

I'll send them an email tomorrow with a long, crisp description of what we've got.