Direct Loans and Foreign Medical School

[Thatrodger]

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. So I am a student at a foreign medical university (Poland) and the department of education is giving us a lot of trouble. My school is eligible for title IV loans because they meet all of the requirements. However, when submitting the application my school did not provide an audit in time and the DoE deemed the school financially irresponsible. Now they are demanding a letter of credit from either the government or a bank. The problem is the neither the government nor banks are legally allowed to give a public institution this. So my questions are:

Is the DoE allowed to request a document that is illegal for the government/bank to issue?
If yes, what would be the best way to go about with this situation?

Can they request such a document from my school while not having the same requirements from other schools that have already received money?

I know of 2 other schools in Poland who have already received disbursements for the 2013/2014 academic year. Though they weren't deemed financially irresponsible, they would mot e able to provide the required documents as well if they were to be requested. Wouldn't this qualify as discrimination? I know that my school didnt do anything wrong aside from sending an audit in late. I feel as if they are punishing the school but its the students who suffer. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I already wrote to my local congressman and plan on going to the embassy as soon as I get all of the documents.

 

[Zigner]

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. So I am a student at a foreign medical university (Poland) and the department of education is giving us a lot of trouble. My school is eligible for title IV loans because they meet all of the requirements. However, when submitting the application my school did not provide an audit in time and the DoE deemed the school financially irresponsible. Now they are demanding a letter of credit from either the government or a bank. The problem is the neither the government nor banks are legally allowed to give a public institution this. So my questions are:

Is the DoE allowed to request a document that is illegal for the government/bank to issue?
If yes, what would be the best way to go about with this situation?

Can they request such a document from my school while not having the same requirements from other schools that have already received money?

I know of 2 other schools in Poland who have already received disbursements for the 2013/2014 academic year. Though they weren't deemed financially irresponsible, they would mot e able to provide the required documents as well if they were to be requested. Wouldn't this qualify as discrimination? I know that my school didnt do anything wrong aside from sending an audit in late. I feel as if they are punishing the school but its the students who suffer. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I already wrote to my local congressman and plan on going to the embassy as soon as I get all of the documents.

It is not discrimination. I guess that, by sending an audit late (which WAS wrong), they showed themselves to be financially irresponsible.

 

[Thatrodger]

It is not discrimination. I guess that, by sending an audit late (which WAS wrong), they showed themselves to be financially irresponsible.

Yes but shouldn't they set attainable requirements? Point being is that if any other school was to send in anything late, they wouldn't be able to provide a letter of credit because its not legal according to the laws of the country. Is it illegal for the DoE to request something that is not legal in the country which its requesting it from?

 

[Zigner]

Yes but shouldn't they set attainable requirements? Point being is that if any other school was to send in anything late, they wouldn't be able to provide a letter of credit because its not legal according to the laws of the country. Is it illegal for the DoE to request something that is not legal in the country which its requesting it from?

No, it is not.

 

[CSO286]

US law only.

 

[Proserpina]

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. So I am a student at a foreign medical university (Poland) and the department of education is giving us a lot of trouble. My school is eligible for title IV loans because they meet all of the requirements. However, when submitting the application my school did not provide an audit in time and the DoE deemed the school financially irresponsible. Now they are demanding a letter of credit from either the government or a bank. The problem is the neither the government nor banks are legally allowed to give a public institution this. So my questions are:

Is the DoE allowed to request a document that is illegal for the government/bank to issue?
If yes, what would be the best way to go about with this situation?

Can they request such a document from my school while not having the same requirements from other schools that have already received money?

I know of 2 other schools in Poland who have already received disbursements for the 2013/2014 academic year. Though they weren't deemed financially irresponsible, they would mot e able to provide the required documents as well if they were to be requested. Wouldn't this qualify as discrimination? I know that my school didnt do anything wrong aside from sending an audit in late. I feel as if they are punishing the school but its the students who suffer. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I already wrote to my local congressman and plan on going to the embassy as soon as I get all of the documents.

Even if it was discrimination, it would not be illegal discrimination.

In this country.

 

[stealth2]

Yes but shouldn't they set attainable requirements? Point being is that if any other school was to send in anything late, they wouldn't be able to provide a letter of credit because its not legal according to the laws of the country. Is it illegal for the DoE to request something that is not legal in the country which its requesting it from?

The DoE does not need to bend over backwards for schools in foreign countries OR their students - even if they are US citizens.