How can I appeal my Fees Free eligibility or entitlement use?

Fees Free from 2025

Visit Inland Revenue’s website for information about requesting a review of your eligibility or entitlement.

Fees Free reviews – Inland Revenue

Fees Free before 2025

First-year Fees Free has now ended.

The deadline for submitting an appeal for first-year Fees Free was 31 December 2025. If you have not already contacted us to appeal your Fees Free eligibility or entitlement use, you will not be able to request changes.

If you submitted your appeal before 31 December 2025 and have not yet heard from us, contact us.

Note: if you used first-year Fees Free, you won’t be eligible for final-year Fees Free – even if you used less than $12,000 for your first year of study or work-based learning. We can’t consider appeals relating to this.