【Sudden change】For Privately Financed International Students

Application Guidelines For The Special Tuition Waiver
Program For Fall Semester 2020-2021(For International students who are facing sudden financial
difficulties due to the spread of the COVID-19)
We would like to inform you that we will accept applications for special tuition waiver （FallSemester 2020-2021）for students who are facing sudden financial difficulties to pay theirtuition fees due to the spread of the COVID-19.

Application Period： October 7, 2020 ～ October 30, 2020
◎Eligibility
Privately financed international students who work or whose family work in Japan and pay
tuition mainly based on their income in Japan 1, and are able to prove that theirincome has decreased more than half compared to that of last year due to the COVID19 pandemic.

◎Required Documents (Please print out single-sided on A4 paper.）□ Those who have applied for the tuition waiver for Spring Semester or Fall
Semester 2020-2021.
・Please additionally submit ①additional documents to prove your facing sudden
financial difficulties.
□Those who have not applied for the tuition waiver for 2020-2021.
・Please submit ‘①additional documents to prove your suddenly facing financial
difficulties’ and ‘②ordinary application documents.’① Additional documents to prove your facing sudden financial difficulties
All applicants must submit “document (1) and (2) “. About (3) and (4), please submit if you
are applicable. The prescribed form can be downloaded from the link in the table below.
※If necessary, you may be requested to submit additional documents to prove the decrease
in income individually.
Submission
Required documents

All applicants(1)【Sudden change Form 2】Statement of the facing sudden financialdifficulties（For International Students） Excel・ PDF(2)”Tax exemption certificate or taxation certificate for FY2020” ofthe applicant and each family members living in Japan.（Be sure tosubmit an original document which certified your 2019 income.）

If applicants loose an amountof part-time income 50% ormore compared to last year
（Full-time job, part-time job,TA, RA, etc.）(3)Submit one of the following documents regarding the applicant andeach family member living in Japan.
・Copy of the latest (after July 2020) payslips for 3 months
・【Sudden change Form 3】Certificate of expected annual income PDF

If applicants loose annual
income from sources otherthan salary 50% or morecompared to last year（Selfemployed, etc.）(4)Please email the Financial Support Section at gakusei.keizai@ynu.ac.jp
for necessary documents individually.

1" work in Japan and pay tuition mainly based on their income in Japan " means that, in principle, "income
earned by working in Japan" accounts for more than half of the total income in the economic living
situation before the sudden change in household finances.
-1-【Sudden change】For Privately Financed International Students② The ordinary application documents
Please note that the application documents are different, depending on the year of enrollment.
The application guidelines and application form can be downloaded from the links in the tablebelow.
Student classification
Application documents for fall semester 2020-2021[for privately financed international students]
・International students enrolled The application guidelines and application form for the tuition waiverby March 2020
program
The application guidelines and application form for the tuition waiverprogram・International students enrolled ※You can apply for a regular tuition waiver only if you are a "candidate
for exemption", but you can apply for a tuition waiver even if you
in or after April 2020are not a "candidate for exemption" as long as you meet therequirements of this special exemption system.

◎NotesEven if you meet the eligibility for this special exemption due to a sudden change
in household finances, you will not necessarily be waived, as the assessment for thisspecial exemption will be conducted under a limited budget as with the regular tuition waiverprogram. Please be sure the amount of the tuition fee and payment deadlines incase the tuition exemption is not granted.

◎How to apply

Please submit the application documents within the designated application period by mail orin Person.
※If there are any deficiencies in your application or missing documents, YNU will contact you
by e-mail or telephone. Please note that if any of the required responses and documents
are not submitted by the designated deadline, your application may be excluded from thescreening process.

□Application by MailYour application documents must be sent using a traceable delivery method (e.g. Letter PackLight, Specific Record Mail, Simple Registered Mail, etc.).
Any applications that arrive after the application deadline, October 30, 2020, will not be
accepted. Please write “Tuition waiver（Sudden change）” in red on the front of the envelope.
● Deadline for application by mail：October 30, 2020
● Delivery address: Financial Support Section, Student Support Division, Student Affairs
Department, Yokohama National University
79-8 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 240-8501※Individual acknowledgement of receipt will not be sent from YNU. Please check thedelivery status of the mailed documents on the " Track & Trace Service "by yourself.
□Application in Person● Deadline for application in person：5:00 pm, October 30, 2020
● Application section: Financial Support Section, Student Support Division（Counter No. 1 on the second floor of the Student Center）● Application acceptance hours: 8:30 am to 12:45 pm and 1:45 pm to 5:00 pm,excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays.
※Make sure to submit the “Registration for Entering YNU Campus” before making the inperson application. You can also apply by proxy. In addition, application in person may
be stopped if the situation changes.

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Financial Support Section, Student Support Division（Counter No. 1 on the second floor of the Student Center）
Address： 79-8 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 240-8501
T E L：045-339-3113

E-MAIL：

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