When financial aid is disbursed depends on several factors. If you’re eligible for your financial aid, have signed up for [direct deposit](http://f2.washington.edu/fm/sfs/students/disburse) and all of your financial aid documents have been completed, it will be disbursed to pay charges on your student account several days before the beginning of each quarter. Any remaining aid will be sent electronically to your bank account at the same time and generally arrives in the bank account 1 or 2 business days before the first day of the quarter.

If you sign up for Direct Deposit on [MyUW](http://myuw.washington.edu/) under *Personal Services*, you can avoid having to pick up your check in person. After tuition and fees are paid, any excess funds will be deposited directly to your bank account. The funds should be available in your bank account three business days after you sign your loan documents or at the beginning of the quarter, whichever is later. If you are not able to use Direct Deposit, you will need to request that a check be mailed to you.

You may look up your account on [MyUW](http://myuw.washington.edu/) to verify whether you have a credit balance (tuition statement) or financial aid available (financial aid status). In the future, have your financial aid checks electronically transferred to your bank account safely and automatically as soon as they become available - Sign up for [Direct Deposit](http://finance.uw.edu/sfs/students/disburse).

The University of Washington accepts Visa and Mastercard and ATM/Debit cards payments for tuition and fees via the internet only. We do not accept in-personor called-in credit card or ATM/Debit card payments. ####Students Login to [MyUW](http://myuw.washington.edu) and select the *Credit Card Payment* option. ####Parents and Other Authorized Users Go to the [Tuition/Fees Payment by Credit Card](https://sdb.admin.washington.edu/parents/ccpay.asp) web page.

If you are an out-of-state active duty military student, you might be eligible for resident tuition. For further information, contact: >Residence Classification Office 264 Schmitz Hall 1410 NE Campus Parkway Seattle, WA 98105 Voice: 206-543-5932 FAX: 206-221-4423 Also see [Understanding Washington State Residency](http://www.washington.edu/students/reg/residency.html#q3) on the [UW Student Guide](http://www.washington.edu/students/) for additional information.

Tuition Forfeitures have a special set of [guidelines](http://finance.uw.edu/sfs/petitions). Please read them carefully before submitting your petition. Once you have read the guidelines, you may download the [Tuition Forfeiture](http://www.washington.edu/students/sfs/forms/forfeit_petn.pdf) form. Documentation is required for most petitions. Please check our [Petitions](http://finance.uw.edu/sfs/petitions) page for more information. Ensure you follow all the steps prior to turning your form in at Schmitz Hall, Room129.

Various regulations prevent us from sharing student account information with third parties, including parents, guardians and spouses. If you would like someone other than yourself to have online access to financial information, you must fill out an Online Information Authorization -- authorizing up to two other people to have online access. This form is available on [MyUW](http://myuw.washington.edu), from the tuition statement.

Generally you must live in Washington state for 12 months, for reasons other than educational, before applying for resident status. For more information contact the [Residence Classification Office](http://www.washington.edu/students/reg/residency.html) in Schmitz Hall, room 264 or call (206) 543-4188.

The purpose of the [technology fee](http://techfee.washington.edu/) is to recover the costs of providing and maintaining services to students that include: access to the Internet, World Wide Web, email, computers, multimedia workstations, labs, etc. The fee was authorized by the State Legislature and approved by the University's Board of Regents and the ASUW. The technology fee is part of your tuition.

If you do not have an email address on your UW record, you will be sent notices via postal mail rather than email tuition notices. However, we *strongly* encourage all students and/or parents to receive tuition notices via email as this is a cost savings to the UW and, by extension as a State University, to the taxpayers. You may add an email address at anytime to get your notices electronically via email: just login to [MyUW](http://myuw.washington.edu/) and use the selections under *Personal Services* to update.