Your deposit is safe, whatever your result.
Place your university deposit and book your pre-CAS credibility interview in one sitting. Pass, and your £500 goes straight to your university. Do not pass, and it comes back to you automatically, within days, not weeks.
Takes about four minutes. You will need your university student ID and a card in your name. A £12.50 booking fee applies.
Identify yourself
Enter your university student ID. We fill in your name, passport number, nationality, course and intake for you.
Know before you agree
One plain-English page shows exactly what happens with your deposit and your booking fee in every outcome. No small print surprises.
Place your deposit in SafeHold
Your £500 deposit goes under SafeHold protection until your result. A £12.50 booking fee is paid today and is not refundable.
Book your interview
Choose any slot in the next fourteen days, shown in your own time zone.
Sit the interview
Pass, and your £500 goes to your university as your deposit. Do not pass, and it comes back to you automatically.
Deposit refunds take weeks. Yours will not.
At most universities, if you do not pass your pre-CAS interview, getting your deposit back is a slow, manual process. Your money crosses finance teams, approval queues and international transfers before it reaches you. That can take four to eight weeks. You wait. Your parents wait. And the money you need for your next application sits in someone else's system.
The refund is not the problem. The wait is.
Weeks of waiting
A traditional deposit refund crosses finance teams, approval queues and international transfers before it reaches you.
Your parents on edge
The people funding your studies watch the account and wait, with no date to count on.
Your plans stuck
Money stuck in a slow refund is money you cannot put towards your next application, course or intake.
One deposit. Two clean endings.
The £12.50 booking fee is paid at checkout in both cases and is not refundable.
Your university only receives verified deposits.
Every deposit a university receives through Credily belongs to a student who has passed their pre-CAS interview. If you pass, your deposit reaches your university the same working day, with a full record tied to your application. If you do not pass, your money comes back to you automatically, with no refund queue on either side.
Your deposit reaches your university the same working day your result is recorded.
What it costs you in refund chasing if you do not pass. Your money comes back on its own.
Deposits transfer to universities once every working day, each with a full record per student.
Answers before you apply.
What is SafeHold?
SafeHold is Credily's deposit protection. Your £500 sits under SafeHold from the moment you apply until your interview result is recorded. Pass, and it goes to your university as your deposit. Do not pass, and it comes back to you automatically, usually within a few working days.
What happens if I do not pass?
Your £500 comes back to you automatically. There is no refund form, no emails, no chasing. Most students have it back within a few working days. The £12.50 booking fee is the only cost.
Why is this so much faster than a normal refund?
A traditional university refund passes through finance teams, approval queues and international transfers, which is why it takes four to eight weeks. With SafeHold, a not-passed result triggers your money back automatically. No one needs to approve or process anything.
What will I see on my card statement?
At checkout you will see the £500 deposit and the £12.50 booking fee. If you pass, the deposit shows as paid to your university. If you do not pass, it clears from your statement automatically within a few working days.
Is the £12.50 booking fee refundable?
No. It covers identity verification, your interview booking, and SafeHold protection of your deposit, whichever way the interview goes.
Is this an official way to pay my university deposit?
Yes. Credily processes deposits on behalf of partner universities. Your deposit is only ever paid to your university, and every payment carries a full record tied to your application. If your university or counselor sent you here, this is the official route.
Start your application
You will need your university student ID and a card in your name. About four minutes. Your deposit is protected until your result.
Enter your student ID