Do parents of college students studying in other places need their student ID card if they want to apply for subsistence allowances? Will the government send a letter to our school to ask for a certificate during the application process? To apply for subsistence allowances, you need to provide information about all family members. If you are a student, you need a school certificate. Generally speaking, the local relief department will provide your parents with a form and ask them to give it to you to go to the academic affairs office of the school and stamp it to confirm your student status information. The aid department will not send a letter to the school asking for a certificate. At present, the work of applying for subsistence allowances is done by the applicants themselves. The rescue department is one of the criteria for giving assistance according to whether the received materials are complete or not.