完成FAFSA FAQ

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a form that must be filed each year to determine eligibility for financial aid for prospective and current college students.

你可以在以下网址填写FAFSA www.studentaid.政府.

If you are a dependent student, you will report your and your parents’ information on the FAFSA.

  • Your answers to questions on the FAFSA determine whether you are considered a dependent or independent student.
  • Not living with your parents or 不 being claimed by them on tax forms does 不 make you an independent student for purposes of applying for federal student aid.
  • If you answer no to all of the dependency questions on the FAFSA, 然后是联邦学生补助, you’re considered to be a dependent student and you must provide information about your parents on the FAFSA.

You still must answer the questions about your parents if you’re considered a dependent student.

If you have no contact with your parents and don’t know where they live, or you’ve left home due to an abusive situation, you may be eligible for a dependency override. 查看更多皇冠99hg现金网 dependency override>>

You can不 be considered independent of your parents just because they refuse to help you with this process.  If you do 不 provide information on the FAFSA, the application will be considered “rejected”, and you are 不 eligible for any need-based financial aid.  In special situations you may be eligible for unsubsidized loans; you should contact the financial aid office for additional information.

An adoptive parent is treated just like a biological parent.  用于报告收入和资产, a stepparent is considered a parent if married to a biological or adoptive parent.  However, a stepparent who did 不 adopt the student can不 be the sole parent.  如果父母中的另一方去世, the student would then use the other remaining biological parent, 不是继父继母.  If no biological parent remains, the student should answer yes to being an orphan and is independent.  Foster parents or 法定监护人 are 不 treated as parents for financial aid purposes.

The following people are 不 your parents unless they have adopted you: grandparents, 养父母, 法定监护人, 哥哥或姐姐, 还有叔叔阿姨.  你应该  list their information in the parent section of the FAFSA.  If you live with someone beyond your parent and you can不 answer yes to one of the dependency questions, generally you would need to provide your biological parent’s information.

父母婚姻状况:提供以下资料:
从来没有结过婚The parent that you lived with most during the last 12 months. If you did 不 live with one parent more than the other, provide information about the parent who provided more financial support during the last 12 months, or during the most recent year that you actually received support from a parent.
Unmarried and both parents living togetherEven if they are 不 currently married to each other, if both of your biological/adoptive parents reside together you must provide both parents’ information on the FAFSA.
结婚*你的父母
Remarried (after being widowed or divorced)父母和继父母
离婚或分居The parent that you lived with most during the last 12 months. If you did 不 live with one parent more than the other, provide information about the parent who provided more financial support during the last 12 months, or during the most recent year that you actually received support from a parent.
丧偶的你在世的父母

*Consistent with the Supreme Court decision holding Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, same-sex couples must report their marital status as married if they were legally married in a state or other jurisdiction that permits same-sex marriage, without regard to where the couple resides. 

If parents become separated or divorced after the FAFSA was filed, the family may request a review of their special circumstances by completing a 特殊情况表格, which is a way of reporting a drastic change in the family’s situation causing a major reduction in income.

If the student is planning to get married, careful consideration should be given in deciding whether to file the financial aid application before or after the wedding date.  A student can不 put a future date on the application because they plan to be married by that date.  It is strongly recommended for a student to make an appointment with a financial aid counselor to discuss their marriage plans and the effect on student aid in detail.

Admitted graduate or professional program students are considered independent students and will report their own information (and that of their spouse, 如果结婚了).