@@Get2College I have a serious problem I'm a us citizen but I was schooled abroad my whole life I just moved back to america a month ago I'm trying to fill out the form my parents are not us citizens and they do not live or work in the us and they are not the ones paying my fees either my aunt is but she isnt stated as my legal guardian I am so so lost
So confusing, I remember in 2019 it was so easy to fill a form for freshman year. Now the second question with two box on parent’s income are so confusing.
Unfortunately on the federal tax form (1040) it does not separate the information for each tax filer for a married-filed joint return. You can find the division of parent 1 and parent 2 income on their w2 forms. If you are able to do the IRS Data Retrieval Tool the majority of the information is able to be answered directly from the IRS.
Thanks for making this well made video. It is very helpful!. My graduate college starts in May 2023. Should apply for Fafsa 2022-23 or 2023-24. Or can I apply for both at once? Please advise. Thank you very much!
Balilndah- We are glad to hear you found the video helpful. You can complete both the 22-23 FAFSA AND and 23-24, right now. I would encourage you to complete both since it sounds like your graduate program will cover both aid years. Just know you will use two different tax years. For the 22-23 you will use 2020 taxes and for the 23-24 you will use 2021 taxes.
Hi, very useful video. I filled FAFSA following your video. One question I have is, can I submit FAFSA to colleges I have added to the initial list ? I have not applied to these colleges yet.
pink love- Thanks for adding to the comment! Share G- yes like mentioned above you can send it up to 10 colleges regardless of your admissions status with them. But make sure you don't miss any important financial aid deadlines. The colleges will not process your FAFSA and award financial aid unless you are admitted to the college.
please can u help me if u have any idea,so when i open the fafsa website that describes in this channel it says "ACCESS DENIED" so do u have any idea about this i really don't get it.
You will still need to include her information on your FAFSA if you are a dependent student (you couldn't answer "yes" to any of the dependency questions). What you will need to do is input all 0's for her social security number when asked on the form. Then if she filed taxes in the country she resides you would select for taxes that she filed a foreign tax return and manually convert the dollar amounts and include them on the FAFSA form.
Hello, thanks for this video! So can I use Federal Student Aid if I am from Romania? Will I be able to get a loan from them to pay my college in Florida? Thanks in advance! Also the website doesn't work for me for some reason, it says I don't have access, but it looks more like an error or something.
Isaac- It depends on your citizenship status. If you are a U.S. Citizen then yes, you can complete the FAFSA and may be eligible for federal aid to assist you in paying for college. If you are a non-U.S. Citizen, generally, if you have a “green card” (in other words, if you are a permanent resident alien), you will be considered an “eligible noncitizen” and will be able to get federal student aid if you meet the other basic eligibility criteria. You are considered an “eligible noncitizen” if you fall into certain categories, such as the ones listed below: 1. You are a U.S. national (includes natives of American Samoa or Swains Island) or U.S. permanent resident with a Form I-551, I-151, or I-551C (Permanent Resident Card, Resident Alien Card, or Alien Registration Receipt Card), also known as a "green card." 2. You have an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) showing* “Refugee,” “Asylum Granted,” “Cuban-Haitian Entrant,” “Conditional Entrant” (valid only if issued before April 1, 1980), or “Parolee” (you must be paroled for at least one year, and you must be able to provide evidence from the USCIS that you are in the United States for other than a temporary purpose with the intention of becoming a U.S. citizen or permanent resident). 3. You hold a T nonimmigrant status ("T-visa") (for victims of human trafficking) or your parent holds a T-1 nonimmigrant status. Your college or career school’s financial aid office will ask to see your visa and/or certification letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.* 4. You are a “battered immigrant-qualified alien” who is a victim of abuse by your citizen or permanent resident spouse, or you are the child of a person designated as such under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).* 5. You are a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau. If this is the case, you may be eligible for only certain types of federal student aid: Citizens of the Republic of Palau are eligible for Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, and Federal Work-Study. Citizens of the Federal States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands are eligible for Federal Pell Grants only. *To qualify for federal student aid, certain eligible noncitizens must be able to provide evidence from the USCIS that they are in the United States for other than a temporary purpose with the intention of becoming a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. If you don't have the above situation to be a U.S. Citizen or eligible non-citizen, then, no, you are not eligible for federal student aid.
If you are speaking about the household size part of the FAFSA then you need to follow the instructions on the form. You would already be included if your the student completing the FAFSA, but your need to read through each of the "rules" for your sibling. If your parents provide at least 50% of her support, or if she was completing the FAFSA and answered no to all the dependency questions then she would be included in the household. If you are referencing whether you are dependent or independent and if you should exclude parent information. It really doesn't matter if you financially support yourselves, you have to be able to say "yes" to one of the dependency status questions to be considered independent. If you cannot then you are required to use parent information.
Hello, in my last step of "sign and submit", I filled in the correct account number and password, but the above display does not match, what is the reason?
Miguel- Ideally, you will need to use the FSA (federal student aid) username and password for the student, and if a dependent for 1 parent. This will allow you to sign the FAFSA electronically which will process much faster. There is no account number with this, only a username you create and a password. An alternative method for submission of the FAFSA (and as you see on the video) is to use the Signature Page. This required printing, signing, and mailing the page into Federal Student Aid. This does allow you to submit the FAFSA but takes several weeks or longer for the application to process.
I’m currently helping a friend fill out his fasfa but we ran into a issue. His parents don’t have valid SSN, what should we fill in that spot where it asks for a SSN?
Put all 0's and manually provide their information and tax details. When it comes to the signature you will need to print a signature page at the end of the form and have them sign it and mail it into the PO Box provided on the page.
While filling out the application, we’re getting an error when trying to save it. Is that supposed to happen, will it get fixed, or is there a problem?
Lalitha- Unfortunately sometimes the FAFSA does encounter technology glitches. This happens most often when the new application opens or if there is high traffic to the website. Our advice is to make sure you clear your browser cache, maybe use a different internet browser, and save and relog in and try at a different time.
The FAFSA has skip logic built into it, so depending on certain answers you may see a shortened version of the form, which is intended to help you complete it. We are happy to answer any specific questions you have, or you can use the CHAT BOT on the FAFSA website.
I usually answer ‘No’ to the parent assests questions but I did not get an option of Yes or No this time. Instead I got “Does it exceed $0.00?” Did I not get the Yes or No option for assets because I used the tax data retrieval form for IRS instead of filling manually? So, I’m supposed to combine what my parents have in their checking account, their saving account, and all the cash is their wallet? Does that include how much money is in their debit card? Only my father works so do i only use his information?
Kindree- Yes, this is a change this year and it is requiring more people to list their asset information. So you will need to combine the values of your parents cash/savings/checking accounts (yes, includes how much in their debt card account for BOTH parents if they are married as of today) AS OF TODAY to put that value in the first box. Then you will need to list the total of their investment's (not including retirement accounts, your house, or personal possessions-cars, boats, jewelry, etc.). For the investment category it may be easier to click the ? next to the question and read the list of what counts.
@@Get2College what if my parent have a rental property inside the family house so i enter the percent that is rent out and also how do i do the math on the networth of my rental property or do i just send them the income from it
Who can help me in the situation that I'm in I applied for Tyler Piper financial aid to go to Community College and it stopped me in my tracks on the the site saying that someone already using my social security number or my parents use I've never ever apply for it I was going back to think about going back to school and get my GED but I was getting I was going to fill that out and instead of waiting so when I do want to further my education after I was finished it already being processed so I really need some help on trying to figure out what the situation is with trying to even apply for it I was told that I couldn't apply for it because I don't have my GED but I did it because I was when I do finish basically what I'm trying to say is that I never applied for it in the website was saying that someone must be using use my social security number all ready to go to get one or my parents did so I'm trying to figure out what's going on
Yes you do. Investments on the FAFSA include the following as they are valued AS OF THE DAY you submit the FAFSA: real estate (other than the home in which your parents live), Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) and Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which your parents are the owner, stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit, etc. The only investments not included are those associated with retirement and have a penalty to pull before age 65.
You need to list as much of your two last names (exactly how it is on your social security card) as it allows. It is ok if you cannot fit all the letters, they are able to do a match on partial names.
The FAFSA has skip logic so depending on your age, degree you are seeking, or if you said yes to one of the dependency status questions you may not have parent information. If you are considered an independent student because you will be over the age of 24 in the 23-24 school year, working on a graduate degree, married, have children or depends who receive 50%+ support from you, active duty military, veteran, since the age 13 been in foster care or both parents deceased or ward of the court, emancipated minor, in a legal guardianship, or unaccompanied and homeless- if any of these are yes for you then you would not be required to provide parent information.
Unfortunately the transcript and the FAFSA are not the same. The lines provided on the FAFSA are the lines for a 1040. Check Federal Student Aid's website to see if they have a transcript to 23-24 FAFSA resource document.
If you are the student and an eligible non-citizen then you can use your A-number within the form for the citizenship question. But if you are a student and are undocumented then you cannot complete the FAFSA. You can read more about that here: studentaid.gov/sites/default/files/financial-aid-and-undocumented-students.pdf You need to work directly with your college's financial aid office to see if there is an alternative such as the paper FAFSA or a institution specific form for you to complete.
Hello, I am planning to apply to get a job soon and this will be my first job ever. I already submitted the fafsa and i put $0.00 for my asset and income because I have never had a job or a bank account. If I get this job and get a check, do I makes changes to the fafsa form because I have money now and will open a bank account once I get the job or were all the questions on the 23-24 fafsa form applied to the year prior? Thank you.
Kindree- We hope you get a great job. No, you do not need to update your FAFSA to change the assets. You report your assets as of the day you submit the FAFSA and do not make a correction (resubmit FAFSA) if they change.
i am a permanent resident and only one of my parents have tax return for last years. How should i report it if my second parent just moved to US and never worked here?
Shahinakhon- If your parents marital status, as of the day you complete the FAFSA then you will still need to provide both parents financial information. If one of your parents worked and filed taxes in another country then you would need to still include that income. A foreign tax return may not have an "Adjusted Gross Income" line item. Convert all monetary units to U.S. dollars using the published exchange rate in effect for the date nearest to when you complete the FAFSA form. View the daily exchange rates at federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/current
If you are a current college student this academic year, when renewing your FAFSA for the 2023-24 year you would select "2nd year" if you completed at least two semesters before. IF you are a current college student but only have completed 1 semester that is when you would select "attended college before/ 1st year". Since you are renewing you are telling them your plans for the next academic year.
Share G- Yes you can. But know that they won't process your FAFSA for financial aid until you have been admitted to the college. So make sure you don't miss any important financial aid deadlines.
i filed jointly with my wife and dont know what income to put because our income was combined for taxes! but fafsa wants both incomes and we dont know what to out. we hope you can help
Since you are married the day you are completing the FAFSA both your income and information will be required on the form. If you were able to link to the IRS the complete the IRS Data Retrieval Tool than your 2021 tax information will be pulled over automatically. Where you can find the breakdown between yourself and your spouse for that question on the form is on your w2's or perhaps your state tax return. The federal 1040 does not breakdown individual tax payer income, it combines them so you won't be able to find that on the federal form.
I’m filling out lyrics fasfa but I’m quite confused on the “parent questions for tax filers only” I’m confused on the “combat pay or special combat pay” and the “student college grant and scholarship aid reported to the IRS in your mothers income” I don’t know what combat pay is and in 2021 I was not in college so would that one be 0?
If these questions do not apply to you when you would put 0 for the answer. The FAFSA provides the (i) option on the form which you can click on to provide more details and specifically where to find that information.
Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me answer my question! I'm in the process of filling out my FAFSA for 2023-24. I was recently married in November of 2022, but on my 2021 form, I'm single. I'm very confused if I should apply as married or single for this. Any advice would be helpful, thank you.
You should complete the FAFSA for marital status "as of today" so as of the day you complete the FAFSA. It does not matter what is the filling status of your taxes since you have to use prior-prior year tax documents, and as you have experienced things change in two years. So this means you will need to include your current spouses tax information (from 2021) and income on your FAFSA. Because you all did not file together you will have to manually combine the values on your taxes and type them into the form. This takes a little extra time but the FAFSA guides you on which lines you need to reference on the 1040 and other tax forms.
If I am about to fill out the FAFSA in December 2023, but I haven’t reported my 2022 taxes as I have an extension, I only have the 2021 taxes, what can I do?
In the student demographic section when you answer the question "What will your high school completion status be when you begin college in the 2023-24 school year?" with GED the form will skip high school selection and take you straight to college selection.
Hello, a random first-generation immigrant that is attempting to apply for financial aid for the first time here. Question, my father, who is a US citizen, and my mother, who is not a US citizen, have been separated since my birth. Additionally, only my mother and I immigrated here in 2006. However, I am trying to apply for FAFSA under my mother who is currently residing with her new partner, and file their taxes jointly. She does not partake in any job that brings a flow of money into the household, it comes from her partner. When answering these questions on the application, should there be any value that is placed within her earnings even though she did not work full or part-time during asked time periods of employment?
Since you live with your mother and she is who financial supported you the most in the past 12-months then you would include only her information on your FAFSA. You will indicate she did not file taxes and put $0 for income. Since she is not a citizen you will need to put all 0's for her social security number in the form and print a signature page and have her sign and mail it into FSA. Now, here are some details from FSA about undocumented students and parents options when completing the form: studentaid.gov/sites/default/files/financial-aid-and-undocumented-students.pdf
What if I live with my parents but they didn’t file me on their taxes or anything. Would I be dependent or independent?? I have a job and school starts in September. Please help, thank you
It does not matter who files you on the taxes. You must use biological or adoptive parents if you are unable to answer yes to the dependency questions on the form. If you can say yes to one of those then you are independent and do not use parent information. But if you say no to all of them then you have to use your parents regardless if they claimed you on their taxes or not.
Hii. I came to the USA on immigrant visa in March 2022 from Bangladesh. My mom started working(her first job) here from NOVEMBER 2022. And my dad didn't start his work here yet. As the fafsa form is asking for 2021 income tax return, can I add my dad's income here(of Bangladesh)? Since I'm not 24 yrs yet, I've to show my dependency on parent. Now, on which parent should I show my dependency as I already have my separate bank account and I'm also working currently? Also if I give didn't file tax and my application doesn't get accepted at the first year, an I reapply for it the next year using the same application?
If your parent's marital status as of the day you complete the FAFSA is married, then you will need to provide both parents information on the FAFSA. If your parent doesn't live in the U.S., select "Foreign Country" from the dropdown menu for the question that asks about the parents' state of legal residence. If your parents live and file taxes in a foreign country and don’t file U.S. taxes, you’ll have the opportunity to indicate that they have filed their taxes. Then, when the FAFSA form asks whether your parents filed a Puerto Rican or foreign tax return, select “Yes." Convert the amounts on the foreign tax return into U.S. dollars as directed by the FAFSA help. Something to note is to make sure you have reviewed the eligibility for non-US Citizens US Federal Student Aid: studentaid.gov/understand-aid/eligibility/requirements/non-us-citizens You have the renew the FAFSA each year and it opens well in advance of the academic year you would be using it. The new application opens on Oct 1 of each year.
Thank you for the video! I have 3 questions. 1. if someone started a job in June of 2022, do they still put their income and assets even though the 22-23 FAFSA is based on the 2021 tax information 2. If someone’s parents have a bank account that is joint and they also have separate bank accounts as well, does the dependent report the assets of all 3 accounts or just the joint one? 3. If someone’s parents have a bank account that is joint and one parent also has a separate account for their business, does the dependent report the assets of the joint account and the business account combined?
1. So that FAFSA flips between current (as of today for marital status and assets) and 2021 (for income- taxes, and untaxed income). So the answer to this question is no and yes. No when asked about income you would not put any income in 2022, you only answer about 2021 income. Yes when asked about assets because those are AS OF TODAY (the day you file the FAFSA). 2. For parent assets, the first category they would report on all 3 accounts. ANY bank account (joint or personal or both) + cash + savings accounts. Remember, again, this is the values AS OF TODAY (the day you file the FAFSA). 3. IF the parent's business has over 100 employees then the business account balance would be included in the 3rd question on assets (value as of today of parent's business or investment farms). BUT if the parent's business has LESS THAN 100 employees that account is not included anywhere on the FAFSA. So the only bank account that would be reported is the joint personal checking/saving account(s). NOTE--> For the FAFSA next year (2024-25) ALL business accounts regardless of the size of the business will be required to be reported on the FAFSA.
Unfortunately you won't find this information on the 1040. You may find it on your state income tax return if you state divides the form by tax payer. If not you will need to find the wages/tips/salary totals on your 2021 w2 forms.
Hi I am a USA citizen living abroad. ı missed extension daedlines for 2021 taxes.. But I have 2020 taxes. should I choose the ' will not file ' option and enter 1040 informations from 2020 manually? or retrieve 2020 info. from IRS automatically? thank you. your video is very helpful.
Guliz- The FAFSA requires to always use two-year tax information IF you filed taxes for that year. This video is for the 23-24 academic year so it requires using 2021 taxes. Based on your comment it looks like you did not file taxes for 2021. So you would select the option "not going to file" which will then only ask you to list your wages/tips/salary for 2021 if you had any. If you tried the IRS Data Retrieval Tool it would not work because it would be looking for your 2021 taxes, which since you did not file will not be there to pull. BUT know that the college may require you to complete a 4506T IRS form which verifies you are not required to file taxes.
@@Get2College Hi -- First off, wonderful video and responses. Thank you. I am also a US citizen lived abroad for part of 2021 but now retired and not employed since Jul 2021 & live in the US. Per my 2021 filed return, income per Line1 of 1040+Sch 1 + Sch K is zero. However, I had foreign earned income for 6 months of 2021 which I also paid huge taxes in the country I worked in, which also has a double tax treaty with the US. What do I enter for the question on income? I have been able to successfully extract through the IRS tool and it has taken all the information.
I have filled the form but would need clarification/guidance on this ONE item. I do not mind paying for the consulting fees, if you think you will be able to help in this specific situation.
if they found errors and its already april and they are about to start giving out the money will that mean that they wont give me any since they found family errors on mine???
You will need to work directly with the financial aid office to identify what the issue is and then log into your FAFSA and make a correction. Verification can be flagged at any point after you submit the FAFSA. So you will need to work directly with the colleges financial aid office to ensure you are following their deadlines.
You have access to the information in a report called your SAR (Student Aid Report), but if you were able to answer questions with the IRS Data Retrieval Tool you still won't still those dollar values on the SAR). The colleges and Federal Student Aid are the ones that have access to the information that you submit on the FAFSA. That is how they are able to link your FAFSA to your student account at the college and process your financial aid and determine what you may be eligible for.
My brother was able to skip, but I wasn’t. He and I answered practically the same and he got offers way more than I did. Can somebody explain this me? Also is there a possibility I can be receiving more than the expected amount? I very much worried about the expenses for next fall semester.
While siblings may assume they will have similar aid awarded to them, it is important to remember that the FAFSA is unique to the student. Without knowing much about you or your brothers experiences it may be that you brother is independent on the FAFSA, or that you had more income or assets in 2021. The estimate of Pell grant that is provided on the confirmation page is just an estimate. The colleges financial aid office is who awards the Pell grant and all other aid options. Working directly with your college is important. Also making sure you don't miss any deadlines for scholarship or financial at at the college is key.
i have a huge question. my mom is on disability and doesn’t file taxes. we are on medicaid as well as food stamps. i put she did not file taxes and when i go to review everything, i never got the question for food stamps and medicaid but it’s on the review. i hit edit the part and the question doesn’t show up for me but we do and idk how to fix it.
The FAFSA has skip logic built into it. Don't worry you did it correctly if you selected "not going to file" for your parents tax filing status. It will just asking if your parent had any wages/tips/salary in that tax year, which if they did not and only received disability then you would put $0 there. The following question on the form will ask if you want to skip the remainder, which any time you are asked to skip in the FAFSA always do it. It is meant to make the form easier on you! One thing to note is if you are selected for verification you may be asked to provide a non-tax filer form for you parent. This is a 4506T tax form (found here: www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506t.pdf) that you would select option 7 (verification of non tax filing) and submit it for the 2021 tax year. What you are mailed back is what the colleges may ask for. Just want you to be prepared and know what this is.
If you are unable to answer "yes" to any of the dependency question on the FAFSA then you will need to include your parent(s) information on your application and then depending on that then that affects the number in your household. So if your biological/adoptive parents are married to each other then you will use both of their information and they are also in the household (it will automatically fill this in on the form).
If you did not file taxes for that year (2021 for this FAFSA) then you would select "not going to file" and manually input the income numbers from your w2 form.
@@Get2College I made a correction on the FAFSA application, resubmitted it, got confirmation, went back in to check a week later and it said processed, now I received an email saying " correction form has not been submitted". What is the best approach? Thank you so much again.
I have a older sister age 26 and lives with my parents and I. My mom and dad pay rent. for the question how many other depdent children do you parents have? will I put my sister or no?
Jackie- If your parents provide more than half of her living expenses currently and over the 2023-24 school year then yes, you would include your sister, regardless of where she lives.
Whats the deadline? Also, Im a divorced parent, my son lives with me but his dad is the one who supports him financially. Im guessing i should put his financial information, right?
Hi having done this last year, yes, his info goes into the non custodial parent info. Hopefully he will cooperate, I luckily had my son's Dad cooperate, but I did most of it until it came time to requiest his wife's w2, and it took a lot of diplomacy but my son's half sister wound up helping provide this. Please know some colleges and universities will not hear excuses and will want BOTH parents to apply. It is just that way. Best of luck to you and your son in his college!
Cynthia- There is no hard FAFSA deadline, it all depends on if you state of residence has a deadline for any state-aid application OR if the colleges your son is applying to has a FAFSA deadline. So the answer to that question is- it depends. BUT the general rule of thumb is the earlier the better to make sure you don't miss any important deadlines. As far as which parent to use on the FAFSA, per Federal Student Aid for students with divorces parents it is the parent who the student lived with more during the last 12 months. So based on your comment, your son lives with you then you should use your information on the FAFSA. (This is a great document from Federal Student Aid to help you understand this studentaid.gov/resources/fafsa-parent-text .) Note: If you are remarried AS OF TODAY (the day you complete the FAFSA) you must include your current spouse's financial information, regardless of your 2021 tax filing status.
Twin Flames Merge Inc- Actually no, Cynthia would not use her son's father information on the FAFSA. It is the parent the student has lived with the most during the last 12 months. The FAFSA does not include non-custodial parent. The CSS profile (a different financial aid application required by some colleges) does though include this information and that may be what you are thinking of when referencing requiring both parents to apply. But the FAFSA does NOT include non-custodial parent. You can read more details here about who is the parent on the FAFSA in this post from Federal Student Aid: studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/filling-out/parent-info
The FAFSA this year will ask about assets up to $0. This is due to some changes on the formula. While it may not make a lot of sense when you complete it, you still have to answer the question. So if you get to that page for parent assets on the form and it asks if your parents assets exceed $0 as of today you will need to list out all the current values in their assets for the FAFSA (which can be found here: studentaid.gov/help-center/answers/article/fafsa-question-total-amount-of-parents-asset-net-worth-exceed-amount-listed ). Make sure you pay attention to this list because there are only certain things considered assets on the FAFSA that your parents may consider as assets in their day to day living.
i am a US citizen and i live with my cousin and her family, my parents don't live in US therefore they dont do taxes, so my question is how would i fill out the part where they ask me about my parents and taxes?
Emily- You will still have to use your parent's information. You would put all 0's when asked for their social security number and you would select "not going to file" if they did not file taxes. You will have to have one of their physical signatures on the signature page you will need to print at the end of the FAFSA. Then you will need to mail it to the address listed on the signature page. If your parents cannot sign the signature page, you may have to select the option "I am unable to provide parent information" and work directly with your college through the professional judgment process.
@@Get2College so they would ask me first if i'm able to provide information about my parents and that is when I would select the option "no", or that is at the end of the fasfa when I would select "im unable to provide parent information?
Yes, you do need an FSA ID for you + your mom if you are required to use her information on the FAFSA as a dependent student. As you can see in the video, it will ask for parent's marital status "as of today" which depending on how you answer this will determine if you need parent 2 information. If you mom has "Never Married" or "Divorced/Separated" or "Widowed" then parent 2 information is not required and would only use your mom's information.
No. You always ONLY use biological or adoptive parent on the FAFSA regardless of who claims you on their taxes. The tax claiming does not matter. If you cannot say "yes" to any of the dependency question on the form then you are considered dependent and you must use biological/adoptive parent information. Now, if that other person is your legal guardian then you would be considered independent, and you would still not include that person's information, but instead not provide any parent information and only use your financials.
If you are trying to link your email to your FSA ID to log into the FAFSA form, there can be delays in receiving the confirmation code to verify. The code lasts for 15 minutes and you can request a replacement code if it exceeds the 15 minutes. Unfortunately sometimes connectivity can be an issue when getting access to linking your email. Currently you can skip linking your email to your FSA ID if you have your cell phone linked. BUT moving forward for the 24-25 FAFSA you will need to have an email linked to your FSA ID. So if you have the time it would be good to go ahead and wait for the verification code.
Chimmy Chonga- We hope you found this video helpful, and we hope it did not take you an hour but we wanted to make sure that we provided thorough details for everyone to have as a reference, hence why it is a longer video. If you are able to utilize the IRS Data Retrieval Tool as a part of the FAFSA application you will find that it cuts down significantly on the number of questions answered manually. But unfortunately not everyone can use that tool so we wanted to provide step by step guidance on how to complete every line of the FAFSA.
Alexsandra- It looks like an IT-201 is a New York state tax document, not a federal tax document. The FAFSA, being that it is the Free Application for FEDERAL Student Aid is based on your 2021 federal taxes. While you can see in the video I reference the Mississippi tax documents, it is only as a short cut to find the parent wages/tips/salary since the federal tax return (1040) does not separate out this information. If you did not file a 2021 federal tax return (1040), because you were not required to. Then when asked about tax filing status you would select "Not Going To File".
Thank you so much. As a first generation with Spanish speaking parents, it is really hard to do all this on my own.
Glad we can help!
@@Get2College I have a serious problem
I'm a us citizen but I was schooled abroad my whole life I just moved back to america a month ago I'm trying to fill out the form my parents are not us citizens and they do not live or work in the us and they are not the ones paying my fees either my aunt is but she isnt stated as my legal guardian
I am so so lost
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So confusing, I remember in 2019 it was so easy to fill a form for freshman year. Now the second question with two box on parent’s income are so confusing.
Unfortunately on the federal tax form (1040) it does not separate the information for each tax filer for a married-filed joint return. You can find the division of parent 1 and parent 2 income on their w2 forms. If you are able to do the IRS Data Retrieval Tool the majority of the information is able to be answered directly from the IRS.
This was very helpful. Well made video, step by step nice and reasonable speed.
Glad it helped!
This was extremely helpful! Thank you so very much!
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Thank you is not enough. I really appreciate this video. Now I need one for the CSS form.
Glad you found it helpful.
YOURE AMAZING thank you so much, you have helped me tremendously
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Thank you so much for this! Super appreciated
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Best video ever, thank you so much for all the information.
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Thank you so much, very helpful you‼️🔥🔥
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Thank you, this was very helpful!
Were glad you were able to use the video to complete the FAFSA and that you found it helpful.
THank you !!!
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful.
You were helpful and clear. Thanks I really appreciate your help.
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Thank you I am doing mine right now and this helped
Did you finish
What website did you use?
Glad we could help
studentaid.gov and select the FAFSA Form at the top left.
Thank you. So helpful!❤
You're so welcome! Glad we could help.
Thanks for making this well made video. It is very helpful!. My graduate college starts in May 2023. Should apply for Fafsa 2022-23 or 2023-24. Or can I apply for both at once? Please advise. Thank you very much!
Balilndah- We are glad to hear you found the video helpful. You can complete both the 22-23 FAFSA AND and 23-24, right now. I would encourage you to complete both since it sounds like your graduate program will cover both aid years. Just know you will use two different tax years. For the 22-23 you will use 2020 taxes and for the 23-24 you will use 2021 taxes.
When we mail the signature page do we also have to mail them the FAFSA information that we printed out as receipts or just the parent’s signature?
Just the signature page. The instructions on where to mail that one page to is on it when you print it.
Please if you have time make a new quick video for FAFSA 24-25 renewal. Thank you so much in advance!
Hi, very useful video. I filled FAFSA following your video.
One question I have is, can I submit FAFSA to colleges I have added to the initial list ? I have not applied to these colleges yet.
pink love- Thanks for adding to the comment!
Share G- yes like mentioned above you can send it up to 10 colleges regardless of your admissions status with them. But make sure you don't miss any important financial aid deadlines. The colleges will not process your FAFSA and award financial aid unless you are admitted to the college.
please can u help me if u have any idea,so when i open the fafsa website that describes in this channel it says "ACCESS DENIED" so do u have any idea about this i really don't get it.
This is very helpful, I have 1 question if my mother does not live in the United States and doesn’t have social security what do I do?
You will still need to include her information on your FAFSA if you are a dependent student (you couldn't answer "yes" to any of the dependency questions). What you will need to do is input all 0's for her social security number when asked on the form. Then if she filed taxes in the country she resides you would select for taxes that she filed a foreign tax return and manually convert the dollar amounts and include them on the FAFSA form.
Hello, thanks for this video! So can I use Federal Student Aid if I am from Romania? Will I be able to get a loan from them to pay my college in Florida? Thanks in advance! Also the website doesn't work for me for some reason, it says I don't have access, but it looks more like an error or something.
Isaac-
It depends on your citizenship status. If you are a U.S. Citizen then yes, you can complete the FAFSA and may be eligible for federal aid to assist you in paying for college.
If you are a non-U.S. Citizen, generally, if you have a “green card” (in other words, if you are a permanent resident alien), you will be considered an “eligible noncitizen” and will be able to get federal student aid if you meet the other basic eligibility criteria. You are considered an “eligible noncitizen” if you fall into certain categories, such as the ones listed below:
1. You are a U.S. national (includes natives of American Samoa or Swains Island) or U.S. permanent resident with a Form I-551, I-151, or I-551C (Permanent Resident Card, Resident Alien Card, or Alien Registration Receipt Card), also known as a "green card."
2. You have an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) showing*
“Refugee,”
“Asylum Granted,”
“Cuban-Haitian Entrant,”
“Conditional Entrant” (valid only if issued before April 1, 1980), or
“Parolee” (you must be paroled for at least one year, and you must be able to provide evidence from the USCIS that you are in the United States for other than a temporary purpose with the intention of becoming a U.S. citizen or permanent resident).
3. You hold a T nonimmigrant status ("T-visa") (for victims of human trafficking) or your parent holds a T-1 nonimmigrant status. Your college or career school’s financial aid office will ask to see your visa and/or certification letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.*
4. You are a “battered immigrant-qualified alien” who is a victim of abuse by your citizen or permanent resident spouse, or you are the child of a person designated as such under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).*
5. You are a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau. If this is the case, you may be eligible for only certain types of federal student aid:
Citizens of the Republic of Palau are eligible for Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, and Federal Work-Study.
Citizens of the Federal States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands are eligible for Federal Pell Grants only.
*To qualify for federal student aid, certain eligible noncitizens must be able to provide evidence from the USCIS that they are in the United States for other than a temporary purpose with the intention of becoming a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
If you don't have the above situation to be a U.S. Citizen or eligible non-citizen, then, no, you are not eligible for federal student aid.
For the dependents of the parents part. Would my sister and I count towards being dependents; if we ourselves financially support ourselves?
If you are speaking about the household size part of the FAFSA then you need to follow the instructions on the form. You would already be included if your the student completing the FAFSA, but your need to read through each of the "rules" for your sibling. If your parents provide at least 50% of her support, or if she was completing the FAFSA and answered no to all the dependency questions then she would be included in the household.
If you are referencing whether you are dependent or independent and if you should exclude parent information. It really doesn't matter if you financially support yourselves, you have to be able to say "yes" to one of the dependency status questions to be considered independent. If you cannot then you are required to use parent information.
My country ( Bangladesh) is not in the list of FAFSA residence what should I do ?
Hello, in my last step of "sign and submit", I filled in the correct account number and password, but the above display does not match, what is the reason?
Miguel-
Ideally, you will need to use the FSA (federal student aid) username and password for the student, and if a dependent for 1 parent. This will allow you to sign the FAFSA electronically which will process much faster. There is no account number with this, only a username you create and a password.
An alternative method for submission of the FAFSA (and as you see on the video) is to use the Signature Page. This required printing, signing, and mailing the page into Federal Student Aid. This does allow you to submit the FAFSA but takes several weeks or longer for the application to process.
I’m currently helping a friend fill out his fasfa but we ran into a issue. His parents don’t have valid SSN, what should we fill in that spot where it asks for a SSN?
Put all 0's and manually provide their information and tax details. When it comes to the signature you will need to print a signature page at the end of the form and have them sign it and mail it into the PO Box provided on the page.
So if I'm a freshman in college, do I have to put 1st bachelor's degree? I am majoring in civil engineering, which takes about 4 years to complete.
Hugo- Yes you would still put 1st Bachelors degree.
Yes, absolutely, thanks❤🌹
While filling out the application, we’re getting an error when trying to save it. Is that supposed to happen, will it get fixed, or is there a problem?
Lalitha-
Unfortunately sometimes the FAFSA does encounter technology glitches. This happens most often when the new application opens or if there is high traffic to the website. Our advice is to make sure you clear your browser cache, maybe use a different internet browser, and save and relog in and try at a different time.
Hey I am try to do the FAFSA, but when I follow your step it look so different from what I have. I need help doing this please.
The FAFSA has skip logic built into it, so depending on certain answers you may see a shortened version of the form, which is intended to help you complete it. We are happy to answer any specific questions you have, or you can use the CHAT BOT on the FAFSA website.
I usually answer ‘No’ to the parent assests questions but I did not get an option of Yes or No this time. Instead I got “Does it exceed $0.00?” Did I not get the Yes or No option for assets because I used the tax data retrieval form for IRS instead of filling manually? So, I’m supposed to combine what my parents have in their checking account, their saving account, and all the cash is their wallet? Does that include how much money is in their debit card? Only my father works so do i only use his information?
Kindree-
Yes, this is a change this year and it is requiring more people to list their asset information. So you will need to combine the values of your parents cash/savings/checking accounts (yes, includes how much in their debt card account for BOTH parents if they are married as of today) AS OF TODAY to put that value in the first box. Then you will need to list the total of their investment's (not including retirement accounts, your house, or personal possessions-cars, boats, jewelry, etc.). For the investment category it may be easier to click the ? next to the question and read the list of what counts.
@@Get2College what if my parent have a rental property inside the family house so i enter the percent that is rent out and also how do i do the math on the networth of my rental property or do i just send them the income from it
Who can help me in the situation that I'm in I applied for Tyler Piper financial aid to go to Community College and it stopped me in my tracks on the the site saying that someone already using my social security number or my parents use I've never ever apply for it I was going back to think about going back to school and get my GED but I was getting I was going to fill that out and instead of waiting so when I do want to further my education after I was finished it already being processed so I really need some help on trying to figure out what the situation is with trying to even apply for it I was told that I couldn't apply for it because I don't have my GED but I did it because I was when I do finish basically what I'm trying to say is that I never applied for it in the website was saying that someone must be using use my social security number all ready to go to get one or my parents did so I'm trying to figure out what's going on
I don't type I talk into my notebook so I probably need to added that but sorry
Hi, I am applying as a grad student and I’m curious about the investment section. If I have stocks, would I include the amount there?
Yes you do. Investments on the FAFSA include the following as they are valued AS OF THE DAY you submit the FAFSA: real estate (other than the home in which your parents live), Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) and Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which your parents are the owner, stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit, etc.
The only investments not included are those associated with retirement and have a penalty to pull before age 65.
I have a question, I'm doing a FSA ID right now and for the last names, I have two but said it only let's 16 characters?
You need to list as much of your two last names (exactly how it is on your social security card) as it allows. It is ok if you cannot fit all the letters, they are able to do a match on partial names.
Hello question so I am renewing my FAFSA but the section about providing the parents FAFSA id didnt appear for me
The FAFSA has skip logic so depending on your age, degree you are seeking, or if you said yes to one of the dependency status questions you may not have parent information. If you are considered an independent student because you will be over the age of 24 in the 23-24 school year, working on a graduate degree, married, have children or depends who receive 50%+ support from you, active duty military, veteran, since the age 13 been in foster care or both parents deceased or ward of the court, emancipated minor, in a legal guardianship, or unaccompanied and homeless- if any of these are yes for you then you would not be required to provide parent information.
they want line 22 i don’t have anything except transcript the lines aren’t numbered helllpppp !😢
Unfortunately the transcript and the FAFSA are not the same. The lines provided on the FAFSA are the lines for a 1040. Check Federal Student Aid's website to see if they have a transcript to 23-24 FAFSA resource document.
Is there a way to fill FAFSA form if you don’t have SSN even if you’re not eligible for federal grant but you need fafsa for college grant.
If you are the student and an eligible non-citizen then you can use your A-number within the form for the citizenship question. But if you are a student and are undocumented then you cannot complete the FAFSA. You can read more about that here: studentaid.gov/sites/default/files/financial-aid-and-undocumented-students.pdf
You need to work directly with your college's financial aid office to see if there is an alternative such as the paper FAFSA or a institution specific form for you to complete.
Hello, I am planning to apply to get a job soon and this will be my first job ever. I already submitted the fafsa and i put $0.00 for my asset and income because I have never had a job or a bank account. If I get this job and get a check, do I makes changes to the fafsa form because I have money now and will open a bank account once I get the job or were all the questions on the 23-24 fafsa form applied to the year prior? Thank you.
Kindree-
We hope you get a great job. No, you do not need to update your FAFSA to change the assets. You report your assets as of the day you submit the FAFSA and do not make a correction (resubmit FAFSA) if they change.
i am a permanent resident and only one of my parents have tax return for last years. How should i report it if my second parent just moved to US and never worked here?
Shahinakhon-
If your parents marital status, as of the day you complete the FAFSA then you will still need to provide both parents financial information. If one of your parents worked and filed taxes in another country then you would need to still include that income. A foreign tax return may not have an "Adjusted Gross Income" line item. Convert all monetary units to U.S. dollars using the published exchange rate in effect for the date nearest to when you complete the FAFSA form. View the daily exchange rates at federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/current
Hello, I am a first year college student and am renewing my fafsa. Do I put never attended college/1st year or attended collefe before/1st year?
If you are a current college student this academic year, when renewing your FAFSA for the 2023-24 year you would select "2nd year" if you completed at least two semesters before. IF you are a current college student but only have completed 1 semester that is when you would select "attended college before/ 1st year".
Since you are renewing you are telling them your plans for the next academic year.
Can I submit FAFSA to the colleges I have not applied yet?
Share G-
Yes you can. But know that they won't process your FAFSA for financial aid until you have been admitted to the college. So make sure you don't miss any important financial aid deadlines.
i filed jointly with my wife and dont know what income to put because our income was combined for taxes! but fafsa wants both incomes and we dont know what to out. we hope you can help
Since you are married the day you are completing the FAFSA both your income and information will be required on the form. If you were able to link to the IRS the complete the IRS Data Retrieval Tool than your 2021 tax information will be pulled over automatically. Where you can find the breakdown between yourself and your spouse for that question on the form is on your w2's or perhaps your state tax return. The federal 1040 does not breakdown individual tax payer income, it combines them so you won't be able to find that on the federal form.
I’m filling out lyrics fasfa but I’m quite confused on the “parent questions for tax filers only” I’m confused on the “combat pay or special combat pay” and the “student college grant and scholarship aid reported to the IRS in your mothers income” I don’t know what combat pay is and in 2021 I was not in college so would that one be 0?
If these questions do not apply to you when you would put 0 for the answer. The FAFSA provides the (i) option on the form which you can click on to provide more details and specifically where to find that information.
Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me answer my question! I'm in the process of filling out my FAFSA for 2023-24. I was recently married in November of 2022, but on my 2021 form, I'm single. I'm very confused if I should apply as married or single for this. Any advice would be helpful, thank you.
You should complete the FAFSA for marital status "as of today" so as of the day you complete the FAFSA. It does not matter what is the filling status of your taxes since you have to use prior-prior year tax documents, and as you have experienced things change in two years.
So this means you will need to include your current spouses tax information (from 2021) and income on your FAFSA. Because you all did not file together you will have to manually combine the values on your taxes and type them into the form. This takes a little extra time but the FAFSA guides you on which lines you need to reference on the 1040 and other tax forms.
If I am about to fill out the FAFSA in December 2023, but I haven’t reported my 2022 taxes as I have an extension, I only have the 2021 taxes, what can I do?
In the student demographic section when you answer the question "What will your high school completion status be when you begin college in the 2023-24 school year?" with GED the form will skip high school selection and take you straight to college selection.
Hello, a random first-generation immigrant that is attempting to apply for financial aid for the first time here. Question, my father, who is a US citizen, and my mother, who is not a US citizen, have been separated since my birth. Additionally, only my mother and I immigrated here in 2006. However, I am trying to apply for FAFSA under my mother who is currently residing with her new partner, and file their taxes jointly. She does not partake in any job that brings a flow of money into the household, it comes from her partner. When answering these questions on the application, should there be any value that is placed within her earnings even though she did not work full or part-time during asked time periods of employment?
Since you live with your mother and she is who financial supported you the most in the past 12-months then you would include only her information on your FAFSA. You will indicate she did not file taxes and put $0 for income. Since she is not a citizen you will need to put all 0's for her social security number in the form and print a signature page and have her sign and mail it into FSA.
Now, here are some details from FSA about undocumented students and parents options when completing the form: studentaid.gov/sites/default/files/financial-aid-and-undocumented-students.pdf
What if I live with my parents but they didn’t file me on their taxes or anything. Would I be dependent or independent?? I have a job and school starts in September. Please help, thank you
It does not matter who files you on the taxes. You must use biological or adoptive parents if you are unable to answer yes to the dependency questions on the form. If you can say yes to one of those then you are independent and do not use parent information. But if you say no to all of them then you have to use your parents regardless if they claimed you on their taxes or not.
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I came to the USA on immigrant visa in March 2022 from Bangladesh. My mom started working(her first job) here from NOVEMBER 2022. And my dad didn't start his work here yet. As the fafsa form is asking for 2021 income tax return, can I add my dad's income here(of Bangladesh)? Since I'm not 24 yrs yet, I've to show my dependency on parent. Now, on which parent should I show my dependency as I already have my separate bank account and I'm also working currently?
Also if I give didn't file tax and my application doesn't get accepted at the first year, an I reapply for it the next year using the same application?
If your parent's marital status as of the day you complete the FAFSA is married, then you will need to provide both parents information on the FAFSA. If your parent doesn't live in the U.S., select "Foreign Country" from the dropdown menu for the question that asks about the parents' state of legal residence.
If your parents live and file taxes in a foreign country and don’t file U.S. taxes, you’ll have the opportunity to indicate that they have filed their taxes. Then, when the FAFSA form asks whether your parents filed a Puerto Rican or foreign tax return, select “Yes."
Convert the amounts on the foreign tax return into U.S. dollars as directed by the FAFSA help.
Something to note is to make sure you have reviewed the eligibility for non-US Citizens US Federal Student Aid: studentaid.gov/understand-aid/eligibility/requirements/non-us-citizens
You have the renew the FAFSA each year and it opens well in advance of the academic year you would be using it. The new application opens on Oct 1 of each year.
Thank you for the video! I have 3 questions.
1. if someone started a job in June of 2022, do they still put their income and assets even though the 22-23 FAFSA is based on the 2021 tax information
2. If someone’s parents have a bank account that is joint and they also have separate bank accounts as well, does the dependent report the assets of all 3 accounts or just the joint one?
3. If someone’s parents have a bank account that is joint and one parent also has a separate account for their business, does the dependent report the assets of the joint account and the business account combined?
I need to know these tooo
1. So that FAFSA flips between current (as of today for marital status and assets) and 2021 (for income- taxes, and untaxed income). So the answer to this question is no and yes. No when asked about income you would not put any income in 2022, you only answer about 2021 income. Yes when asked about assets because those are AS OF TODAY (the day you file the FAFSA).
2. For parent assets, the first category they would report on all 3 accounts. ANY bank account (joint or personal or both) + cash + savings accounts. Remember, again, this is the values AS OF TODAY (the day you file the FAFSA).
3. IF the parent's business has over 100 employees then the business account balance would be included in the 3rd question on assets (value as of today of parent's business or investment farms). BUT if the parent's business has LESS THAN 100 employees that account is not included anywhere on the FAFSA. So the only bank account that would be reported is the joint personal checking/saving account(s).
NOTE--> For the FAFSA next year (2024-25) ALL business accounts regardless of the size of the business will be required to be reported on the FAFSA.
HELP! I am filing this married-filing jointly. How do I know the separated numbers between mine and my husband's income?
Unfortunately you won't find this information on the 1040. You may find it on your state income tax return if you state divides the form by tax payer. If not you will need to find the wages/tips/salary totals on your 2021 w2 forms.
Hi I am a USA citizen living abroad. ı missed extension daedlines for 2021 taxes.. But I have 2020 taxes. should I choose the ' will not file ' option and enter 1040 informations from 2020 manually? or retrieve 2020 info. from IRS automatically? thank you. your video is very helpful.
Guliz-
The FAFSA requires to always use two-year tax information IF you filed taxes for that year. This video is for the 23-24 academic year so it requires using 2021 taxes. Based on your comment it looks like you did not file taxes for 2021. So you would select the option "not going to file" which will then only ask you to list your wages/tips/salary for 2021 if you had any.
If you tried the IRS Data Retrieval Tool it would not work because it would be looking for your 2021 taxes, which since you did not file will not be there to pull.
BUT know that the college may require you to complete a 4506T IRS form which verifies you are not required to file taxes.
@@Get2College Hi -- First off, wonderful video and responses. Thank you. I am also a US citizen lived abroad for part of 2021 but now retired and not employed since Jul 2021 & live in the US. Per my 2021 filed return, income per Line1 of 1040+Sch 1 + Sch K is zero. However, I had foreign earned income for 6 months of 2021 which I also paid huge taxes in the country I worked in, which also has a double tax treaty with the US. What do I enter for the question on income? I have been able to successfully extract through the IRS tool and it has taken all the information.
I have filled the form but would need clarification/guidance on this ONE item. I do not mind paying for the consulting fees, if you think you will be able to help in this specific situation.
@@Get2College thanks for your response.
I don't know I am unable to Open the FAFSA website everytime I try to Open it it says access denied can u tell me what's the issue?
You may need to clear the cache on your browser or try a different browser.
if they found errors and its already april and they are about to start giving out the money will that mean that they wont give me any since they found family errors on mine???
You will need to work directly with the financial aid office to identify what the issue is and then log into your FAFSA and make a correction. Verification can be flagged at any point after you submit the FAFSA. So you will need to work directly with the colleges financial aid office to ensure you are following their deadlines.
Hi who all sees your personal information on the FASFA after submitting?
You have access to the information in a report called your SAR (Student Aid Report), but if you were able to answer questions with the IRS Data Retrieval Tool you still won't still those dollar values on the SAR).
The colleges and Federal Student Aid are the ones that have access to the information that you submit on the FAFSA. That is how they are able to link your FAFSA to your student account at the college and process your financial aid and determine what you may be eligible for.
I got stuck on highschool information. I only have GED so I don't have a highschool I went to. 😢
There is a GED option when it asks about the level of education you have.
My brother was able to skip, but I wasn’t. He and I answered practically the same and he got offers way more than I did. Can somebody explain this me? Also is there a possibility I can be receiving more than the expected amount? I very much worried about the expenses for next fall semester.
While siblings may assume they will have similar aid awarded to them, it is important to remember that the FAFSA is unique to the student. Without knowing much about you or your brothers experiences it may be that you brother is independent on the FAFSA, or that you had more income or assets in 2021.
The estimate of Pell grant that is provided on the confirmation page is just an estimate. The colleges financial aid office is who awards the Pell grant and all other aid options. Working directly with your college is important. Also making sure you don't miss any deadlines for scholarship or financial at at the college is key.
@@Get2College ok thank you.
i have a huge question. my mom is on disability and doesn’t file taxes. we are on medicaid as well as food stamps. i put she did not file taxes and when i go to review everything, i never got the question for food stamps and medicaid but it’s on the review. i hit edit the part and the question doesn’t show up for me but we do and idk how to fix it.
i’m having the same issue my mom is also disabled and doesn’t file taxes, did you figure out how to get the questions?
The FAFSA has skip logic built into it. Don't worry you did it correctly if you selected "not going to file" for your parents tax filing status. It will just asking if your parent had any wages/tips/salary in that tax year, which if they did not and only received disability then you would put $0 there. The following question on the form will ask if you want to skip the remainder, which any time you are asked to skip in the FAFSA always do it. It is meant to make the form easier on you!
One thing to note is if you are selected for verification you may be asked to provide a non-tax filer form for you parent. This is a 4506T tax form (found here: www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506t.pdf) that you would select option 7 (verification of non tax filing) and submit it for the 2021 tax year. What you are mailed back is what the colleges may ask for. Just want you to be prepared and know what this is.
What if I don’t live with my parents? Will I still need to be included under the household?
If you are unable to answer "yes" to any of the dependency question on the FAFSA then you will need to include your parent(s) information on your application and then depending on that then that affects the number in your household. So if your biological/adoptive parents are married to each other then you will use both of their information and they are also in the household (it will automatically fill this in on the form).
Hey ,
So what happen if you only have a w2 ?
If you did not file taxes for that year (2021 for this FAFSA) then you would select "not going to file" and manually input the income numbers from your w2 form.
I did a correction on the FAFSA application and resubmitted it, how long will it take to process the form? Thank you.
It can take up to 3-5 days for it to process. You will get an email confirmation when it has been processed again.
@@Get2College Thank you so much.
@@Get2College I made a correction on the FAFSA application, resubmitted it, got confirmation, went back in to check a week later and it said processed, now I received an email saying " correction form has not been submitted". What is the best approach? Thank you so much again.
I have a older sister age 26 and lives with my parents and I. My mom and dad pay rent. for the question how many other depdent children do you parents have? will I put my sister or no?
Jackie-
If your parents provide more than half of her living expenses currently and over the 2023-24 school year then yes, you would include your sister, regardless of where she lives.
Can I use 2022 files instead of 2021? I lost the files for 2021
No, you always have to use the prior-prior year tax information.
Whats the deadline? Also, Im a divorced parent, my son lives with me but his dad is the one who supports him financially. Im guessing i should put his financial information, right?
Hi having done this last year, yes, his info goes into the non custodial parent info. Hopefully he will cooperate, I luckily had my son's Dad cooperate, but I did most of it until it came time to requiest his wife's w2, and it took a lot of diplomacy but my son's half sister wound up helping provide this. Please know some colleges and universities will not hear excuses and will want BOTH parents to apply. It is just that way. Best of luck to you and your son in his college!
Cynthia- There is no hard FAFSA deadline, it all depends on if you state of residence has a deadline for any state-aid application OR if the colleges your son is applying to has a FAFSA deadline. So the answer to that question is- it depends. BUT the general rule of thumb is the earlier the better to make sure you don't miss any important deadlines.
As far as which parent to use on the FAFSA, per Federal Student Aid for students with divorces parents it is the parent who the student lived with more during the last 12 months. So based on your comment, your son lives with you then you should use your information on the FAFSA. (This is a great document from Federal Student Aid to help you understand this studentaid.gov/resources/fafsa-parent-text .)
Note: If you are remarried AS OF TODAY (the day you complete the FAFSA) you must include your current spouse's financial information, regardless of your 2021 tax filing status.
Twin Flames Merge Inc- Actually no, Cynthia would not use her son's father information on the FAFSA. It is the parent the student has lived with the most during the last 12 months. The FAFSA does not include non-custodial parent. The CSS profile (a different financial aid application required by some colleges) does though include this information and that may be what you are thinking of when referencing requiring both parents to apply. But the FAFSA does NOT include non-custodial parent. You can read more details here about who is the parent on the FAFSA in this post from Federal Student Aid: studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/filling-out/parent-info
what if my parents assets is $0? that doesn't make sense does it?
The FAFSA this year will ask about assets up to $0. This is due to some changes on the formula. While it may not make a lot of sense when you complete it, you still have to answer the question. So if you get to that page for parent assets on the form and it asks if your parents assets exceed $0 as of today you will need to list out all the current values in their assets for the FAFSA (which can be found here: studentaid.gov/help-center/answers/article/fafsa-question-total-amount-of-parents-asset-net-worth-exceed-amount-listed ). Make sure you pay attention to this list because there are only certain things considered assets on the FAFSA that your parents may consider as assets in their day to day living.
i am a US citizen and i live with my cousin and her family, my parents don't live in US therefore they dont do taxes, so my question is how would i fill out the part where they ask me about my parents and taxes?
Emily-
You will still have to use your parent's information. You would put all 0's when asked for their social security number and you would select "not going to file" if they did not file taxes. You will have to have one of their physical signatures on the signature page you will need to print at the end of the FAFSA. Then you will need to mail it to the address listed on the signature page. If your parents cannot sign the signature page, you may have to select the option "I am unable to provide parent information" and work directly with your college through the professional judgment process.
@@Get2College ok, thank you so much.
@@Get2College so they would ask me first if i'm able to provide information about my parents and that is when I would select the option "no", or that is at the end of the fasfa when I would select "im unable to provide parent information?
Do I need a fsa Id for both my parent and I
And it’s just my mom, is there an option to skip the 2nd parents info ?
Yes, you do need an FSA ID for you + your mom if you are required to use her information on the FAFSA as a dependent student.
As you can see in the video, it will ask for parent's marital status "as of today" which depending on how you answer this will determine if you need parent 2 information. If you mom has "Never Married" or "Divorced/Separated" or "Widowed" then parent 2 information is not required and would only use your mom's information.
I really need help with this
Hopefully the video was able to assist you in completing your form.
If I was claimed for the 2021 tax season by someone other than my mother would they be my parent on my financial aid
No. You always ONLY use biological or adoptive parent on the FAFSA regardless of who claims you on their taxes. The tax claiming does not matter. If you cannot say "yes" to any of the dependency question on the form then you are considered dependent and you must use biological/adoptive parent information.
Now, if that other person is your legal guardian then you would be considered independent, and you would still not include that person's information, but instead not provide any parent information and only use your financials.
@@Get2College sounds good. Thank you so much for the information!
Why isnt my email address jot working?
If you are trying to link your email to your FSA ID to log into the FAFSA form, there can be delays in receiving the confirmation code to verify. The code lasts for 15 minutes and you can request a replacement code if it exceeds the 15 minutes. Unfortunately sometimes connectivity can be an issue when getting access to linking your email.
Currently you can skip linking your email to your FSA ID if you have your cell phone linked. BUT moving forward for the 24-25 FAFSA you will need to have an email linked to your FSA ID. So if you have the time it would be good to go ahead and wait for the verification code.
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The easy way: [1 HOUR]
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Chimmy Chonga- We hope you found this video helpful, and we hope it did not take you an hour but we wanted to make sure that we provided thorough details for everyone to have as a reference, hence why it is a longer video. If you are able to utilize the IRS Data Retrieval Tool as a part of the FAFSA application you will find that it cuts down significantly on the number of questions answered manually. But unfortunately not everyone can use that tool so we wanted to provide step by step guidance on how to complete every line of the FAFSA.
I only have the IT-201 form not 1040
Alexsandra-
It looks like an IT-201 is a New York state tax document, not a federal tax document. The FAFSA, being that it is the Free Application for FEDERAL Student Aid is based on your 2021 federal taxes. While you can see in the video I reference the Mississippi tax documents, it is only as a short cut to find the parent wages/tips/salary since the federal tax return (1040) does not separate out this information.
If you did not file a 2021 federal tax return (1040), because you were not required to. Then when asked about tax filing status you would select "Not Going To File".
Thanks my rude sister didn’t want to help. Have a great day
Glad you found it helpful!