FAFSA® Application
[FAFSA®] Am I considered a dependent or independent? Is this the same as dependency status on taxes?
[FAFSA®] Help answering: "What is your full legal name?"
[FAFSA®] Who does my household include?
[FAFSA®] Do I need to be admitted to a college before I can apply for financial aid at a particular university?
[FAFSA®] College list: How many colleges can I add to the FAFSA®?
[FAFSA®] Can I add international colleges or universities (outside the US) to my college list?
[FAFSA®] What if I’m not sure which college I’ll be applying to? Can I still fill out the FAFSA®?
[FAFSA®] Why should I choose to be considered for Federal Work-Study? What if I decide later that I don’t want to work?
[FAFSA®] What counts as “attending college”? How many classes do you need to be taking?
[FAFSA®] Which address should I be using?
[FAFSA®] What if I plan to get married (or divorced) in the future? Why can't I put a future date for my marital status?
[FAFSA®] Where can I find my Alien Registration Number (ARN)?
[FAFSA®] What is a “dislocated worker”?
[FAFSA®] Do I need to put the same parent for FAFSA® as the one who claims me as a dependent on their tax forms?
[FAFSA®] How do I complete the FAFSA® if my parents are foreign or undocumented? Does my parents' citizenship status affect my eligibility for federal student aid?
[FAFSA®] Which parent or parents should I provide information for? Who counts as a parent on the FAFSA® form?
[FAFSA®] Do I need to include parent information?
[FAFSA®] Can I include information for my legal guardian instead of my parents?
[FAFSA®] Do I still need to report financial information if I never filed taxes?
[FAFSA®] What happens if I (or my parents) are married but filed taxes separately? Do I still report both incomes?
[FAFSA®] What if my parents' marital status is different today than the status reported on the 2023 tax return? (What if my parents were recently married, divorced, or one passed away?)
[FAFSA®] What is “workers’ compensation”?
[FAFSA®] What is a “need-based employment program”?
[FAFSA®] What does “cash balance” mean? What does “cash on hand” mean?
[FAFSA®] Does the FAFSA® include assets like the value of my home?
[FAFSA®] Does the FAFSA® ask about any debt like mortgages, car loans, or credit card debt?
[FAFSA®] What is a UGMA/UTMA custodial account? Whose “net worth” does the balance form part of-- the parent’s or the student’s?
[FAFSA®] What if I have a 1099 freelancer/contractor form instead of a W-2 employee form?
[FAFSA®] What are 529 / college savings account types? Should they be reported as parent or student income?
[FAFSA®] How much is my real estate worth? What is the market value of the property?
[FAFSA®] My tax forms include dollars and cents for the amounts, but I can't seem to enter decimal points. Should I round to the nearest dollar?
[FAFSA®] What counts as "child support"? Should child support payments be reported under Student Finances or Parent Finances?
[FAFSA®] What's the maximum amount I can put for financial figures like Adjusted Gross Income, Investment Net Worth, or Cash Balance?
[FAFSA®] What if my parents filed taxes incorrectly using "Head of Household"?
[FAFSA®] What kind of disability benefits should be reported on the FAFSA®?
[FAFSA®] How do I report foreign income, or the value of my foreign bank accounts?
[FAFSA®] Do I report cryptocurrency on my FAFSA®?
[FAFSA®] What does it mean to provide the majority (over 50%) of financial support for someone?