As a newly US permanent resident, I have questions about Pell Grant

[sybbie719]

<p>I don’t think anyone is attacking you; they are just trying to give you information.</p>

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@DanielPlainview

Edit: I went again and checked the FAFSA4caster again and I still didn’t see a section of including parents’ income.

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<p>attached please find the link to the paper copy of the FAFSA for your review</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw1314/pdf/PdfFafsa13-14.pdf[/url]”>http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw1314/pdf/PdfFafsa13-14.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>while yes, you are 21 and you consider your self an independent student, making your own way, for financial aid purposes, you are not an independent student. The school will require the income/assets of your parents. Being self employed can be tricky because you know that your parents don’t make a lot of money. However, the college may not see it that way. </p>

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@DanielPlainview

And I asked because I could never use my parents’ income for anything else (like when I was looking for an apartment to live) JUST because they don’t live here</p>

<p>And all those other information, well, for my student visa my uncle helped me and for my green card, my friend signed the affidavit of support,

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<p>actually monies paid on your behalf; whoever is paying your rent, whoever has paid for you to attend school this year has to be included on the FAFSA as monies paid on your behalf.</p>

<p>The challenge that everyone is trying to tell you is that with your parents making 10k a year and you saying that you virtually have no income, this is automatically going to prompt a low income verification. You are going to have to prove, how you eat every day and how you keep a roof over your head. These monies will be used to determine your eligibility for aid.</p>