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

<p>Daniel…it is possible that you answered a dependency question incorrectly and the parent section did not appear. The most common mistake is the one about guardianship…if you answered YES to that, you might not see a parent section. But you are NOT in a guardianship…</p>

<p>Check the answers to those questions…did you answer YES to any of them? If so, which one? Probably should be NO.</p>

<p>Adding a parent income of $10,000 to your FAFSA will not likely affect your Pell grant eligibility much if any.</p>

<p>But as others have noted…housing and food costs in this country are usually in the $6000-$10,000 a year range. If your parents are paying that for you, the college will probably want to know how all the parent home expenses are being met as well…and will want some verification of that low income.</p>