<p>I just received a Noncustodial waiver, as I have not had any contact with my biological father since I was about 5 or 6, and I was wondering about the third party statement. Since the divorce, we've moved to a completely different country, and now a state on the other side of the US. So, I don't know if my mom is still in contact with anyone who could possibly make this statement as part of the waiver.
Does anyone have any tips of some sort as to what I should do about this? I heard some people who just got their guidance counselor to write one but I don't think that would work in my case...
Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>My guidance counselor has never met me and has only spoken to me for about an hour total, but he wrote mine. Like you, I had no other option.</p>
<p>Definitely ask your guidance counselor for the statement. If for some reason he/she won’t do it (I can’t imagine that, but it is possible), how about a family member who is familiar with your situation?</p>
<p>You cannot use a family member. The form specifically asked for a disinterested third party, and specifically says do NOT use a family member (at least all the different forms I used said that).</p>
<p>Applicannot, that depends on the school. I am in financial aid, and the school where I work does allow statements from family members for professional judgment situations. Every situation is different. We prefer statements from outside the family, but that is not always possible. I was extending that thinking to noncustodial waivers because we would allow something like a grandparent’s statement that dad was never in the student’s life when we do a dependency override. I would think that there may be schools that feel the same when it comes to noncustodial parent waivers.</p>
what is the samples of that letter?
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