Deferred Action Student Trying to Fill Out FAFSA

Paying for College
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<p>I need help! Okay so I have deferred action and I am filling out my FAFSA. My parents are undocumented but my dad pays taxes and he uses the 1040 form. He has an ITIN number for not a SS#. Whenever i put all this information it tells me that the putting the 1040 form is an error so I put foreign tax instead and it says all i need is their signature. also I put zeros on their SS#. help??</p>

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<p>I found the following information: [FinAid</a> | Financial Aid Applications | Common Errors](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid)</p>

<p>“Although you are required to have a Social Security Number, your parents are not. If your parents do not have a Social Security Number, don’t make up a random number or use a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), as it will fail the database match. Instead, use 000-00-0000. (If the parents indicate that they have filed or will file a US tax return, the application will be rejected with reject codes J or K. If this occurs, resubmit and it will be accepted.)”</p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

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No, if your parents worked in US, they don’t file foreign taxes.</p>

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<p>Deferred action does not make you a US citizen, permanent resident or eligible non-citizen.</p>

<p>Your having deferred action allow you to work and to remain int he US for the next 2 years. It does not make you eligible for federal student aid. You will not be able to file the FASFA because you are still ineligible to receive federal aid. </p>

<p>You cannot file the fafsa using your/your parents ITIN number. As a person with deferred action you cannot and should not be filing the FAFSA.</p>

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<p>sybbie719 -</p>

<p>Some institutions use the FAFSA for their own financial aid purposes. Even if a student is ineligible for federal aid, he/she may need to file it to be considered for aid from the college/university itself, for a private scholarship, or for state aid that a particular state offers to all graduates of its high schools.</p>

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<p>Yes, this is true. Student will have to contact the individual financial aid offices as to how to proceed. Even then, the student would be best served filing a paper copy of the FAFSA and sending it to those schools, vs trying to file on-line where it most likely will not be processed.</p>

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<p>How can your parents file taxes if they don’t have SS numbers? I don’t understand that. Additionally are you considered a US citizen? If you’re not a citizen, you can’t file FAFSA online. You need to contact the individual colleges.</p>

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<p>aunt bea -</p>

<p>Many people who don’t have SSNs file taxes using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. Read about it here: <a href=“http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Individual-Taxpayer-Identification-Number-(ITIN[/url])”>http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Individual-Taxpayer-Identification-Number-(ITIN)&lt;/a&gt; The ITIN cannot be used for the FAFSA, which means that people who pay tax here but don’t qualify for an SSN use 000-00-0000 on the FAFSA.</p>