<p>Can I apply for FAFSA if I am an international student? I've been searching up for this answer all throughout Google and cannot find one reliable answer; please help! </p>
<p>Only US citizens and permanent residents can apply for aid via FAFSA.</p>
<p>You need to ask each place on your list what they want you to do in order to apply for aid. Some may ask you to complete a version of the FAFSA, because that is how they do their own calculations. If that is the case, they will tell you what to do.</p>
<p>@happymomof1: Madam, are you saying that I can apply for it, even though I am not a U.S Citizen? </p>
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No, international student (not US citizen or eligible noncitizen) can’t file the FAFSA to US Dept of Education. USDOE won’t process it!</p>
<p>However, some schools MAY ask international student to send the PAPER FAFSA to the school for the institutional financial aid consideration. See post #2</p>
<p>@4kidsdad I got it. </p>