<p>I'm currently trying to fill out my FAFSA, as it's always recommended to apply early. Unfortunately, I'm a little confused and stuck at the moment. My situation is this:
I'm currently a U.S. citizen and a California resident, I'm attending a community college (though I'm planning on transferring this Fall semester) and live with my aunt while my parents are living in Mexico. Consequently, they do not pay taxes in the United States and do not have a SSN (I already know I have to put all 0's for their SSN, though). My parents are married but they cannot provide much financial support, and I obviously do not fall under the independent student category.
My question is, do I simply fill out their tax information with the taxes they pay in Mexico?</p>
<p>I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to financial aid and scholarship applications, so any help is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>There is a foreign tax return option, isn’t there?</p>
<p>Calculate how much one of your parents earns approximately
and put that income on the FAFSA. (Convert the ´PESO´ to US dollars).
When it asks if your parents have filed taxes , select WILL NOT FILE, and on number of households, include the people that live in your parents house in Mexico and include yourself.
At the end, since either of your parents have SSN, you´re gonna have to print a signature page ( its towards the end of the application) and have on of your parents sign it, as well as yourselve. You´ll have to mail it to the adress at the bottom of the page</p>
<p>-My parents also live in Mexico and do not file taxes, I had to do all that this past semester for my First year of college :)</p>
<p>wait, I just re-read your post
you say your parents WILL file taxes in Mexico?
then Im not so sure if you should select the WILL NOT FILE option,
I did that because my parents are not required to file taxes where they live
but, the rest of the info. is correct</p>
<p>The will not file option is the correct one. These parents aren’t filing a US tax return.</p>