<p>So I have been put on the Fafsa verification list, but my mom has not been trying to give me her 2008 tax information so they can verify it. So i have not been able to attend school in the past year. I wanted to know how I can get around this. Is there away I can put my own info on the Fasfa I am now 20 and I should be way farther along in school. Please help me.</p>
<p>You can now file FAFSA without your parent’s info but you will only be eligible for loans, not Pell or other grants. Depending on your parent’s income, it may or may not make a difference. Do you live with your mom? Any clue what the problem with filling out the FAFSA is?</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter if you’re 20. You have to be 24, or meet one of the other criterion in order to be independent. If you can’t get enough out of the Stafford loans to meet your college costs, your only option is to try and get your mother to cosign for private loans (not the best idea) or become a CC student to finish out your degree at a cheaper 4-year college. You should have probably prepared for this though; why is your mom refusing to file? If you can repair that issue, you might be able to salvage the situation.</p>
<p>Some people tell me to get a letter of emancipation from a lawyer, I have never heard of that. They say to send it to the Fafsa office after I recive it. But to anwser your questions I HAVE NO IDEA…even a community college wont let me in with out it…Its like its a hold on my account…IDK if she knows how to get a hold of it…Is there any easy way she can?</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I think you would have to have been emancipated prior to turning 18.</p>
<p>She can’t find her tax returns for last year? Did she do her own taxes or did someone do them for her? Her paid preparer would have a copy. If she did her own then she likely has a copy on her computer!</p>
<p>She can also request a copy from the IRS. [Need</a> a Copy of Your Tax Return Information?](<a href=“http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=110571,00.html]Need”>http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=110571,00.html)</p>
<p>Re: being able to borrow unsub loans without parent info … it’s not that simple. The only way a student can borrow unsub loans without parent info is if the parents sign a statement that indicates they will not contribute a dime to their child. That means the student will not be on their health or auto insurance policy, will not live at home, will not receive a dime from them for ANYTHING. The government is very clear on this. I work at a very large school and we did it for ONE student last year.</p>
<p>Also, unsubsidized loans aren’t really enough to cover COA at most schools without any help. The student will need his or her own income to make this a viable possibility.</p>
<p>I don’t really understand why the parents are refusing to submit the documentation for verification; if they’re okay with filling out the original FAFSA, what’s the big deal here?</p>
<p>I even had a talk with her on today about it, shes tell in me that i dont need her info for fasfa…She cant find her tax info, or shes just not trying to give it to me for some odd strange reason…Im not trying to keep on getting NOTHING BUT LOANS. for my next two years…not good when I qualify for many grants!</p>
<p>Have you told her about requesting a copy of the tax return information? I mean, it’s free.</p>
<p>Is it possible that she failed to file for 2008 and is embarrassed to tell you? If so, she can still file it retroactively. If by any chance she has a refund owed to her she can still get it, as long as its no more than three years late. An accountant could help her with it, even if she can’t find all of the needed records, although I suppose you can do it yourself too.</p>
<p>Your mother is hiding something. You will need to keep talking to her, stating your needs, calming any unfounded fears, and perhaps just confront/ask her bluntly what is going on.</p>
<p>BE SURE TO SHOW/TELL HER how she can send this information in confidentially–even you don’t get to see it if she doesn’t want you to. Provide her the website and/or snail mail envelop. (Do walk with her to the post office to see her physically mail it, however!)</p>
<p>Otherwise you are mostly stuck in terms of aid.</p>
<p>Talk to your financial aid counselor. I had this same problem at my alma mater - I got selected for verification every year for four years when I was in undergrad. My parents never filed their taxes on time - my dad would wait until like April 10 and my mom purposelly lollygagged until October (since she rarely owed, she didn’t have to pay penalties and she just used the automatic extension. My parents are married but file their taxes separately). They didn’t even have tax returns to give to me. I had to file my stuff by March.</p>
<p>I explained this to my financial aid counselor, and she did something - I’m not sure what - and I was able to get my Stafford loans without their forms. I wasn’t eligible for any need-based grants, though, so I don’t know what would happen then.</p>
<p>I agree with annikasorrenson - Mom is hiding something. </p>
<p>She sounds afraid of the IRS - perhaps she has avoided filing taxes and hasn’t been caught. Did you actually see tax forms when FAFSA was filed originally?</p>
<p>There is a problem and your mom doesn’t want to reveal it.</p>
<p>THESE ARE ALLL GOOD AND WONDERFUL PECIES OF ADVICE! but i was told to get a letter from the courts stateing That I have been emancipated from my parents. and this will qoulify me as an indepent student! THNX YOU GUYS YOU HAVE BEEN Wonderful!</p>
<p>Tray, were you an emanicipated minor? I don’t think you can petition for emanicpation now, at age 20, and be considered independent for FAFSA purposes - did the school tell you that? What is the age of majority in your state? Were you living with or receiving support from your mom prior to that?</p>
<p>From the FAFSA instructions/faq’s:</p>
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<p>If you are 18 or over, you are not a minor & thus cannot become an emancipated minor. If you are not yet 18, it is not exactly a simple thing to become an emancipated minor … the judge doesn’t just say, “You want it, you got it.”</p>
<p>I am also interested in who gave you that advice …</p>