<p>hi
i wanted to know if there is a way for the FAFSA to check if some one is lying on their fafsa ?
do they check or just look at what ever u provide them with</p>
<p>Often they check.</p>
<p>So do the right, legal thing. Answer the questions honestly.</p>
<p>Anything income or tax related is probably cross checked pretty easily as IRS and FAFSA are both federal. And lots of flags probably go up if you have say unearned inome of $10,000 but report no Assets or live in some really expensive area and report an income of $8000 a year and no assets. About 30% of FAFSAs are selected for verification. Lying on FAFSA is fraud and can lead at the least to loss of all financial aid, at the worst to losing your college acceptance and possibly going to jail. Pretty much like lying on your tax returns - it is to the federal govmt. </p>
<p>Not worth it - leaving all the moral and ethical issue out of it so I don't invite lengthy vitriolic comments from one of the (thankfully few) posters who think everyone lies, cheats and steals and anyone who says otherwise is a hypocrite.
Whoa - where did that come from! Guess I need a nap!</p>
<p>Lying on the FAFSA can also lead to a $20,000 fine from the Department of Education and/or 10 years in prison.</p>
<p>hmmm yeh i know its better not to lie
but my address is kinda messed up
like my dads income tax papers are on one address but my school has my address as something else cause i was living over there
so...i filed fafsa with the address that is on my dads tax papers and my school has different address i dont know if thats gona make big troubles would it?</p>
<p>If where you actually reside makes a difference in your aid, then, yeah you have a problem to deal with. How big? Only you know, so far.</p>
<p>Your current address is important in confirming your State of residence- very important aid-wise for most State universities.</p>
<p>Other than that-- not so important that your current address matches the address your Dad listed when he filed taxes. People move, kids shuttle between parents. The important thing in divorce/separated situations (I'm assuming that's your situation) is who you declare as the custodial parent, and that depends on who you lived with for most of the last 12 months (and might be different than who you live with now). </p>
<p>Just answer honestly, and be prepared to explain any discrepancies. You should use your current address on FAFSA.</p>
<p>yep my case is something like that
both of the addresses are in the same state ...nd i just checked my financial aid status in my college and its already approved for me and i got the money...so i guess there is no problem ...the state aid will give me problems cause they are more strict about these things ...
thanx all of u guys</p>
<p>yeah, typically address errors aren't a big deal unless it is obvious that a student is trying to defraud a state by claiming residence somewhere else to increase their aid. Simple changes in mailing addresses from tax returns and the FAFSA wouldn't affect the aid, unless the state itself changed.</p>
<p>That being said, you will want to correct your address on your FAFSA so that anything important mailed to you by the Department of Education or the school's FA software package, will be sent to the correct address. Some schools use software which relies on the information submitted on the FAFSA, and an incorrect mailing address could mean that you do not get the necessary paperwork from the FA Office in a timely manner.</p>