<p>So…this is where your mom lives too…but you don’t live with your mom (do I have that correct?). You are attending a school in Washington State and your mom lives in Washington State…but not where you are attending school. Right?</p>
<p>Do you live with your mom when you are not in school, or do you go to your dad’s. If you live with your mom and HER address is your permanent mailing address when you are not in school, you would list HER on your FAFSA…if you are there more than you are at your dad’s.</p>
<p>If you are at both parents equally…then follow Swimcats info in a previous post. </p>
<p>You can’t just put your dad down because he earns less money. Is that the reason why you want to use HIM on the FAFSA?</p>
<p>It sounds like the OP figures the dad should be listed on FAFSA because he is the one who provides her financial support. But if she is at her mother’s house more, her mom should be listed, yes?</p>
<p>Yes. FAFSA rules require that the parent with whom the student lives the most be reported. I think it might be hard to convince a FA officer that more time is spent with the parent in Canada than the parent who lives in the same state.</p>
<p>As mentioned by someone in an earlier post the OP may lose eligibility for instate tuition if he/she claims to live with the dad in Canada. Residency for in state tuition is usually based on the parent’s state of residence, not the student’s. I doubt that you can have it both ways (claim to spend more time with Dad for FAFSA but claim to live with Mom for residency purposes). At the least it would raise some red flags that might have the school looking closer.</p>
<p>I think it will hurt the OP in the long run if she uses her dad on her FAFSA. </p>
<p>She would lose “in-state” rights for Washington, if she uses her dad.</p>
<p>Since her mom lives in Wash St, and she’s only living with her uncle to go to a better public school, it is very likely that she spends more time with her mom than she does with her dad.</p>