<p>This is my last IDOC packet to ever send in... but I'm wondering, for parents with continuing students who go to college far from home, how do you handle getting your child's signature on the Dependency Verification Worksheet? I have sent it to my son (hardcopy) with a pre-addressed, stamped return envelope, had him sign in, immediately drop it back in the mail to me, then when I get it I add it to my IDOC packet, and then send the whole thing in. </p>
<p>Last year I just forgot to include it in the IDOC packet, so when the college contacted me that it was missing, I just filled it out, sent it to my son, had him sign it and drop it off to the FA office in person. My good friend says she just forges her kid's signature on it.</p>
<p>What do you do? It seems so silly for this piece of paper to cross the country 3 times!</p>
<p>You must have an organized son. The thought of my son going to the library to print it out (he doesn’t have his own printer), then finding an envelope, going the post office (of course he would never have a stamp in his possession), and getting it mailed back to me before I’d bugged him for weeks to get it done… well, you get the picture.</p>
<p>Forgetting to include it in last year’s IDOC packet worked out so much better, I may just “forget it” again. ;)</p>
<p>But he did not do it right away. He sent back about 2 weeks later after a second reminder email. Fortunately, for continuing students, my son’s school does not process IDOC until some time in April or May.</p>
<p>Last year - I did exactly what you described - mailed it to him at school to sign along with a SASE for the return of it. Bugged him for several days to go to his mailbox and get it. Huge pain in the butt. This year - he went back to school with a SASE - printed it himself, signed it and mailed it to me. Still a nuisance - but better.</p>
<p>In our case it’s kind of silly because my son doesn’t fill out the form, doesn’t really understand the whole FA process. He just signs where I plunk down the little pointer sticky, and sends it back. It’s not as though his signature really indicates anything of substance in terms of the content of the document… except, I guess, that he trusts whatever his mother does with it. :p</p>