Help! What currency should I use on CSS profile?

I am a US citizen however I do not live in the US. My parent still files US taxes however they earn money in a foreign currency (basically they don’t make money in dollars).

On the CSS profile, they ask you to select a currency and to not convert money but I don’t know what to select. If I put dollars I wouldn’t be selecting my local currency plus, I would have to convert my parent’s tax info. But, on the other hand, if I put dollars I would have to convert my parent’s income.

Is there some sort of standard procedure? I can’t be the only US citizen that no longer lives in the US but every time I call the college board they can’t give me an answer.

Please help.

Select the currency your parents are paid in.

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