<p>Both of my parents are undocumented. They live together but aren't married and NC doesn't recognize it a common law marriage. The FAFSA website said I would list them as divorced or separated but then what would I put for the date they became divorced if they didn't? I'm using my dad's info but what would I put for his SS#? I've read about putting 000-00-0000 but I don't know, has anyone actually done this with out any problems? He files his taxes using his tax ID number and only lists me as a dependant so for the household size can I also include my mom or just list me? Would I also have to end up listing my mom's info too? Any information would be helpful!</p>
<p>Any help would be great please!</p>
<p>Because you are living with both of your parents and they aren’t married, the one who makes the most money is your custodial parent for FAFSA. Use your father’s figures and 000000000 for the social security number. You will need to print out the signature page for your dad to sign because he can’t sign the FAFSA electronically without a SSN, and then you will need to mail the signature page to FAFSA.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>thank you! but what would I do about about the date of the divorce if there wasn’t even a marriage to begin with? would I just put the date they started living together?</p>
<p>Ask Kelsmom about that. She is the expert. If they have never been married you should be able to leave out the dates entirely and only use your dad’s information.</p>
<p>Does it ask for a divorce date? I didn’t know it asks for that.</p>
<p>Separated parents don’t have a divorce date either.</p>
<p>Use the parent who makes more money. That parent is single (never married=single). And yes, the FAFSA does ask for date of divorce or separation … but that doesn’t apply here … both parents are single.</p>
<p>Kelsmom…</p>
<p>While it makes some sense for him to put “single” since the parent never married, but the website says:</p>
<p>*If your parents are living together and are not married but meet the criteria in your state for a common-law marriage, answer the questions about both of them. </p>
<p>If your state does not consider them to be married, fill out the parent information as if they are divorced. (See below.)
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<p>From the above, it looks like he needs to put the parent with the highest income and fill out info as if divorced. </p>
<p>This is confusing. Would the parent be treated as single or divorced? Either way, what difference does it make?</p>
<p>I think some of the FAFSA instructions are awful, and this is one. “As if they were divorced” here would be interpreted (by me!) as meaning that you would only list the income of one parent, and you would choose that parent in the same manner as you would choose the parent to use if they are divorced. I don’t interpret it to mean that you call them divorced.</p>
<p>The parents were never married, so they are single. The truth is, it doesn’t make any difference whether they are married, divorced, or single! However, one can’t list a date of divorce or separation if there was no marriage so would have to leave it blank — and a school might ask about that. That is why I say single.</p>
<p>I called and the lady said that I would list him as single. thank you everyone for the helpful information!</p>