<p>Hey there forum,</p>
<p>I'm currently in my senior year of high school and will be applying to universities in the US but in order to complete the FAFSA to get student aid I'm required to enter what high school I'm in currently which is in Saudi Arabia. My parents bought a house in Texas in 2005 and I lived there for my 5th grade year but moved back to Saudi Arabia from 6th grade until now. I put that my legal residence is in Texas but for obvious reasons my school can't be found when I try to search for it.</p>
<p>Even after changing my resident state to "foreign country" I still can't find my school. I've read that it is possible to apply for FAFSA if you are a U.S. citizen living internationally but have hit this road block. Any help is greatly appreciated :)</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>I would recommend that you contact the help line with how to proceed. You must put down the school that you attend. In addition, you must graduate in order to be eligible for federal aid.</p>
<p>Read through the FAFSA very carefully. Not every school on the planet is listed. When you indicated that you are living outside the US, there should be a place where you can either write in the name of your high school, or where you can just click “other”. Scroll down through the list for international locations, and see if you can find that option.</p>
<p>I had to deal with this as well, and I’m in Texas. Simply type in your school’s name and click ‘next,’ not ‘confirm.’</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses! 
I’ll go through the application again and post again if there are more problems</p>
<p>another quick question, when saying where my permanent address is I put my address in Texas, as my parents do pay taxes and own a house and we have owned it for at least 5 years but haven’t actually LIVED in Texas that long, should I say that I haven’t and enter foreign country? or say that I have (because technically we ‘have lived there’) and continue on? Thanks again :)</p>
<p>Your permanent address would be the address where you want all correspondence to be sent. If letters are mailed to the address in Texas, would you receive them in a timely fashion? Will you/your family be living in the house in the very near future? Or is the house rented to tenants who live there? If it’s rented out and your family is not currently occupying it (and doesn’t plan to occupy it in the near future), then it’s not your permanent address.</p>
<p>Owning a house doesn’t necessarily mean it’s your permanent residence.</p>
<p>You should list your foreign address as your permanent address if that is where you family plans to live for the foreseeable future.</p>
<p>I agree that you should list your foreign address as your permanent address. When you apply for financial aid, with a Texas address (and a Texas high school) you might be assumed eligible for some Texas state aids that you won’t get when the final vetting is done. Do you pay Texas state taxes? Do your parent vote in Texas? Do you qualify for instate Texas schools as a resident?</p>