<p>I have completed and submitted the academic part of my applications.However, I am applying for aid- lots.I am international. I knew hoe to complete the International Student Financial Aid Application, but I have no idea how to fill in the Certification of Finances. Let me elucidate:
I am out of high school for a year- I work. We do not starve but never got involved in simple or complicated bank issues. My salary comes in hand and not through a bank account. Thus, neither member of my family- actually only me and my father (my mother died) does not have a bank account. From my savings (including assets)I have about 700$ and myfather, who is retired from work-( my parents were what you would consider old when they had me) - has about 1000$ too. The problem is my father is that old fashioned and does not believe any of my tryings to study in the us. I cannot drag him to th bank and have him open an account and then pour in that account his savings. He told me, though that if I get admitted he would make every effort to help me- late this August my grandfather died, and as part of the inheritance my father has an old village house-not very worthy 4-6000$ and some land worth about 3000$. I am applying for aid as I said and do not plan to contribute more than 2500-3000$/year. I told you how we would provide this money. please tell me how to complete the Certification of finances. in the rubric Student's sources of funds - Personal or Family Savings - it says i need a bank official's signature. what should i do if i do not have the official singnature of the bank? Please give an idea. Should I still complete the certificate, complete and explain, or ask the college to waive the certificate at this time?</p>
<p>The college cannot waive the certificate. This form is necessary for the college to provide you with an I-20, the visa form. I would advise you to first open a bank account and put your savings in the account first. Do you mean to tell me that you are carrying around $700 in hand? That is totally not advisable. To keep so much cash in person. </p>
<p>If your father has inherited land then he would definitely have documents. You can ask a bank official or notary public to attest the documents as true.</p>
<p>When you say you will be contributing $2500-3000 per year, colleges will want to know where you keep your money. They are not going to believe your words if you simply say you have it with you. So, its better to pool them in a bank account. They will also want to know how you can provide $2500 every year. So you will definitely have to provide official documents.</p>
<p>I can only tell you what I did. The best thing would be to mail the respective admissions offices and talk to your admissions counselor. They might be able to provide better solutions for your problems.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>You say that you have been out of high school for a year. In most countries that would mean that you would be old enough to open a bank account on your own, without your father's signature. What's the problem? </p>
<p>From a college's point of view there might be a number of problems with your story: in particular, they have no way to verify whether or not you are lying. You might be trying to hide a bank account with a significant amount of savings, or you could have a lot of income or assets or whatever without a bank account. I am not suggesting that you are lying, but colleges would have no way to verify anything of what you are saying.</p>
<p>If there's no way to get a bank's signature, all you can do is contact colleges and ask them how to proceed.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, you do not currently live in the US, do you?</p>