<p>Does anyone else beside me have a problem with giving your college "proof of citizenship" every year you reapply for financial aid? I am having this problem every single year where I have to send out my passport / SSN / birth certificate and honestly, it's annoying. I am now applying to different schools and this "proof of citizenship" is holding me back because some schools are on the other coast.
If anyone has a permenant solution, please tell me.
If anyone is asking, I am in fact a U.S citizen and this is why it's getting annoying. </p>
<p>See <a href=“https://fafsa.ed.gov/help/fotw15a.htm”>https://fafsa.ed.gov/help/fotw15a.htm</a>
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<p>It sounds like you are a naturalized citizen and are showing another country as place of birth. If so, that’s probably why. You’re probably not going to get many responses from others experiencing this since many/most here are citizens by birth.</p>
<p>This is normal. The Department of Homeland Security cannot confirm your citizenship status with all the governmental units (usually you need to contact the Social Security Administration to update your status … if you have not done so, the hassle you are getting is due to the fact that you have not done this). Aid offices are required to document your status due to the fact that you did not pass your DHS check. Please do not blame the aid offices, as this is not their fault.</p>
<p>My daughter is a naturalized citizen and I haven’t been asked for any extra paperwork at all. My other daughter is a citizen by birth and I’ve submitted the same stuff for both of them (basically nothing to do with birth certificates or passports).</p>
<p>As said about, make sure your SS status is ‘citizen’ because if it isn’t all kinds of things will get bounced back. If you are asked to prove citizenship, then it’s a passport that will do it, NOT a SSN or birth certificate.</p>