<p>"The Social Security Administration did not confirm that you are a U.S.
citizen. You must provide your school with documentation of your citizenship
status before you can receive federal student aid."
Does this mean that i needs to show my citizenship certificate to the school that i will attend?</p>
<p>i got the same thing on mine! but i just submitted it last night so i'm hoping that maybe it just takes a few days or something to confirm?</p>
<p>anyone that can help us?</p>
<p>Please help!!. I dont know what to do!!</p>
<p>Contact all of the schools that you are applying to to find out how to handle this because if the SSA is stating that you are not listed as a U.S. citizen, you will be considered an international student (and many schools are not need blind to international students).</p>
<p>So there's nothing else we can do with FAFSA in terms of fixing this somehow? I am most definitely NOT an international student (I've been a citizen for years and years), and I'm really kind of desperate for help on this, especially since my FAFSA is due at many schools by Feb. 1st, and I just found out about this today.</p>
<p>You need to contact the schools ASAP to find out what you need to do. You have submitted FAFSA so you should be ok with the deadlines I think - but I am no expert. Call them or email them now/tomorrow to find out what you need to do. Any dealings I have had with financial aid offices (which admittedly is not much - just asking a couple of questions) I have found them to be helpful and quick to respond.</p>
<p>Ummm... aren't the SSNs of students applying for aid checked for eligibility?? IF not eligible, isn't the form automatically rejected? Also, isn't it easy to prove you're a citizen? Can't you just provide a passport number or something? Also did u sign ur FAFSA electronically? If you did, how did you apply for a PIN number if they couldn't verify your citizenship status?</p>
<p>Thanks for your advice, swimcatsmom! Since I already sent FAFSA to 6 schools, but I still need to make corrections to send it to more, will I have to repeat this procedure again and again for the remainder of my schools? Or is it possible for me to somehow fix what FAFSA is saying on the report that they send to my schools?</p>
<p>^^ </p>
<p>The Department of Education runs ur SSN through the SSA database to determine your citizenship status. If they're saying you're not a citizen, that means the information associated with your SSN is incorrect, or the FAFSA processor is just messed up. I'd say the former would be the more likely situation than the latter. Anyways, if the information with your SSN is incorrect you will need to contact the SSA and inform them of the problem. O yea, also if you signed electronically with a PIN, than the Department of Education might just be messed up right now because only U.S. citizens and permanent residents with an SSN can apply for a PIN.</p>
<p>I'm sorry, I really don't know the answers to your questions. All I can suggest is that you call one of the schools and ask them. Possibly you can also call FAFSA and ask their advice also. If the SAR says
[quote]
You must provide your school with documentation of your citizenship
status before you can receive federal student aid."
[/quote]
you should probably do that ASAP. They can answer your questions better than probably anyone on CC as it is probably not something most of us have run into. Good luck.</p>
<p>I just sent a copy of my passport to all my schools.</p>
<p>Is it possible you mistyped your ssn when you completed your fafsa?
This happened to a friend. She had her pin and then when she completed her fafsa she got the citizenship message - it turned out to be because she had mistyped her SSN - and therefore there was no match.
Is there a way you can check this?
Or just start over with a new FAFSA - type carefully - and see if it goes throught?</p>