<p>Common problem I hear of the FAFSA not being able to confirm one is a U.S. citizen with the SSA. </p>
<p>My questions are: </p>
<p>Should I e-mail all my colleges with proof of citizenship or wait for them to contact me?
Will e-mailing my colleges fix the "C" next to the EFC on my FAFSA?
If I have any other errors preventing my selected schools from processing any FA for me, will they contact me personally?</p>
<p>Also I'm living abroad if that has any significance. </p>
<p>If SSA doesn’t have you listed as a citizen, you need to correct it with the SSA or you won’t get financial aid. This has happened a lot with kids I know who were born citizens of another country and first listed with SSA as a non-citizen with a right to work. Even after SSA is notified, they can fail to change the status and problems continue. SSA has to change the status.</p>
<p>You will still get aid. Call the financial aid office at each college to ask what they want from you. </p>
<p>Do call the SSA to update your citizenship with them. It won’t affect your aid if you don’t, but it does need to be done … and that way, you won’t get a citizenship flag next year. :)</p>
<p>Since I live overseas, is there anyway to notify the SSA without being physically present?</p>
<p>You can try, but it is unlikely they will accept it. Everything I’ve done with them has had to be done in person. You can call and ask if you can submit it in writing, but be ready for it to sit in a processing pile. </p>
<p>When are you coming to the US? You could clear it with your school for the first semester, but then make sure you fix it at SS immediately.</p>
<p>JerseySeed -</p>
<p>Pick up the phone and call the US Consulate closest to you. This is something that the people in Citizens’ Services should be able to give you some help with. </p>