Yes, you must be a U.S. citizen or an eligible noncitizen to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for college. You are considered an eligible noncitizen if you are:
-A U.S. national
-An U.S. permanent resident with a green card
-You hold a T-visa or your parents hold a T-1 visa
-You are a battered immigrant-qualified alien
-You have an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) showing "Refugee," "Asylum Granted," "Cuban-Haitian Entrant (Status Pending)," "Conditional Entrant" (if issued before April 1, 1980), or "Parolee" (if you have been paroled at least a year and can show you are not here for a temporary purpose).
-You are a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau.
You can fill out the FAFSA application online at the link below, or you can fill out a paper FAFSA and mail it in.
Yes you can fill out the FAFSA worksheet online. http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ is the site to fill it out online. Through there you can create an account and submit the fafsa form.
Yes, adults can fill out the FAFSA.
No, you do not have to fill out a FAFSA. It is recommended that students fill out a FAFSA though to find out if they are eligible for federal financial aid including grants, loans, scholarships, and work study. A FAFSA is also required for some needs based scholarships.
It is a good idea for anyone to fill out a FAFSA. The only way to truly know if and how much financial assistance you are eligible for is to fill out the FAFSA. It is also good to fill out the FAFSA even if you don't think you are eligible for assistance because some scholarships that are not needs-based require you to have a FAFSA on file.
Each January, the new FAFSA becomes available online for students to fill out for the upcoming school year. You should fill out the FAFSA for the year you will be attending college.
No, you do not have to be a senior to fill out the FAFSA. Students of any grade level, including high school juniors, can complete the FAFSA to apply for financial aid for college.
Yes, you only need to fill out the FAFSA once. Then you will fill in the school codes for the schools you would like to receive your results. Your FAFSA will automatically be sent to those schools.
Yes, you should complete a FAFSA to find out your financial need for graduate school. It is best to fill out the FAFSA early. You will also need to fill out a FAFSA every year you attend graduate school.
The earliest you can fill out the FAFSA for the 2014-2015 school year is January 1st, 2014.
The FAFSA is free to fill out and submit. FAFSA stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
You can fill out the FAFSA for the Fall 2013 to Spring 2014 school year starting January 1, 2013. You can fill out the FAFSA for the Fall 2014 to Spring 2015 school year starting January 1, 2014.