Office of Financial Aid
Office of Financial Aid

Verification

A process that the US Department of Education requires schools to use to verify the information reported on the FAFSA of selected applicants. The US Department of Education selects a group of applications because certain FAFSA information appears inconsistent; and others are selected at random.

If your application is selected for verification, you must give our office the required documentation to show that the FAFSA information is accurate.

Independent Students

  • Submit your (and your spouse's, if you are married) financial documents (signed Federal tax forms, W-2 forms, etc.)

    • Acceptable Federal Tax Forms include:

    • 1040
    • 1040A
    • 1040EZ
    • 1040PC (or other electronic return, excluding 8453)
    • TeleFile with IRS Confirmation Number
    • 1040NR
    • IRS Letter 1722
    • RTFTP
    • IRS Tax Account Summary
  • Complete and sign the Independent Institutional Verification Worksheet (IVF-I)
  • Submit the completed IVF-I, financial documents and any other documents required to our office.

Dependent Students

  • Submit your and your parents' financial documents (signed Federal tax forms, W-2 forms, etc.)

    • Acceptable Federal Tax Forms include:

    • 1040
    • 1040A
    • 1040EZ
    • 1040PC (or other electronic return, excluding 8453)
    • TeleFile with IRS Confirmation Number
    • 1040NR
    • IRS Letter 1722
    • RTFTP
    • IRS Tax Account Summary
  • Complete and sign the Dependent Institutional Verification Worksheet (IVF-I)
  • Submit the completed IVF-D, financial documents and any other documents required to our office.

Your school must review the requested information, under the financial aid program rules (34 CFR, Part 668). You may be required to submit additional documentation after the initial verification process. You must complete the verification process or you will not receive financial aid assistance.

If you did not retain copies of your Federal Tax Forms, you will need to request this information from the IRS at 1-800-829-1040.

If there are differences between your FAFSA information and your IVF and financial documents, corrections will be electronically made to your FAFSA for reprocessing.