如何申请资助

关于2023-24年FAFSA, you (和 your 父母 if you are a dependent student) will report your 2021 income information.

Since you’ll probably already have filed your 2021 taxes by the time the FAFSA is available, you may be eligible to import your 税务信息 into the FAFSA right away using the IRS数据检索工具 (DRT).

的 国税局DRT is the fastest, most accurate way to input your tax return information into the FAFSA. To address security 和 privacy concerns related to the 国税局DRT, the tax return information you transfer from the IRS will not display.

Not everyone is eligible to use the 国税局DRT, 和 the 国税局DRT does not input all the financial information required on the FAFSA. 的refore, you should have your 2021 tax return 和 2021 IRS W-2s available for reference.

你 不能使用 您的2022年税务信息. 我们理解一些家庭的感受, 2021 income doesn’t accurately reflect your current financial situation. If you have experienced a reduction in income since the 2021 tax year, you should complete the FAFSA with 2021 information, 和 then contact each of the schools to which you’re applying to explain 和 document the change in income. 学校有能力这样做 assess your situation 和 adjust your FAFSA，如果有必要的话.

如果你还没有， 建立联邦学生援助(FSA) account by setting up a username 和 password. 每一个学生, 和—if you’re a dependent—one of your 父母, will need an FSA account (also known as an FSA ID) to complete the FAFSA process on fafsa.政府. We recommend creating your account early—even before you’re ready to complete the FAFSA—to avoid delays in the process. 那是因为你 may need to wait up to three days to use your FSA account after creating it.

重要: 不 create an FSA account on behalf of someone else. That means 父母 should not create FSA accounts for their children 和 vice versa. In addition to being against the rules to create an FSA account for someone else, doing so may result in issues signing 和 submitting the FAFSA 和 could lead to financial aid delays.

你 can find the number on your Social Security card. If you don’t have access to it or you don’t know where it is, you can 申请一张新卡或更换卡 来自社会保障局. 如果你不是美国人.S. citizen but meet Federal Student Aid’s other 合格标准, you’ll also need your Alien Registration number. Both 父母 和 学生 need this information for the FAFSA.

If you don’t have a driver’s license, don’t worry about this step!

Be sure to add any college you’re considering, even if you haven’t applied or been accepted yet.

的 schools you list on your FAFSA will electronically receive your FAFSA results within 3-5 business days. 的y will use your FAFSA information to determine the types 和 amounts of financial aid you may receive.

你 can list up to 10 schools at a time on your FAFSA. If you’re applying to more than 10 schools, here’s what you should do.

FAFSA对免税收入提出质疑, 比如子女抚养费, 利息收入, 以及退伍军人的非教育福利, 可能适用于你，也可能不适用于你. 关于2023-24年FAFSA, you’ll report 2021 tax or calendar year information when asked these questions. 找到与…相关的具体细节 父母 和 学生.

This section includes savings 和 checking account balances, as well as the value of investments such as stocks, 债券, 和 real estate excluding your primary residence. Report the current amounts as of the date you sign the FAFSA form, rather than reporting the 2021 tax year amounts.

重要的是: Misreporting the value of investments is a common FAFSA mistake. 请 小心翼翼地 回顾一下什么是，什么不是 student investment 和 parent investment to make sure you don’t over- or under-report. 你 may be surprised by what can (和 不能) be excluded.

新生须知, please reach out to your 招生 Counselor with any questions regarding your financial aid offer.

归国学生请联系 财政援助办事处 有任何问题或疑虑.

If you have been admitted 和 have your PBA login credentials available, you may also view your financial aid offer in the 财政援助门户网站 通过myPBA.

与你的 NelNet校园商务 account you can view your account balance, see your account details, 和 make payments. 单击上面的按钮来设置您的首选项!

All student account refunds will be issued via direct deposit to your bank account OR a physical check. 如果您不选择付款方式, the default option will be a check 邮寄 to the legal home address on file; 然而, please note that physical checks take longer to process. 的 fastest way to receive your funds is to select Direct Deposit.

To select a refunding preference, log into your NelNet校园商务 今天的账户!

FAFSA st和s for Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This form is the single most important financial aid gateway. It asks you questions about the student’s (和, 如果你不满24岁, the student’s 父母’) income 和 savings to estimate how much aid the student needs. 你r FAFSA information is used to award federal grants, 国家拨款, 还有无数大学奖学金, 基金会, 和公司.

访问 www.fafsa.政府 (or get the “My Student Aid” app) to complete the 2022-23 FAFSA. 您将需要您的FSA ID和密码. If you or your parent have not yet created an FSA ID, you will need to visit fsaid.ed.在启动FAFSA之前. 你 will also need you 和 your 父母 (if dependent student) 2020 税务信息. FAFSA每年10月1日开放.

PBA does not have a specific deadline to complete the FAFSA, 然而, the 金融援助 office encourages 学生 to fill is out as soon as they are able to, in order for their file to be complete within a timely manner for the next academic year. Bills are due August 1 of each academic year, so 学生 必须 have all documents completed with our office in order for financial aid to be applied.

提交FAFSA后, you will receive a 学生资助报告(SAR), which is a summary of the FAFSA data you submitted. Review your SAR for accuracy, as this information will be sent to PBA to determine your eligibility. 一旦我们收到你的FAFSA, a preliminary award letter will be sent to you within 5 to 10 business days. 请 check the 金融援助 portal on your myPBA account to ensure you are not missing any additional documents, which would prevent us from packaging your financial aid package.

的 new federal regulation for verifying FAFSA income information against the IRS database is meant to streamline the FAFSA correction process. 的 IRS数据检索工具 is the easiest method of accomplishing this requirement.

大约需要三个星期, from the time you file your 联邦纳税申报表 before the IRS information is available for you to use the IRS数据检索工具.

联邦纳税申报表 邮寄 to the IRS will be available online from the IRS数据检索工具 approximately 9-11 weeks after filed.

Students will use the IRS数据检索工具 for the 学生财务资料 section 和 父母 of dependent 学生 will use the IRS数据检索工具 for the 财务信息 section.

2022 - 2023年, applicants filing an initial or renewal FAFSA application or making a correction are eligible to use the IRS Data Retrieval tool if you meet all of the following criteria:

• 必须有有效的SSN
• 必须提交了 2020 联邦纳税申报表
• Must have unchanged marital status since December 31, 2020

下面的列表代表了那些 不能 use the IRS Data Retrieval tool for 2022-23:

• 父母 who filed their 联邦纳税申报表s using a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) or completed the FAFSA using all zeroes for SSN
• Any student or parent with a marital status date of January 1, 2020 or later
• Any student or parent who indicates they have not already filed a tax return or will not file a tax return
• Any student or parent who is married but file separate 联邦所得税申报表s (e.g., married filing separately or head of household)
• 父母 who are unmarried but living together 和 父母 have an informal separation but continue to file a joint 联邦所得税申报表 (e.g.(已婚人士共同申请).
• Any student or parent who have filed foreign income tax returns instead of or in addition to a U.S. 联邦所得税申报表

If you successfully use the IRS数据检索工具 和 subsequently change FAFSA data, you will need to either use the Data Retrieval Tool again, 和 不 change the information from the IRS, or provide us with a Tax Transcript.