This form overrides your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) dependency status to file as an independent student as defined by Federal Student Aid.
More specifically, this form is for you to provide additional information regarding question 5, Student Personal Circumstances, on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
To complete this form, you will be required to provide specific documentation depending on your answers in SECTION B.
If you:
- Have been in foster care at any time since turning 13 documentation from your social worker or a court of law is required.
- Have been a ward of the court at any time since turning 13 documentation from a court of law or a letter from your county social worker is required.
- Are/were a legally emancipated minor as determined by a court in your state of residence, documentation from a court of law in your state of legal residence is required.
- Are/were in legal guardianship with someone other than your parent or stepparent, as determined by a court in your state of residence, then documentation from a court of law in your state of legal residence is required.
Privacy notice: This information is being requested in order to determine your federal, state, and/or institutional financial aid eligibility at the University of Minnesota and will be viewable by University staff with a business need. Declining to submit the information will prevent the University from finalizing your aid eligibility. You are not legally required to submit the information and/or documentation. However, refusal to do so will result in an incomplete financial aid application, and therefore, you may not receive financial aid for which you applied.
Use this form if...
You have been requested by the Office of Student Finance or One Stop Student Services to provide additional information regarding question 5 on your FAFSA. You can see if you have been asked to provide this information by checking:
- Your University email for communications from the Office of Student Finance, or
- Step 4 in your MyU Financial Aid Steps
Don't use this form if...
- You have not been asked to complete this form by the Office of Student Finance or One Stop Student Services.