潜在问题

There are 2 purposes to the FAFSA and for the particular information collected from students and parents:

1. 验证资格标准，以及

2. 计算学生资助指数（SAI）

资格

让我们更详细地讨论第一个问题； verification of certain 合格标准.

Once the student has signed and submitted the FAFSA, the Central Processing System (CPS) will try to verify certain 合格标准 by sending the student’s, and in the case of a dependent student, their parent’s information, to a variety of external, federal organizations to verify a particular piece(es) of information.

一些例子包括（但不是所有的机构检查）：

• The 社会保障局 – to check SSN’s, names, dates of birth, and citizenship
• The 国土安全部 – to check eligible non-citizen status
• The 全国学生贷款数据库 (NSLDS) – to check for defaulted loans, grant overpayments, lifetime limits, aggregate limits, etc.
• The 退伍军人事务部 – to check Veteran status

计算SAI

Now let’s briefly look at the process of 计算SAI.

Once a student submits their FAFSA, the Central Processing System will run the data through a formula known as the Federal Methodology. THE SAI is the result of this process.

出现问题

During the processing phase, which includes the database checks described above, calculating the SAI, checking for possible errors, etc., issues can and do arise.

例如，假设其中一个数据库检查表明公民身份有问题。 CPS will flag the student’s FAFSA with a citizenship flag and the school is then 要求 to obtain documentation from the student proving they have an eligible citizenship status. Citizenship, verification, and Unusual Enrollment History (UEH) are three common flags on a student’s FAFSA. However, these three items are discussed in more detail elsewhere on the website.

The following section lists some of the other items that may be flagged for resolution by the school. This list is not all-inclusive, but does list some of the more common issues.

• 学生和/或家长拒绝同意和批准
• 不正确的社会安全号码，出生日期和/或姓名
• 资产信息缺失
• 学生，父母或配偶报告外国收入排除
• Student or parent did not file an income tax return, but income reported was over the limit 要求 to file
• 婚姻状况问题
• 家庭规模问题
• 受抚养学生没有提供家长信息
• 学生表示是现役老兵，但退伍军人事务部无法确认
• 学生有拖欠贷款
• 学生超额支付助学金

还有一些其他的项目会在学校层面上引起一个标志。 In these cases, the student must submit proof of the claimed status.

这些项目包括：

• 学生表示无家可归或有无家可归的危险
• 学生表示他们是孤儿或法庭的监护人
• 学生说他们被寄养了
• 学生表示他们有法定监护
• 学生表示他们被解放了
• 受抚养学生表示他们无法提供父母资料

决议

In all cases, the student, and sometimes the parent or spouse, will be 要求 to submit proof of their status or provide the missing information and so forth. Occasionally, the school may simply request a statement of clarification about an item.

Regardless of the situation, the student’s financial aid cannot be processed until all 要求 documentation, missing information, statement, etc., is submitted.

For this reason, we encourage students to file their FAFSA as early as possible as well as follow-up with any requests from the school as soon as possible.