CSU Financial Aid Verification

At least 30% of all FAFSAs are selected by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) for a process called Verification. Verification is the USDE's means of testing the accuracy of the information submitted on FAFSAs and by doing so ensuring the integrity of the student financial aid programs. Schools are authorized to collect certain documentation, for review, in order to complete this process. If the information submitted conflicts with the information provided on a FAFSA schools are authorized, and obligated, to make a correction to the FAFSA before financial aid eligibility can be accurately determined and funds awarded.

If you have been selected for Verification by the USDE it will be necessary for you to submit a Chicago State University Institutional Verification Form and various income information, such as a U.S. 1040. In order to determine which documents are needed please go to the "Unsatisfied Requirements" section of CSU X-Press.

If you have been selected for Verification for the 2008-2009 academic year (which encompasses the fall 2008, spring 2009 and summer 2009 semesters), and have reviewed your “Unsatisfied Requirements” on CSU X-Press, please download this form, complete it and submit to our office as soon as you are notified that you have been selected for Verification. Remember to attach all required 2007 tax information. Don't forget - all tax returns (1040s and transcripts) must be signed.

You will, in most cases, need a copy of your 2007 Federal Income Tax Form and W2s, or a Tax Transcript and, possibly, duplicate W2s, or a Statement of Non-Filing from the IRS (and your parents forms too if you are a dependent student) in order to complete the Verification process. If you can't locate these important documents you can easily obtain copies, free of charge, from the IRS.

If you are selected for Verification, but do not complete the process, no financial aid funds, including loans, may be credited to your student account.

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