Home > Verification of Lawful Presence Verification of Lawful Presence Research at Georgia Southern University.Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health.College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.See our FAFSA filing tips for more information. Avoid verification by submitting an error-free FAFSA If your aid changes, we will notify you via an email to your MSU account. If aid has already been paid to you, it may be billed back. Your financial aid may change as a result of this review. If necessary, we will correct your FAFSA and recalculate your Expected Family Contribution (EFC). We will review your FAFSA data once you have sent us all of the requested documentation. Preliminary awards are estimates based upon the data we received from you on the FAFSA and are designed to give you the best available data at the time to assist you in budgeting for the school year. Your aid is preliminary until our review is complete Please note that if you had any earnings you will need to provide a copy of each of your W-2s along with the Verification Form. If you are a dependent student, you may verify that you have not and do not plan to complete a Tax Return by checking the box on the Verification Form and providing a signature. Option 3: Check the Non-Filing Box on the Verification Form and Sign.Option 2: Submit a signed Non-Filer Statement certifying that the individual (1) attempted to obtain the VNF from the IRS or other tax authorities and was unable to obtain the required documentation (2) and has not filed and is not required to file a tax return.
For instructions on how to order a Verification of Non-Filing Letter, visit and click on "Get Transcript Online" or "Get Transcript By Mail" and select "Verification of Non-Filing Letter" once the option is available. This option is required for parents and independent students who did not and will not file a tax return. Option 1: Order a Verification of Non-Filing (VONF) Letter and submit to the Office of Financial Aid with student MSU ID on every page.Option 3: Submit a signed copy of the IRS 1040 Tax Return with Schedules 1, 2, and 3 to the Office of Financial Aid with student's MSU ID on every page.Option 2: Order a Tax Transcript from the IRS and submit to the Office of Financial Aid with student MSU ID on every page.įor instructions on how to order an IRS Tax Transcript, visit Please note that you will need to select "Tax Return Transcript" do not select the "Tax Account Transcript" option.It will also send a message to MSU informing us that you have used the tool and that the information is accurate so there is no need to order the paper transcript! This will automatically transfer income information from the IRS to the FAFSA. Log into and use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool. Option 1: Use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool on the FAFSA.If you were not required to provide parent information on the FAFSA, you will be asked to complete the Independent Student Verification Form for the appropriate aid year.If you were required to provide parent information on the FAFSA, you will be asked to complete the Dependent Student Verification Form for the appropriate aid year.The following information will be requested if you are selected for verification. Unsolicited documentation may cause a delay in the processing of your financial aid. It is important to note that you should not send us documents unless we have specifically requested them. If we need to verify your application, we will contact you by mail or email and StuInfo will also explain what additional information is needed. MSU is required to verify the data you supplied on your FAFSA (Federal Application for Federal Student Aid) in cases where your application is selected for verification, typically through random selection by the federal government.