Why is Additional Documentation Required?
After you submit your FAFSA to the US Department of Education they submit it to several federal agencies, such as the Social Security Administration to verify that your Social Security Number is correct, to the Selective Service System to verify that you have (if you are male) registered for the Draft, to the Department of Homeland Security to verify that you are a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen, and possibly to other agencies. If any agency has information that does not agree with the information you submitted on the FAFSA the BCCC- FAO must resolve this discrepancy before you can receive any federal or state financial aid. Department of Education (DOE) also submits the financial information you entered on your FAFSA to a series of edit checks that compare your information to ‘norms’. If your information differs significantly from the ‘norms’ your application will be selected for a process called Verification. You could also be selected randomly. One out of every three FAFSA for
