Financial Aid

• Discuss your expectations and goals. Decide how and when you will communicate with each other. Make sure to get a copy of your Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE).
• Get a copy of your VR authorizations, if possible. These are your evidence that your VR agency has agreed to support your education at Gallaudet and will help you with your financial planning.
• Keep a personal file for all your VR paperwork. This includes agreements, copies of authorizations, financial aid awards (grants, scholarships and loans) and personal budget plans. Plan in advance and refer to your file periodically to ensure your expenses are always covered.
• Keep your VR counselor up-to-date. Show that you are following your IPE. Send copies of your class schedules, grades and university bills to VR as soon as you get them. Meet in person at least once a year.

Students will be asked to submit several documents as part of verification. Please read the email you received from the Financial Aid Office carefully for a list of items you need to submit. You will be asked to complete and submit a worksheet. The email will let you know which worksheet we need from the items below:
Verification Category and Required Documentation (FAFSA 2024-2025)

V1:Dependent Standard Verification OR Independent Standard Verification

V4: Dependent Custom Verification OR Independent Custom Verification

V5: Dependent Aggregate Verification OR Independent Aggregate Verification

If you are looking for a verification worksheet, please email financial aid, and we will send you an email attachment of the correct worksheet you need to complete for verification.

• Have a federal tax return filed with the IRS.
• Have a valid social security number.
• Have a Federal Aid Personal Identification Number (PIN)

• Your marital status changes after December 31 of the same tax year
• You filed as “Married Filing Separately.”
• You filed an amended tax return.
• You filed a foreign tax return.
• You filed your taxes within the last eight weeks and submitted it by mail
• You filed your taxes within the past three weeks and submitted it electronically.

• Order a copy online at https://www.IRS.gov/Individuals/Get-Transcript (This will take approximately two weeks to arrive at the home address you used on your tax return).
• Go to any IRS Office and ask them to give you an official, computer-generated copy of your return transcript. (You will receive a copy the same day you go to the IRS Office.)
• Call the IRS at 1-800-908-9946 (This will take approximately two weeks to arrive at the home address you used on your tax return.)

• Fax- 202-651-5740 (V1 only)
• Email attachment to financial aid (V1 only)
• Drop Off: Chapel Hall, Room G-02
• Mail: Gallaudet University Office of Financial Aid800 Florida Avenue NEWashington DC 20002

• Once verification begins, you may be asked to submit additional documentation. If we need additional documentation, we will let you know via your Gallaudet email.
• Keep copies of everything you send us, including worksheets and tax documents.

• You can be chosen at random.
• Your FAFSA contains estimated information.
• Your FAFSA was incomplete.
• There were inconsistencies found in the information you provided on the FAFSA.
• Income reported is insufficient to support the household size.

• Adjusted Gross Income (parent and student, if the student is a dependent).
• Taxes Paid (parent and student, if the student is a dependent).
• Income Earned from Work (for non-tax filers).
• Certain Untaxed Income Items (parent and student, if the student is dependent).
• Household Size
• Number in College (excluding parents for a dependent student).
• Any other inconsistent or conflicting information.