Good vibes For ever
Apr 9, 2025
Question about Fafsa with Vawa
Hi brothers and sisters. I have a question if anyone knows .
I cant work my preexisting career and i got bad financially, i want to start a college or a school for a new diploma or degree for new credentials and ask fafsa but I'm on my 6th prima facie already .
is it a good time to do it or better to wait for GC?
i mean my worrie is if the get approve my Fassa with the prima facie and then with an upcoming approved vawa /waiting for gc , I will still be able to have or renew NY Fafsa for second semester? because someone here said that they do not approve Fafsa with approved vawa but only with prima facie or GC.
opinions?
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Ayoosh Apr 9, 2025
3 years of VAWA application and didn’t even receive a single prima facie. lucky you.
mili JeanApr 9, 2025
that could be true because you cannot apply for fasfa with work permit. I’m in college and they didn’t even want to approve it with prima facie I had to go to many different people in college to help me and finally they accepted it. I have 3 more semesters to go and I summitted vawa in April 2022 so we will see what happens.
blessed nikayApr 9, 2025
what state are you in. different states do differently
m sApr 9, 2025
which school accepts you please I’m in need
Good vibes For everApr 9, 2025
@m s almost all accept if you have prima facie but some you have to show them the law, your papers and let them know
leo axeApr 9, 2025
I am currently using my prima face, it is a federal thing so all schools should accept it. They just sometimes do not know the law. In my case I told them this:
“
I am an eligible non citizen for FAFSA due to my ‘prima face determination’ document.
For reference please see point 4 of the
studentaid.gov/understand-aid/eligibility/requirements/non-us-citizens#other-documents-
(Specifically fsapartners.ed.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/dpcletters/GEN1007.pdf)
Additionally the guideline in page 1-50 and 1-51 of the document fsapartners.ed.gov/sites/default/files/2021-03/2021FSAHbkVol1Ch2.pdf
“
momo hamApr 10, 2025
@Good vibes For ever I go to school in New York hit Fasfa from prima facie
Mo AdApr 10, 2025
simple answer, if your primafacie is not expired, the school will accept. They don’t accept approved i360, that means nothing to them.
Mo AdApr 10, 2025
@Ayoosh you might want to reconsider your options.
Ayoosh Apr 10, 2025
@Mo Ad such as.
a dApr 10, 2025
@leo axe so if you have a prima ficia and doesn’t have social security number can you still use it for fafsa please ?
leo axeApr 10, 2025
when you do fafsa application they ask for ssn. I am not sure how it work if you don’t have. — that been said, the prima face is totally independent of fafsa and ssn. I would recommend you to see if you can fill fafsa if you don’t have ssn.
a dApr 10, 2025
okay please
leo axeApr 10, 2025
also please know that school do accept approved i360. it is 100% usable. but not the actual card but the “vawa approval of a petition” (the form I-797). here the link that you can show the university/school person to refer to the section “Battered or Abused Spouses or Children-Qualified Noncitizens” where it says “..Either a Form I-360 approval or a prima facie finding potentially makes a student eligible for Title IV aid…With an approval of a petition, the USCIS will provide a Form I-797, which will indicate it is an approval notice”, all is on the webpage https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/fsa-handbook/2024-2025/vol1/ch2-us-citizenship-eligible-noncitizens#:~:text=Battered%20or%20Abused%20Spouses%20or,benefits%2C%20including%20federal%20student%20aid
Good vibes For everApr 11, 2025
@leo axe thank you.
H nApr 11, 2025
The college/university accepts either a prima facie determination and/or an I-360 approval notice. If they do not, please refer them to the link and PDF regarding Title IV aid from the official FAFSA website, and share it with the school's financial aid office.
Good vibes For everApr 12, 2025
@H n thank you very much for your answer. someone in onother article said that they do not continue fafsa with an approved vawa and I got confused.
thank you blessings
M pApr 22, 2025
okay I have prima facie since Feb waiting for work permit,my question is what does prima facie good for I have not use it at all I’m in Texas,I seen here some people have it some don’t and why ?
