Can i update my citizenship status with social security online

Your FAFSA information may indicate that the Social Security Administration did not confirm the U.S. citizenship status you reported. Though this issue will not affect the initial calculation of your financial aid eligibility, it could delay the disbursement of your aid should you be admitted to USC. Your financial aid cannot be disbursed until your citizenship status is confirmed.

If you are not a U.S. citizen please correct your FAFSA at fafsa.gov.

If you are a U.S. citizen you must update your citizenship status. Your financial aid will not be disbursed until your citizenship status has been confirmed on your FAFSA. Please do the following:

1. Contact your local Social Security office to have your citizenship status updated. Take your U.S. birth certificate, U.S. passport, Certificate of Naturalization or Certificate of Citizenship to your local Social Security Administration to have your citizenship status updated. Please visit www.ssa.gov for the address of your local office and other instructions.
    
2. Allow one to two weeks for the Social Security Administration to update your status. Only after you have confirmed with the Social Security Administration that your status has been updated, complete and sign the attached form and submit to the Financial Aid Office.

   Please upload your certification statement on the Document Library section of FAST as an Unknown or Unlisted type of Financial Aid Document.

3. The Financial Aid Office will submit your FAFSA for reprocessing approximately six weeks prior to the start of classes for your term. This request for action will be removed after the Financial Aid Office receives an updated FAFSA from the processor confirming your U.S. citizenship status.

If you choose not to update your status at the Social Security Administration, you may bring your original U.S. citizenship document to the Financial Aid Office no earlier than one week prior to the start of your classes to verify your citizenship status in person. Please also bring another form of federal or state-issued photo identification, such as a driver's license. Appointments are not required.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, some Social Security Administration offices may be closed. If that is the case, please complete the Signed Statement for US Citizenship Documents and upload it to FAST as an Unknown or Unlisted type of Financial Aid Document. You will be asked to include your government issued photo ID and any of the following:

• U.S. birth certificate
• U.S. passport
• Certificate of Naturalization
• Certificate of Citizenship

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