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Verification Guidelines

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Your federal aid application may be selected for review in a process called “Verification.” In this process, we will be comparing information from your application with signed copies of federal tax forms, or with W-2 forms or other financial documents. The law says we have the right to ask you for this information before awarding Federal aid. If there are differences between your application information and your financial documents, we may need to make corrections.

We adhere to the following policies:

• All selected applicants will be verified
  
  
• Selected applicants must submit required verification documents within 28 days of notification
  
  
• If the student fails to provide the required documentation within the established time frame, then the student will be treated as a cash-paying student until the documents are provided
  
  
• If the student does not meet the deadline and is not capable of making cash payment at the end of the deadline he/she will not be granted access to their classes
  
  
• The Financial Aid Office reserves the right to make exceptions to the above stated policies due to mitigating circumstances, on a case-by-case basis. Students will be given a clear explanation of the documentation needed to satisfy the verification requirements and the process for document submission.
  
  
• APUS will inform students in a timely manner of the consequences of failing to complete verification requirements. This may include the notification that their courses were dropped for non-payment or that the student’s FSA Intent form was canceled due to inactivity or failure to complete the verification process.
  
  
• Students will be informed of their responsibilities regarding the verification of application information, including the college's deadline for completion of any actions required
  
  
• Students will be notified if the results of verification change the student's scheduled award
  
  
• The college will assist the student in correcting erroneous information
  
  
• Any suspected case of fraud will be reported to the Regional Office of the Inspector General, or, if more appropriate, to a State or local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction to investigate the matter. Referrals to local or state agencies will be reported on an annual basis to the Inspector General.
  
  
• No interim disbursements