Here is a list of documents/items you should have readily available when you are sitting down to complete your FAFSA.

1. Social Security Number

2. Driver’s licence (if applicable)

3. Previous years W2 and other records of money earned

4. Your (and your spouse’s, if you are married) 2008 Federal Income Tax Return

• IRS 1040, 1040A, 1040 EZ
• Foreign Tax Return, or
• Tax Return for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federal States of Micronesia, or Palau

5. Your Parents’ 2008 Federal Income Tax Return (if you are a dependent student)

6. Your 2008 untaxed income records

• Veterans benefits records
• Child support received
• Worker’s compensation

7. Your current bank statements

8. Your current business and investment mortgage information, business and farm records, stock, bond and other investment records

9. Your alien registration or permanent resident card (if you are not a U.S. citizen)

10. Two aspirin