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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What they are doing is not going to work. They need to do more research.
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Is there a shady way to make it work? Like they live in their own apartment and work, but meanwhile income is funneled through gifts through other families so it’s under the gift tax?  They may have granted them as an emancipated minor (like do courts check up to make sure they are really living on their own?), and then they moved out and try to qualify under unaccompanied provision.  I mean how do you document “at risk of being homeless”??  Anyone is at risk of being homeless if income stops or savings dry up!

https://understandingfafsa.org/how-to-prove-you-are-an-independent-student-on-the-fafsa/

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You qualify as legally independent on the FAFSA if at any time on or after July 1, 2024 you were “unaccompanied” (not in your parents’ care) and are either A) homeless or B) self-supporting and at risk of being homeless. This is a big change from prior years. The latest FAFSA law requires that colleges work with you in a supportive way to make it as easy as possible for you to prove your independence. See what proof you will need below.

FAFSA.  At any time on or after July 1, 2025, were you unaccompanied and either (1) homeless or (2) self-supporting and at risk of being homeless?**

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