Dependency Status

No additional documentation is required for independent status due to age.

If you are married yet you are not the age to be considered Independent (view chart), ISU requires that you provide a copy of your marriage license as documenting proof to the Financial Aid Office.

Student must be accepted into a graduate program to qualify as an independent student based on this factor. To affirm admissions acceptance, call Admissions at 1-800-GO-2-ISU.

Are you currently serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces for purposes other than training?

If you are serving active duty, for purposes other than training, and are NOT considered Independent by age (view chart), you must provide a copy of your Active Duty Orders to the Financial Aid Office.

If you are a veteran and are NOT considered Independent by age (view chart), you must provide a copy of your DD-214 Discharge papers to the Financial Aid Office.

Example: for July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 of the 2016-2017 school year.  If you are NOT considered Independent by age (view chart) and claim to provide the majority of your child(s) support, you will need to complete a Verification of Dependent Support Form and provide documenting proof that you support your child.

If you are NOT considered Independent by age (view chart) and claim to provide the majority of your dependent's support, you will need to complete a Verification of Dependent Support Form and provide documenting proof that you support your dependent(s).

If you are NOT considered Independent by age (view chart) and answered yes to this question you will need to complete a Student Dependency Confirmation Form and provided documenting proof of your situation.

If you are NOT considered Independent by age (view chart) and answered yes to this question you will need to complete a Student Dependency Confirmation Form and provide a copy of your Emancipation document. Note that students living in Indiana who were emancipated after turning 18 are not considered independent students for this purpose.  Also, emancipation for the purpose of ending child support does not qualify a student for independent status.

If you are NOT considered Independent by age (view chart) and answered yes to this question you will need to complete a Student Dependency Confirmation Form and provided a copy of your Legal Guardianship document.

Did this happen on or after July 1st of your High School Senior Year (view chart)?  If you answer "YES" to this question you will need to complete an Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Form and provide written documentation from your high school verifying your homeless status.

Did the director of an emergency shelter or transitional housing program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless or were self-supporting and at risk of being homeless?

Did this happen on or after July 1st of the previous calendar year (view chart)?  If you answer "YES" to this question you will need to complete an Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Form and provide written documentation from the emergency shelter or transitional housing program verifying your homeless status.

Did this happen on or after July 1st of the previous calendar year (view chart)?  If you answer "YES" to this question you will need to complete an Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Form and provide written documentation from the runaway or homeless youth basic center verifying your homeless status.

Students who are unable to answer "YES" to these questions that have extraordinary circumstances, such as no contact with either biological parent, may appeal for independent status by filing this Dependency Override Request Form.