{"id":34,"date":"2022-05-27T21:54:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T21:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2025-04-18T18:59:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:59:32","slug":"verification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/apply-for-financial-aid\/financial-aid-steps\/verification\/","title":{"rendered":"Verification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Verification is a process that requires ACC to collect additional documents to ensure your FAFSA information is accurate. If additional documents are required to process your financial aid application, we will contact you by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/help\/accmail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACCmail<\/a>&nbsp;and on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/selfservice.austincc.edu\/Student\/Account\/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fStudent%2fFinancialAid%2fHome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Self-Service Financial Aid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>IMPORTANT: Please ONLY submit documents if they are requested by the Financial Aid Office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Respond promptly to requests<\/strong><br \/>Your application will not be reviewed until your file is complete. You have up to 120 days after your last day of class for an award year or until the deadline published by the U.S. Department of Education, whichever is earlier, to submit verification requirements.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verification Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"list\"><p class=\"trigger\"><a href=\"#\">Where can I submit documents?<\/a><\/p><div class=\"toggle_container\"><div class=\"block\"><\/p>\n<p>Students can submit and upload required financial aid documents online. Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/austincc.edu\/selfservice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Self-Service<\/a>&nbsp;to review your missing documents and submit required information.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: You will be directed to ACC\u2019s StudentForms portal after accessing your information in Self-Service. If this is your first time visiting StudentForms, you will need to create an account. The information you enter to create your account must match what you put on your FAFSA. Learn more at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/apply-for-financial-aid\/financial-aid-forms\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">austincc.edu\/faforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"list\"><p class=\"trigger\"><a href=\"#\">Will verification change my financial aid award?<\/a><\/p><div class=\"toggle_container\"><div class=\"block\">Your financial aid eligibility can change if the verification process requires corrections on your FAFSA. Our office will notify you via&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/help\/accmail\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACCmail<\/a>&nbsp;if there are any changes in your aid eligibility. View award changes in&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/austincc.edu\/selfservice\" target=\"_blank\">Self-Service<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verification is a process that requires ACC to collect additional documents to ensure your FAFSA information is accurate. If additional documents are required to process your financial aid application, we will contact you by&nbsp;ACCmail&nbsp;and on&nbsp;Self-Service &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/apply-for-financial-aid\/financial-aid-steps\/verification\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":-50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}