<p>My huband is currently 27 and applied for financial aid to go to college for the first time. He just found out about not being eligible because he didn’t sign up for selective services. Has anyone been able to get financial aid anyway because of a good reason?</p>
<p>I didn’t meet him until he was 25 and I was almost done with my degree. He was incarcerated until he was 18, had a child at 19 and remained unmarried. He said he tried to sign up for the military at 19 but was rejected due to technically being a single father. </p>
<p>May be a long shot but is this enough of a reason to be able to get financial aid? Thank you.</p>
<p>That’s true, but he will not be eligible for financial aid even beyond that age - it is a permanent ineligibility unless successfully appealed.</p>
<p>What your husband needs to do is appeal to the financial aid officer.</p>
<p>If you have passed your 26th birthday and are now being denied eligibility for Federal student financial aid, Federal job training, or Federal employment, or are having difficulty obtaining U.S. citizenship because you failed to register, you have the following recourse available to you: Explain to the official handling your case (for example, a student financial aid officer) the reasons for your failure to register with Selective Service.A non-registrant may not be denied any benefit if he can “show by a preponderance of evidence” that his failure to register was not knowing and willful. Offer as much evidence supporting your case, and as much detail, as possible.</p>
<p>There may be another issue beyond the Selective Service.</p>
<p>You mention incarceration. I believe that there are certain crimes that make a person illegible for aid as well. I think drug crimes and maybe other crimes make a person illegible…but I’m not positive. I think I read that.</p>
<p>Men who were incarcerated on their 18th birthdays need to register within 30 days of their release. There are no exemptions from REGISTRATION for single fathers. If a draft is instated a single father who has custody of his child would be able to ask for an exemption from being drafted. Think about it - there are hundreds or thousands of single parents serving in the military and being sent overseas today.</p>
<p>It is heartbreaking that your husband has turned his life around and probably deserves a fresh start. But not registering has its consequences.</p>
<p>Can he do what others who can’t afford college do, which is spend time at a community college while working to save money, and then transfer to a 4 year to finish his degree?</p>
<p>I have heard of this happening to others. This is why we need to remind all of our family members and friends to register. If they don’t register, it may harm them years later.</p>
<p>The info you need is here: [Selective</a> Service System: Registration Information](<a href=“http://www.sss.gov/Status.html]Selective”>http://www.sss.gov/Status.html). Follow the instructions. He will need this info, as well as a personal statement explaining why he did not register. For example, if he didn’t realize he needed to register because he had been denied the ability to join the military, he can indicate that. Any documentation he has to support the denial should also be submitted It definitely is possible that aid can be denied. I have had to deny aid for this reason.</p>
<p>Ugg!
My son turned 18 in December and we didn’t catch this until now when I saw it was a missing requirement on one of his college applications. He registered online and printed out a copy of the confirmation… does anyone know if there is a streamlined way to get this update to the schools?</p>
<p>Your husband is also a non-conventional student. He is not eligible for federally funded aid, but he might be eligible for some kind of scholarship for non-traditional students. This is worth checking.</p>
<p>what do you mean a non-conventional student? He most likely dint get into the military, because of his incarceration, and as well as him being single parent at such a young age. We dont have enough info, why was he was denied federal tuition assistance. The most likely causes would be he was charged with a felony/drug or otherwise, that prevents him from getting aid?
If checks no for selective services, the fafsa system will not let you proceed any further with the application. A male applying for financial aid must check yes for selective services, unless he was a veteran, or already in the military.</p>
<p>An email to the aid office about being registered should work - I just look it up on the Selective Service website to confirm. The school may ask you to send them the registration confirmation. You should ask if they want it, and if so, if you can email it (they may have a policy of not opening attachments, in which case they will ask you to mail or fax it).</p>
<p>Grayson…the OP is not eligible for federally funded aid because he did not register for the selective service. BUT he might be eligible for some kind of other aid as a non-conventional student. There…is that phrased better?</p>
<p>A non-conventional student is one who is NOT between the ages of 18-24’who is an undergrad student. This student also has an extenuating circumstance which prevented him from going to college as a younger adult. I would say he is a non-conventional student.</p>