<p>Like when they are from very obscure country , how will they verify those students financial information?</p>
<p>Most schools are not need blind for international students. Full need international students have a tough time getting admissions into US colleges with the need packages a US student would likely get. Financial aid has to verify the financial information, and they do so by researching how one would do such a financial assessment in that country.</p>
<p>To come here as an international student, one has to show that there are sufficient funds to support the students here. That is for a student visa. But each country has its own ways of how it checks out financial, and colleges will contract out to agencies experienced in doing such audits if a foreign student needs financial verification.</p>
<p>Most schools do not have the time nor means to investigate the assets/income of international students, therefore they don’t give them aid. </p>
<p>The schools that do must have some systems in place to verify income/assets.</p>
<p>Well one thing…in order to get a visa to study here, international students MUST verify that they have a full year’s worth of money to cover all expenses of attending school here. This would include savings, cash, secured loans, and financial aid from the school. If you don’t have that…you will not get a visa to study here.</p>
<p>Colleges that want to verify international student info will ask for the same kinds of verification materials as for domestic students…some kind of tax return, income verification statements from employers perhaps, and statements from the banks.</p>
<p>And remember, if you falsify information on your financial aid applications, you run the risk not only of losing your aid, but also of having your admissions rescinded. Better to tell the truth and be prepared to document it if asked to do so by the college.</p>
<p>Well one thing…in order to get a visa to study here, international students MUST verify that they have a full year’s worth of money to cover all expenses of attending school here. This would include savings, cash, secured loans, and financial aid from the school. If you don’t have that…you will not get a visa to study here.</p>
<p>True…but int’l students with big need who are awarded full need aid, don’t show that they have funds in their home country; they show that they have fully funded FA. </p>
<p>I’m not sure what the OP is really asking. I don’t know if he’s asking how he will be able to show that he has the assets/income to pay…or is he (indirectly) asking if it’s easy to fudge assets/income from obscure countries because it would be hard to prove otherwise.</p>
<p>Yes…financial aid IS included when an international student applies for the visa…and I put that in my quote.</p>
<p>I think the OP is asking how the colleges would verify the assets when awarding the aid. I’ll put my answer to that again here too…the college will ask for income verification from the family whether that is something from the employer, bank account statements, and perhaps tax forms from the native country.</p>
<p>Any international student applying for aid should be prepared to be able to document their assets…or lack of assets…in SOME manner.</p>
<p>AND again I say…wonder why the OP is even asking? Be HONEST on these forms and be prepared to document the information if asked to do so. As the student/family, this will be YOUR responsibility if you are asked to provide verification information…so be prepared to do so.</p>