Yes, the school is required to see the citizenship documentation in person. If it wasn’t possible to bring it in before aid was disbursed, we would disburse once the student sent us a copy … but they had to bring us the original for us to see as soon as they arrived on campus. If they didn’t do that, we would have backed off all aid (creating a balance) until they brought it to us. Fortunately, while I had many instances where proof of citizenship was required, I never had a student fail to bring the original documents for me to view.