Hi,
so my parents were never married and when I was born my father was never there. My birth certificate says that I have an unknown father, so legally I don’t have a father. I’ve never had any kind of contact with him and obviously he has never provided any child support. I need to submit the “Request for Waiver of Noncustodial Parent PROFILE” However, this form asks for me to write his address, employment and more. I don’t know this information and I don’t know what is done in this cases. Please help!
thanks
You’ll need to ask for the NCP waiver, and then just support it with a copy of your birth certificate showing no second parent and a statement from anyone who knows your situation. This is not unheard of in the age of artificial insemination, single parent adoption, gay parents in states that don’t recognize same sex marriage/adoption.
Great thanks!
And for thiose questions, you Answer “unknown”.
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That is probably the best and most certain reason that a student would be granted a waiver.
thanks for the answer, and do you think I would still need to send a statement from someone who knows the situation?
I think you just need to send a copy of the BC as evidence that a bio-dad was never identified. If you think it would help, you can also send a statement from a 3rd party (minister, priest, rabbi, doctor, etc) indicating that a dad has never been in your life.
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Perfect, thank you so much!
BC should be enough, it is a government document.
Good luck getting a passport though, they might get cranky at you. If there is any chance of you traveling overseas within the next few years, I would try to start the process now to get a passport.
My BC did not have my parents’ names on it, so I had to get them added back on. You are young enough the names were probably required, which having “unknown” listed would be very strong evidence for not having to provide any father information.
I already have a passaport and I’ve travelled over seas before. My mother has full custody of me and her name is on my BC. Thanks anyway 
Do any of you know if being granted a waiver could affect negatively in my application? would it change my financial aid situation?
Getting a passport for a child with only one parent listed is actually easier than getting one with a missing parent who is listed. In all my dealings with state and federal agencies, I find the passport agency (part of the state department) the easiest to deal with. They have a check list, you given them those documents, pay the money, they give you a passport. Once you are 18, they don’t really care about the parents listed or not listed.
If you’re applying to schools that claim to make admissions decisions on a need blind basis, then in theory those schools won’t see any of this stuff until after they’ve chosen to admit you. For most other schools, my sense is that they’re looking at the bottom line for how much each student is going to cost them and weighing that against what that student brings to the school. The waiver itself shouldn’t have much effect positive or negative. There will no doubt be admissions officers who view it negatively but there will be others who see it as an obstacle that you’ve overcome.
As for how it would change your financial aid award…I can’t even begin to guess as I don’t dabble in the black arts.
My son is in a similar situation and I learned a lot while dealing with the financial aid office of his ED school last month. We’re in RD-land now since he didn’t get accepted ED. Our approach for this round is to be very proactive with financial aid offices. Even though I’d submitted all of the paperwork needed, I still got multiple urgent phone calls the week before decisions were announced telling me that we needed to get the (non-existent) non-custodial profile submitted asap!
So I guess my takeaway is, in addition to the very good advice offered above, don’t rely on the CSS Profile to do all of your talking for you. Make the human connections needed at the financial aid offices to keep things moving smoothly.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you.
It would not hurt your FA or acceptance chances.
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Op will need a letter from a neutral third party for a waiver. It is not enough to just simply send the birth certificate. Just because no father is listed on the BC does not mean that Op does not have a father.
If parents were not married when Op was born dad would have to sign to have his name placed on the BC (mom could not place dad’s name on her own). or if there was paternity established in court then mom would have had the option as to whether or not she wanted dad’s name on birth certificate.
No it will not impact on your financial aid if you only have one parent. They will use that income to figure out your FA. And I second the need for a letter from an objective but reliable outside person-a school principal if they know you well and for a long time or a clergy person or your physician.
thanks for your help! and good luck to you and your son 