I really appreciate all of your responses. Not really what I wanted to hear, but I know they have the rules in place for a reason. They can’t just give away massive grants without knowing they’re going to the right people. Which is unfortunate I have to be in this situation because my parents will truly be contributing nothing either way. My sister messaged my dad about this since they get along much better than me and him, but I don’t know if anyone can get through to him.
@thumper1 His Profile was submitted, it’s the IDOC that’s the issue. There is no tax return I can submit to them. But I’m sure it’s the same situation either way. Also, I do have other schools I’ve applied to that don’t require the NCP (University of Chicago, UMich, and UW-Madison).
@OHMomof2 That’s what has us (my sister, mother, and me) puzzled, too. He told me that they garnish his wages, but I don’t think I believe that. The address on his W2 is not current and we’re always receiving letters from the IRS for him. My mom has tried giving the IRS his current address but they won’t accept it unless it’s coming from him himself, which he obviously will not do. Like I said, he gets upset whenever I ask him about his finances and taxes, so I really don’t know the full situation. We think that he’s not wanting to file his return because the IRS would then have his address and they could try getting the back taxes from him. I will call them on Monday and see what they say. I wish these deadlines were after decisions are sent out because Columbia is a fairly big reach for me and Northwestern, while I was deferred from the ED round, is still very competitive. It would save a lot of pain if I knew if I’m not getting into either of the colleges.
@snappletop I really hope there’s something they can do. I looked into the NCP waivers long ago when he wouldn’t even give me his W2 and since he has visitation rights/we have contact, there’s basically no way I could get a true waiver. But I guess I won’t know until I call them, which I’ll have to do Monday. Columbia’s deadline IS Monday and Northwestern’s is Thursday. I’m sure it won’t look too great calling them on the day of the deadline, but I had absolutely no idea that the non-filer statement was only for those who aren’t required to file taxes. I thought it also covered parents like my father who are irresponsible fools. Lol. The agreements on Northwestern and Columbia’s non-filer forms make no mention of the parent not being required to file, just that the parent didn’t file. The standard non-filer form that IDOC tells you to use has the agreement that I put in my original post, but I thought I was supposed to use the forms from each individual school which is why I never saw the IDOC form until today.