<p>I have a question for you experts. I filled out the fafsa for my D who will be entering college this fall and have a 0 EFC. I am divorced and as far as I knew, hadn’t received child support from D’s father in many years. In my state, child support payments are routed through the attorney generals office and deposited directly to a debit card not linked to my bank account. I just found out today that last year I received about 500.00 in support deposited to the debit card. They never notified me by mail, go figure. Anyway, I didn’t report this money on the fafsa since I didn’t know about. My question is, should I go in and update the fafsa? I ran the numbers and it won’t change my efc. I am just afraid that if I update it, it will somehow delay or hold up her grant money from being awarded in August. Thanks in advance for your advice!</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you need to update the Fafsa lest anyone think you’re trying to hide it. If it doesn’t change anything you don’t need to worry. I’ve found that updates go though really quickly - within a day or two.</p>
<p>Definitely update FAFSA. Then wait a few days and contact the school to make sure they received it. You can ask if this will hold up her grant, but I seriously doubt it will. They receive lots of updates and other information this time of year, and they have processes for smoothly handling this sort of thing.</p>