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Could you please give some updates about international students' financial aid?

What if my parents haven't yed received a 2006 income tax return? It's unusual to have it by now in my country (I'm from Europe).

What if my parents are not tax payers?I have already sent their salary statement & Bank report, but we dont have any tax forms.
Will this be a problem in my financial aid application?

My father hasn't yet received the final receipt of income tax returns, so in agreement with your office I have released a copy of 2004 and 2005 income tax return and a statement from my father's company stating that income tax till the month of december has been deducted from his salary.

So do I need to deposit the "W -2 Form", what exactly is it?
Actually I am from India and may be India we don't have any such kind of form .

Please answer at the earliest in case you wish to receive it by Feb 15

Is February 15th the day it must be postmarked by or the day it must be in by?

I faxed the Business and Farm Supplement form on saturday but my status has still not been updated. Should I fax it again? and at what number?

Bhusan, what's so special in being the first to post that u r so excited.

umm, should we translate everything on the statement from the employer? because there are a lot of taxes in germany that definitely dont exist in america and there seems to be no name for them either. ive tried to translate them as best as i could, but on my financial aid tracking it says you still need the translation-what should i do now

I am even confused. In Ghana we have nothing like like tax forms. The employer deducts it and pays it to the government without the employee seeing the cash at all. But it is all reflected on the pay slip, I have submitted that but my account still shows I have to submit tax forms.
I am confused please help.

So the 2005 tax return is not absolutely necessary then, as long as you have the 2006 tax return in, right?

So the 2005 tax return is not absolutely necessary then, as long as you have the 2006 tax return in, right?

So the 2005 tax return is not absolutely necessary then, as long as you have the 2006 tax return in, right?

my father gave me a letter from his boss , it contains his income during 2006 i sent that letter, but the mymit tracker says
Required for Packaging
* Parent's 2005 Foreign Income Tax Return
my mother is self-employed and the only owner, however she doesn't pay taxes because her business is small. so, i just sent the business/farm form from my mother, the letter from my father and the collegeboad form.
i'm international prospective
greetings

Hey,I already sent my Financial Aid Application with all the supporting documents, even my 2005 Parents Tax Forms, but they are shown in MyMit as not received...i am an international student (Colombia),so I guess I should not have a problem with W2 forms since we dont have any of those here...however, should I send them again then?Or should I not worry about this?

If we send tax information to IDOC by the Feb 15th deadline and it doesn't reach MIT for another two weeks, does this count as missing the deadline?

I have the same question as Bonnie. I have e-mailed finaid@mit.edu, but so far haven't received a response. With 2/15 just 2 days away I am worried...

My case is exactly the same as me above, though I submitted my father's 2006 return, it says 2005 return still required, will anybody please help?

my parents just received their 2006 tax returns, and I'm all set to send it into IDOC this week..
The thing is, I'm in New Jersey, and I don't know if in Massachusetts you're expecting this too, but this week there's supposed to be some monster snow storm hitting my area. In the (unlikely) case that it's really bad and there's no postal service, would it be too horrible if it was postmarked to IDOC a few days late? I'd appreciate a response soon - the snow's supposed to start tonight. :D thanks.

The IDOC instructions state they will accept only one packet. If I have to send 2005 tax return while waiting to complete 2006 return, how do I send them the 2006 return when it's done?

Robert Finley:
you send the 2005 returns directly to MIT. Only send your 2006 returns to IDOC.

to anonymous,
just a fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Wow. financial aid is complicated. Glad I don't work in that office! The different cases are so specific and individualized! Good luck all of you!

I mailed the following documents to MIT
financial aid office on 25th January 2007.
My international student Financial Aid Application,Business/farm Supplement,Tax returns,Bank Statement and a letter of special circumstances.
However, even as of today nothing is reported in my Financial Aid Application tracking as recieved.
What should i do now with only 1 day left to the deadline.
I am seriously bugged so please help me out.

hey! K. Zulfiqar
first of all RELAX.................

now call finaid office tell them ur name and date of birth and ask if they hav recieved it.
if this don't work e-mail them abt same
(if u r e-mailing do it urgently, so by 2morow or within a hour u will get result so u will hav time to take some proper action)

best of luck

Here in Brazil the Tax income is released just after March 1st. In agreement to the office, I sent the Tax income of 2005 and other documents. Will the office still have time to consider the 2006 Tax income information if they receive it by the middle of Mach?
But anyway, I know that the Financial Aid Office receives mountains of documents, and I wish luck for you.

Hi!
I sent my financial aid package a long time ago but the status still shows that the forms have not been recieved. Is it acceptable if I fax the documents just to be on the safe side?

huhu

How long should we wait for the faxed documents to be added to the database?

Hey,
Now it is shown that FinAid received my 2005 tax returns. However, 2006 tax returns are still required for packaging and they are only going to be available after May 1st....What am I supoose to do with this?

Hey,
Now it is shown that FinAid received my 2005 tax returns. However, 2006 tax returns are still required for packaging and they are only going to be available after May 1st....What am I suppose to do with this?

The IDOC form for MIT says the following: "Your packet must be received by the College Board no later than March 1, 2007." However, here you're listing the due date for submission of 2006 tax forms as 15 February 2007. I was preparing to submit before today, then when I saw the IDOC date delayed a bit since my tax software still needs to be updated to calcuate the return accurately. So is the deadline for receipt at IDOC 15 Feb or 1 March?

I called MIT today regarding the difference in deadline dates after a brief but intense panic attack last night, and was told, today is the day however, they must be mailed to IDOC. The girl on the phone said they would understand if they weren't there as long as the FAFSFA and CSS is completed. Hope this helps and is accurate!! I mailed the forms today.

Does anyone know how long do the financial aid office take in replying to our emails addressed to finaid@mit.edu

to Anonymous
yope.

hardly 5hrs.

Hello Daniel!

My family won't be submitting any financial aid materials to MIT for personal reasons, but this doesn't mean my admissions file is incomplete, does it?

Thanks!

if it takes 5 hrs??
y is it they haven't replied to my emails that were written some 3 days ago

mail them again they might hav not recieved it

Financial Aid

I come from Norway, a country where the average income is much higher than in the US. (and, of course, things are much more expensive over here as well).

Do you keep that in mind when you calculate the EFC for international students?

Thanks.

Hello,

I am a student from Armenia and the dashboard at MyMIT indicates that I still have to send

* Parent's 2005 Foreign Income Tax Return

to meet your requirements. However, my parants don't have any "Foreign income".

What would you advice me to do?

Best regards,
Tigran