Financial Assistance Forms
If requested to do so by the Office of Financial Assistance, please print out the appropriate form(s) and mail to:
Buena Vista University
Office of Financial Assistance
610 West 4th Street
Storm Lake, IA 50588
Fax: 712.749.1451
To keep your financial information secure, please do not e-mail anything that would include a social security number or tax information belonging to yourself, a parent, or spouse.
To securely upload your documents online, please click below.
Financial Assistance Upload
Office of Financial Assistance Forms
2024-2025
Verification is a way to ensure that the information on the FAFSA is accurate and financial aid is being distributed appropriately and fairly. If you are selected for verification, you may need to submit a copy of your/your parent 2022 Federal Tax Return or Tax Return Transcript(s).
Verification Worksheets (2024-2025)
- Certifications & Signature Form - Dependent Student
- Certifications & Signature Form - Independent Student
- Family Size Form - Dependent Student
- Family Size Form - Independent Student
- Identity & Statement of Educational Purpose Form
- Sample of a Notary Acknowledgement
- Parent Non-Tax Filer Form
- Parent Tax Return Verification Form
- Student Non-Tax Filer Form
- Student Tax Return Verification Form
Other Forms (2024-2025)
- 2024-2025 Receipt of Outside Scholarship Form
- Federal Direct Loan Request Form
- High School Completion Documentation
- Identity Theft and Non-IRS Returns Information
- Individuals Who Were Granted an Extension or Filed an Amended 2022 Return Information
- Iowa Residency Application Form
2023-2024
Verification is a way to ensure that the information on the FAFSA is accurate and financial aid is being distributed appropriately and fairly. If you are selected for verification, you may need to submit a copy of your/your parent 2021 Federal Tax Return or Tax Return Transcript(s).
Verification Worksheets (2023-2024)
- Certifications & Signature Form - Dependent Student
- Certifications & Signature Form - Independent Student
- Family Size Form - Dependent Student
- Family Size Form - Independent Student
- Identity & Statement of Educational Purpose Form
- Parent Non-Filer Verification Form
- Parent Tax Return Verification Form
- Sample of a Notary's Certificate of Acknowledgement
- Student Non-Filing Form
- Student Tax Return Verification Form
- Verification of 2021 Income for Individuals with Unusual Circumstances
Review of Ability to Contribute
If you don't find an option below that allows you to report anything unusual that affects your family's ability to contribute towards college costs, please contact our office at 800.383.2821 ext. 2164 or email us at finaid@bvu.edu.
If you have any unusual family situation that you feel was not reflected on the 2023-2024 FAFSA, please read below.
- If you have unusual medical or dental expenses that were paid in 2022, please send a signed letter of explanation including the family member affected, the date(s) the condition occurred, and the total amount paid out-of-pocket for the condition. The amount must be substantial, as the federal needs analysis formula provides an allowance for substantial medical expenses. DO NOT INCLUDE AMOUNTS THAT WILL BE PAID BY INSURANCE OR AMOUNTS NOT YET PAID BY YOU OR THROUGH INSURANCE PAYMENTS. You must include documentation that reflects the amount you paid out-of-pocket in 2022; we will not proceed without this documentation.
- Please send a letter of explanation if parent/independent student 2021 income was higher than 2022 due to such things as the below list indicates. Note: You must include a copy of parents'/independent student's 2022 tax return, W-2s, and applicable schedules as documentation of any of the following conditions. We will not proceed without this documentation.
- Unusual overtime or bonus pay which was not or will not be received in 2022
- More than one job in 2021 but not in 2022
- New employment at a lower pay rate
- If you (independent student) or a parent (dependent student) are separated, divorced, or widowed at the time you are completing the 2023-2024 FAFSA, but that condition was not represented in a 2021 tax return, you should complete the FAFSA using only relevant 2021 income for you (independent student), or the parent you live with (dependent student), unless you (independent student) or that parent (dependent student) have/has remarried. You do not need to provide BVU with information about this situation. Simply complete or correct the FAFSA using the correct 2021 income and use current asset information. If you or a custodial parent are/is currently remarried, you will provide both 2021 incomes and current joint asset information on the FAFSA.
- The appropriate Special Condition Form below (dependent or independent) may be used to reflect changes in marital status, loss of 2023 untaxed or taxable income, or the death of a parent/spouse.
Other Forms, 2023-2024
Military Benefits
If you wish to use Military Benefits to attend Buena Vista University, please complete our online form. This form will notify our School Certifying Official that you wish to receive benefits as a first-time recipient, or if you have a change in remaining benefits or a change in source of benefits. This form is available to accepted students only, and login into BeaverNet is required.