CSS Profile Verification

Once you have uploaded all of the requested documentation to IDOC, you need to allow up to 10 business days for your financial aid checklist in your Applicant Portal to be updated. It can take several days for the documents to be available to NYU, and another few days for them to be reviewed by our office.

For 2023-2024 applicants, your CSS Profile is based on information from the 2021 tax year (January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021). If the tax year in your country does not begin on January 1, you may need to submit two years worth of taxes to meet the documentation requirement.

For example, if the tax year in your country begins on July 1, you would need to submit your taxes that span from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 AND July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 to meet the requirement. Since you may not have filed the second set of taxes, we would accept wage statements from your employer for the second tax year in that instance.

Your parent(s) may submit their salary certificate or monthly pay statements and an itemized statement of any benefits received. Be sure to report your parent(s) annual salary/income in the "Parent 1 and/or Parent 2 Wages" section. The AGI (adjusted gross income) section is the combined annual total of your parent(s) salary/wages for the 2021 year.

If additional documentation is required after our office has reviewed your initial submission, a financial aid counselor will reach out to you by email to let you know what is needed. You would upload the additional requested items into your IDOC portal. Please check the email address that you provided on your Common Application regularly to keep an eye out for additional documentation requests.

It usually takes a couple of days for IDOC to provide your documents to NYU. After NYU has received them, it can take up to 5-7 business days for your documents to be reviewed by a financial aid counselor.

You should still submit the required verification documents, but also please contact the Office of Financial Aid at 212-998-4444 or financial.aid@nyu.edu in order to provide our office with additional information about your changed circumstances. A financial aid counselor will be able to advise you if further action and documentation is required.

You do not need to include your NYU ID (N#) on the documentation submitted through IDOC since it will automatically be associated with your NYU application. However, when you are emailing or calling our office, it’s best practice to provide your N# so that we can easily identify your account.

Yes, all tax/financial documents should include an English translation if the original document is not in English.

No, please report all income and tax information in the original currency. You do not need to convert to US Dollars.

Since you have been selected for CSS Profile verification, our office will update any fields that are incorrect when we review your documentation. If you are concerned, you may call our office to speak with a financial aid counselor about the specific error you made so they can offer guidance.

Federal verification is a separate process. We generally begin processing federal verifications in early June. We will reach out to you if you are admitted to NYU and are also selected for Federal verification.

If you have submitted documentation for a CSS Profile verification that is also needed for your federal verification, we will make every effort to upload that documentation to your federal verification portal on your behalf so that you do not have to submit it a second time. Even if all documentation is able to be submitted on your behalf, you would still be required to log in to your federal verification portal to electronically sign your verification.

If you were notified by the College Board that a noncustodial parent is required to submit a CSS Profile, and you do not and/or cannot have contact with your Noncustodial Parent, please submit the CSS Profile Waiver Request for the Noncustodial Parent by the appropriate deadline following the instructions on the form.

If you were required to submit a CSS Profile for your noncustodial parent and were not approved for a waiver request, they will also need to submit their documentation if you are selected for CSS Profile verification. Students who are selected for CSS Profile verification need to submit their documentation in order to be reviewed for NYU scholarship eligibility.

No, each of your parent’s information will be separate and they cannot view the other’s information. Nor will the Office of Financial Aid share their information with the other party.