My daughter is a dependent L2 visa holder. She is in the process of applying to colleges. She needs a social security number to apply for a scholarship (FAFSA).She appears as a dependent on my person taxes.She has been assigned a ITIN number We have approched the social security office requesting them for a non working social security number.They flatly refused her. Although the instructions say that you maybe assign a SS number if you require it for a specific purpose or for certain fedral purposes.
Please help. I would like to know if she is elegible.

Has she given her TIN on the scholarship application? Most do not actually need a SSN, they just ask for it on the application, as they have nothing to do with the Social Security Administration.

She is ineligible. To be eligible for FAFSA, she must be...

* U.S. permanent resident, with a Permanent Resident Card (formerly known as an Alien Registration Receipt Card or "Green Card”)
* Conditional permanent resident (I-551C)
* Other eligible noncitizen with an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from the Department of Homeland Security showing any one of the following designations: “Refugee,” “Asylum Granted,” “Indefinite Parole,” “Humanitarian Parole,” or “Cuban-Haitian Entrant”
* A citizen of the Republic of Palau (PW), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (MH), or the Federated States of Micronesia (FM).

Thank you for your advice.

She can't put her TIN, FAFSA requires a social security number with a few exceptions as stated above. The only time a SSN is not required is when they are asking for parent's information and the parents don't have a SSN. Parents without a SSN should enter 00-000-0000 in place of a SSN. Don't put the TIN, it will cause an error on FAFSA.

Even I am an L2 visa holder and I am dependent on my mother. I want to apply for FAFSA and I can't because I also don't have a SSN. Please tell me what you have done to support your daughter financially so I can follow the same thing.