Additional Document Requirements

Submit any additional documents requested

The UCR Financial Aid Office will receive your application information electronically from the Federal processor within one to three weeks after you apply. If your application is selected for verification of reported information, you will receive a letter after March 1, itemizing any additional documents or information needed to complete your financial aid application. The most common documents required are a copy of your own and/or your parents' 2007 federal income tax return and documentation of U.S. citizenship or eligible noncitizenship. Write your name and student ID number in the upper right hand corner or in the boxes provided on all forms you submit. Please DO NOT submit any documents that are not requested.

If additional documents are required, they must be submitted to the UCR Financial Aid Office by May 1 in order to maintain on-time financial aid consideration. Documents may be submitted:

  • In person at the front counter window or document drop box in the Financial Aid Office on the first floor of Hinderaker Hall
  • By mail to:

University of California, Riverside
Financial Aid Office
1156 Hinderaker Hall
Riverside, CA 92521-0209

Applicants whose FAFSAs are submitted by the March 3 on-time filing deadline who are not required to submit any documents will be notified prior to May 1 that their applications are complete. If you have not heard from the Financial Aid Office within four weeks of receiving your SAR, call (951) 827-3878 to check on the status of your file. Students who have a UCR PIN number can check the status of their financial aid application on GROWL.