If you have not yet filed the FAFSA, you need to determine if it’s to your advantage to file now or to wait until after you are married. If you are still considered dependent (meaning you have to provide your parent’s financial situation) it’s usually to your advantage to wait until after you are married as then your aid eligibility will be based on yours and your spouse’s income (assuming it’s less than what your parent’s make). If you are able to file as an independent file now as your income alone will be less than yours and your spouse’s income combined.

If you accept aid based on the fact that you are single, when in fact you are married, I think you know what a court would call that.

What matters is the condition you are in when you receive the check, not what it was when you filled out some paperwork.

Do the right thing.

If, however, you are married on the FAFSA file date, you will file your FAFSA with your and your spouse’s information.