A Pell Grant is just one of the Government loans available but an applicant still needs to fill out forms to get Pell Grant and part of those forms request a copy of federal tax returns for past 3 years.  If a non US Citizen applied for loan as was stated in other comments and had no US income with a social security nu...more

Don't know where these intelligent people who post get there information but government does not forgive student loans. They will assist in negotiating payback and if you use Sallie May for a loan they won't hardly negotiate anything. If you owe on loans the government will hold you income tax refund due come tax time,...more