You can download current Cardinal Central forms by selecting any link below. You will need Adobe Reader to view the files below. You can get it here for free.
Avoid Processing Delays!
- Check to make sure your form prints out completely. Does it match the form on your screen?
- Fill out all necessary information.
- Sign the form if required.
- Unless otherwise noted, when submitting electronically, email to CardinalCentral@nic.edu using your Cardinal Mail Account
Change your student record
- Personal Contact Information - To make changes, log into MyNIC, select Self Service, click on your username in the upper right corner and select Contact Information. This will give you the option to change your address, personal email, and phone number. Click here for a tutorial on how to update your Contact Information.
- Emergency Contact Information - To make changes, log into MyNIC, select Self Service, click on your username in the upper right corner and select Contact Information. This will give you the option to change emergency and missing person contact information. Click here for a tutorial on how to update your Emergency Information.
- Name Change - Complete the form and submit with these three (3) forms of identification:
- State Issued Identification with new name
- Social Security Card with new name
- Official legal document: marriage license, divorce decree, court order, legal adoption
- Major Change - Complete this form to change or add an additional major.
Enrollment
- Concurrent Enrollment Form - University of Idaho or Lewis-Clark State College students who are also taking classes at NIC. Visit the Concurrent Enrollment webpage for additional information on how to submit.
- NonDegree enrollment form
Financial Aid
If you are required to submit documents for your financial aid file, you will have them listed on your Self Service Financial Aid page under "Complete required documents"
Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Summer 2024
Verification Forms:
- High School Completion/Identity Statement Form
- Order a Verification of Non-Filing with the IRS 4506-T form (sample included)
- Order an IRS Tax Return Transcript from the IRS online
- Order an IRS Tax Return Transcript with the IRS 4506-T EZ form (sample included)
- Dependent Standard Verification Form
- Independent Standard Verification Form
- Unusual Enrollment History Form
- COVID-19: Unable to obtain a Verification of Non-filing Statement
Appeal Forms:
All appeals will be assigned individually on a student's MyNIC Account. If a student needs to submit an appeal, the form will be found by logging into MyNIC > selecting Self Service > selecting Financial Aid > then selecting Complete Required Documents.
Appeals Forms include:
- Financial Aid Appeal Extension Request Form
- Financial Aid Broke Contract Appeal Form
- Maximum Timeframe Appeal Form
- Unsatisfactory Appeal Form
- Financial Aid Unsatisfactory Appeal Professional Reference Letter Form
(Appeal deadlines for each semester are published on the college calendar found here)
Change in Status Forms:
FAFSA Income Modification Request:
The NIC Financial Aid Office FAFSA Income Modification Request is used to evaluate if a student's financial aid eligibility can be adjusted based on a recent decrease in income due to an extenuating circumstance.
- If you ARE required to provide parent information on your FAFSA, complete the Dependent FAFSA Income Modification Request
- If you ARE NOT required to provide parent information on your FAFSA, complete the Independent FAFSA Income Modification Request
Other Forms/Documents:
- Bankruptcy Status Form
- Citizenship Affidavit
- Conditions of Award
- FAFSA Question 23 Eligibility Worksheet
- Homeless Verification Form
- Loan Limit Reached Form
- NSLDS Discharged Loan Acknowledgement
- Needs Analysis Release of Information Form
- Parental Refusal Form
- Pell Lifetime Eligibility Reached Form
- Pell Lifetime Eligibility Used Form
- Unsubsidized Loan Information Sheet
- Work-Study Authorization (Located in on your MyNIC Self-Service, if awarded)
Student Finance
- Payment by FAX Form [Fillable PDF]
Fill out the form and fax it to (208) 769-3431. - Request for Student’s Taxpayer Identification Number [Fillable PDF]
Residency
- Certificate of Residency - Non District students can receive county support from their county of residence. Visit Non-District Residency website for additional information including how often your county requires a new certificate of residency.
- Residency Determination Worksheet - To change your residency status to District/Resident (includes Ada, Bonneville, Canyon, Jerome, Kootenai and Twin Falls counties). Visit the Requirements to Establish Residency website for additional information.
- WUE (Western Undergraduate Exchange) - WUE eligible students are emailed the WUE application once accepted to NIC. Visit the WUE webpage for additional information on qualification for this tuition rate.
Student Privacy
Student records are protected under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Visit the FERPA webpage for additional information.
- FERPA Privacy Hold
- Consent for Release of Student Information Form
** When you mail or fax the Consent for Release of Student Information form, please include a photocopy of your drivers license or other form of picture ID that includes your signature on the ID.
Dual Credit
Please visit the Dual Credit webpage for dual credit forms.
International Student
Please visit the International student webpage for international student forms.