COMPUTABLE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY UNIT
AND CALCULATION OF FAMILY INCOME
- Income and family assets for scholarship purposes shall be calculated for the parents and, if applicable, the guardian or person in charge of the applicant’s care, who shall be considered the main breadwinners. Additionally, the applicant, their siblings, minors in permanent foster care or foster care for the purpose of adoption, and ascendants of the parents who can prove their residence at the same address with the corresponding municipal certificate shall be eligible members. To be considered a computable member, proof of cohabitation in the family domicile as of December 31, 2023 is required. Income for siblings and grandparents will be calculated at 50%.
- In the event of divorce, legal separation, or de facto separation of the parents, the non-custodial parent will be required to provide a regulatory agreement and economic documentation.
- In the event that the parent with whom the applicant cohabits is married or in an analogous relationship, the couple will be considered a computable family member.
- In the case of applicants who constitute independent family units, the applicant and their spouse, his/her partner (registered or not) who is in a similar relationship will be considered eligible members and main breadwinners. In addition, children under the age of twenty-five, if any, living in the same household will also be eligible members.
- In cases where the applicant claims emancipation or family and economic independence, regardless of their marital status, they must demonstrate that they have sufficient financial resources to support such independence, as well as ownership or rental of their habitual residence. In the absence of proof that the applicant’s income is sufficient to cover housing and other essential expenses, it will be assumed that the applicant is not independent and that the application cannot be evaluated objectively.