Throughout this Application, you will be asked to include documentation to support your Application.
- The instructions use the word must where documentation is strictly required; this means you must supply the requested supporting
documents. - The instructions use the word may where documentation would be helpful to assessing your Application. This means that your
Application would be stronger if you provide documentation.
Information About Anyone Helping You in Preparing This
You must provide proof that you are a legal guardian. Submit the following:
- Guardianship order by a court with jurisdiction
Information About the Entity/Entities
Other similar document issued by a government (federal, state, local, tribal) reflecting name of thee ntity (please specify the document type or title)
- To document the entity taxpayer identification number (TIN), you must submit documentation of the ID number, such as:
- An IRS-generated tax form that includes the name of the entity and the TIN
- Any other business record that includes the name of the entity and the TIN (please specify
- the document type or title)
- If your participation in a USDA farm loan program was as a “member” of an entity, your Application would be stronger if you provide documentation of the extent of both your ownership interest, and that of other members, such as:
- FSA-2001
- Other documents that contain information on the members and their percentage interest, for example:
- Tax Returns
- Loan Documents
- Bills
- Partnership or other entity paperwork
- Articles of Incorporation
- Other
If You Tried to Participate in Direct Lending, but You Could Not Because of Discrimination
To document your citizenship status at the time you attempted to participate in a USDA Farm Lending
Program, you must provide documentation if you were not a citizen:
If you were a U.S. non-citizen national, you must provide:
- Documentation described in Exhibit 9 of this document:
- Click Here (pdf page 299)
To document your attempt to participate in direct or guaranteed USDA Farm Lending, you may provide any
available documentation, such as:
- Loan application
FSA-2211 (Application for Guarantee)
Receipt for service
Document Statement under penalty of perjury by a non-relative explaining how you attempted to participate
in USDA direct or guaranteed lending, and how they have knowledge of your attempt - Agency letter(s) relating to the loan
Prior complaint by you, in a court or to USDA
Letter or other document by a non-relative, close in time to the event, explaining how you attempted to participate in USDA direct or guaranteed lending
To document your attempt to participate in guaranteed USDA Farm Lending, you must also (in addition to
documents referenced immediately above) provide at least one of the following:
- Loan decision or conditional loan decision by the bank
- FSA-2211 (Application for Guarantee
- Correspondence with the USDA, FSA, or lending institution regarding status updates, requests for
- further information, or decisions on your application