; (iv) by a financial aid administrator who verified the student’s circumstance in a prior award year; or (v) pursuant to paragraph (3); or (I) is a student for whom a financial aid administrator makes a documented determination of independence by reason of other unusual circumstances in which the student is unable to contact a parent or where contact with parents poses a risk to such student, which may include circumstances of— (i) human trafficking, as described in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); (ii) legally granted refugee or asylum status; (iii) parental abandonment; or (iv) parental imprisonment. (2) Simplifying the dependency override process A financial aid administrator may make a determination of independence under paragraph (1)(I) based upon a documented determination of independence that was previously made by another financial aid administrator under such paragraph in the same award year. (3) Determination process for unaccompanied youth A financial aid administrator shall make a case-by-case determination under paragraph (1)(H) if a student does not have, and cannot get, documentation from any of the other designated authorities described in such paragraph. A financial aid administrator may verify, in the absence of conflicting information, a status described in paragraph (1)(H). Such a determination shall be— (A) distinct from a determination of independence under paragraph (1)(I); (B) based on, and limited to, the definitions outlined in paragraph (1)(H); (C) based on a written statement from or a documented interview with the student which confirms the student’s status as an unaccompanied youth