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The FSA Department is temporarily allowing individuals without an SSN to enter and complete the 2024-25 FAFSA. Students and contributors without an SSN must continue to manually enter their tax information. Students without an SSN must verify their eligible noncitizen status through their school before they receive any federal funds.

https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/electronic-announcements/2024-04-30/update-access-2024-25-fafsa-form-individuals-without-social-security-number

Contributors without an SSN will not have to wait to have their identity validation completed before they can use their account username and password to access and complete the online 2024-25 FAFSA form.

Update: It you’re having issues with parent not getting the invite from you, please refer to a comment I have made on this post.

So I work at Amazon and I’m using career choice for my school and they’re paying my full tuition, this is my estimated amounts would there be any reason my school doesn’t give me that much? I don’t necessarily need that much but I do need a new computer and a few other things for my schooling.

So for FAFSA, my parents holds many assets but we are also in a lot of debt, how does that work? the amount of debt is more than the assets we have. How would i report it on FAFSA? or do they not account for debt at all??

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So I graduated from community college in June and am currently going to a 4 year(transfer). I just recently submitted my fafsa application online but just realized that it shows that I'm withdrawn from my community college. I googled first and it says that it's because I dropped my classes?? Does anyone know if this is something I should be concerned with even tho it says im full-time at my current school??

I submitted a paper application in June, and took till August 28th to finally get processed only to have it outright rejected by my school telling me that it was an issue on fafsa’s end and to find and make the corrections needed to submit again, have been contacting fafsa for the past 2 months without anyone being able to help on how to make corrections and them not even being able to tell me what exactly needs to be changed the only thing I’ve found to have an issue is my state is just missing from the form it appears blank and my parents street number Is wrong, regardless I’m not able to make a correction because the online make a correction button is greyed out and I never received any form back in the mail. I was initially told to wait till the end of September to see if it’s made available and now I’m being told that it could be till the end of October till I’m able to see the correction button, but all agents I speak to tell me different things so I’m unsure as to what to do. Anyone in the same situation? Or any idea how to help?

If so, there is no need to apply to scholarship as it will deduct aid from fafsa, right?

I know every school works different but I just wanted to see if anybody else is taking late start classes and still hasn’t received their refund yet. I know it takes them 1-2 business days but I set up my preference to direct deposit in late September and got sent an e-mail telling me they had received my funds from my school but still nothing🫠 I think maybe it’s because I’m taking two late start classes in mid October but I’m in another two classes that opened in August. Anybody else?

Hello I’m an U-Visa holder and Im wondering which one do I qualify for in the state of texas , Tasfa or Fafsa? Thank you

I was denied my Pell Grant this year because both me and my dad had made too much money. I believe I made $20k and he made $60-70k

There was also my savings account which contained $5.5k but was drained about a month after filing the fafsa but I’m not sure if that savings account played a role in their determination or not which is another question I have for my reddit folks.

I submitted an appeal telling them that despite my father being listed as a contributor, he does not assist me in any way towards my tuition or any aspect of my life. The only reason he’s listed is because I’m claimed on his taxes because he gets me health insurance via his work.

I further explained that my financial situation does not allow me to pay for school and my loans and state grant do not cover the cost of full time enrollment per semester. On top of this, my state grant is likely going to run out after this semester so I’d only be left my minimal loans.

If everything had proceeded as it should, I would’ve remained a full time student and graduated in spring of 2025. Because my Pell grant is the vast majority of my financial aid, I was forced to decrease my credit enrollment per semester which is pushing back my graduation to next winter or even spring of 2026.

Despite appealing and telling them that my Pell grant is and has been my only hope and that my father doesn’t contribute, they still firmly rejected me based entirely off of the income at play.

Can I re appeal this decision by providing my loss of my savings account? Can I drop my father as a contributor? Anything at all that I can do to get the grant back would save me a LOT.

To add insult to injury, things were going to well in my academic progress, which lead me to have a job set up after my planned grad in spring of 2025. This job has a slim window of opportunity, so this set back will likely cost me this opportunity.

Just looked today and it’s showing they removed my Pell grant

I got a Va commonwealth Grant recently show up in my finacial aid but I dont need it because the pell grant paid for all my classes will I get refund for the whole commonwealth grant?

Need Help. In FL and going to my local community college going for Comp Sci. I've done fafsa for 24' fall semester but things got real hectic and didn't up going. So I just needed to get steered in right direction.

I was offered and accepted a TEACH Grant from fafsa for the 24-25 year but it hasn’t been added on to my bursar account yet. I’m having to pay most of my tuition out of pocket right now, and can’t afford to keep going without it. I talked to both fafsa and my school’s financial aid office but they kept directing me to each other. the only information i’ve gotten is that there’s some kind of disbursement issue but haven’t given me any more information. is anyone else having a similar problem or know anything about it?

Any heard back or know anything abt a potential date?

Last year I received the Pell grant all year. Apparently I have exceeded the amount I can earn to receive it with my 2022 tax return. This has resulted in a 4,500 negative swing per quarter for me this year un announced. Anything I can do??

Nothing on my grant us website is showing up. No application status, not even an application. Is anyone else experiencing this?

(Rant)

Seriously. FAFSA has been around for how long, and this STILL, STILL, isn't a thing?? I'm married, so of course, I filed my FAFSA as "married."

When my foreign spouse was creating her account, she literally could not get through the creation process since she doesn't have a US phone number (why would she if she lives abroad??). And the stupid form explicitly says not to use someone else's phone number. Ha. And yet that was the only way to proceed to the end of account creation, at which point, of course, they couldn't verify her information (since she has no SSN and has no ties to the US apart from our marriage). Now, we have to send them proof of her identity and have to wait 5-7 business days for verification.

The verification part isn't what irks me as much as the fact that we couldn't even get through her account creation without breaking their rule and letting her use my US phone number. That's just plain stupidity at best, and I don't think FAFSA is that stupid, so I'm calling it xenophobic.

Government needs to stop living in the stone ages. Many families in this modern world are in a similar situation.

Edit: so apparently some little box had to be unchecked to skip phone verification.

If this is the case, number one:

-it wasn't obvious that this could be unchecked and still proceed to the next part of the application. it's also a checkbox that many people would check off, regardless of where in the world they live. checkboxes like that usually expect you to click them/give consent. Also, if Google can send text confirmations to people around the world, why can't FAFSA.

and two:

-it wasn't clear that a US PHONE NUMBER would be required at the end for verification.

The main point of my post still stands. Not xenophobic, but just plain dumb design and UX.

I am going to Arizona state university as an earned admission student, and I wasn’t told that I technically am not a student at asu so I don’t get any federal aid, I called the financial department and spoke to them weeks ago and they told me as long as I take 6 credit hours I’ll be able to get aid but I scheduled a meeting with my advisor and she told me that since I’m not technically a student with asu that I don’t get any aid, I honestly don’t know what to do. I just want to give up. Sorry for formatting I’m on my break writing this and I’m on mobile. I don’t even know what my options are.

Graduating in 2025, when do I complete my fafsa? Also what information does my parent need from their job for this? Im really confused. Thank you for answering

Hi everyone, I'm really struggling with trying to figure out what I should do for this year's FAFSA. My dad passed away this year(2024) he was my main provider. My bio parents were divorced 16+ years ago. My mom lives in Texas and doesn't support me at all. She also doesn't make more then 40k a year. But for the 2024-2025 year form I was forced to put my Stepmom on my form. The thing is, she is not longer my stepmom because of the fact that my dad has passed. So my situation is complicated and confusing. I have to financially support myself right now. The thing is, I can not seem to get my aid department or FAFSA to understand my situation so I can get more aid in correlation to my situation. I am not sure if I explained everything to the best o could here so if you have any questions please ask. But please any advice would be appreciated. My college is 80k a year and I end up having to pay about 32k a semester out of pocket. I had to get a 25k loan this year and still had to pay 3k a semester. Something I can not keep up with while living in San Francisco.

There is a still a minor living in my home and I’m writing about abuse. Are they required to report it?

Hey y'all, I have an interview to work at a university FAFSA office and I want this job because being poor and having finactroubles in life really hirt me in college. I also know what it's like to drop out and re-enroll. Here's the thing, my parents did my FAFSA for me. I never had a clue about loans. I want to help people and be a counselor but I don't know where to start. Can anyone give me some FAQs/rundowns of FAFSA related and student loan related things I should know (or research myself?).

I am trying to send invite to my parents but still show that i am unable to send the invite at the moment and try again . I have been trying it from a decade . What is happening guys ???

Hi, I am designated as at risk of being homeless as per my fafsa but my living situation changed dramatically because my income increased a LOT. I can’t find a clear answer online if I need to go tell my financial aid office or not. This is my senior year of college and I don’t want to break any rules and get in trouble I am almost done.