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CREATE AN FSA ID

We strongly recommend you create an FSA ID, a username and password combination that allows you to sign your FAFSA® form electronically. Your FSA ID also can be used to access the myStudentAid app and access certain information online. While you can get your FSA ID as you’re completing the FAFSA form online, getting it ahead of time and using it to begin your FAFSA form on fafsa.gov or on the myStudentAid mobile app cuts down on errors and delays. Find out how to get an FSA ID and what to do if you forgot your FSA ID.

Important note: If you’re a dependent student, one of your parents whose information is reported on the FAFSA form will also need an FSA ID so that he or she can sign your application electronically. If your parent doesn’t have a Social Security number (SSN), your parent won’t be able to create an FSA ID (which requires an SSN). This means you’ll have to select the option to print a signature page when you get to the end of your online FAFSA form.

2020-2021 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Available October 1, 2019

For maximum aid consideration and to help ensure your aid is in place by the time tuition is due, please file your Free Application for Federal Student Aid annually by March 1.

You can also complete the 2020-21 FAFSA form using the myStudentAid app. Download the myStudentAid app in the Apple App Store (iOS) or Google Play (Android). The myFAFSA component—which is used to complete the FAFSA form—is the app’s featured function.

Why do I have to submit my 2018 tax and income information on my 2020–21 FAFSA® form?

The 2020–21 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA^®) form asks for 2018 income and tax information.

This is advantageous for most students and their families because it

• allows for immediate use of the Internal Revenue Service Data Retrieval Tool to transfer financial information for eligible applicants,
• eliminates estimating income and tax information before taxes are filed,
• reduces the need to come back and update a FAFSA form after filing taxes, and
• enables submitting a FAFSA form as early as October of the year before attending school.