Does a Contributor Need To Have an FSA ID Already Set Up To Be Invited To Complete the FAFSA?
Award Year: 2024-25 KA-36572 Helpfulness Rating 492 page viewsThis guidance is specific to the 2024-25 award year and later.
No. According to guidance NASFAA has received from the U.S. Department of Education (ED), a contributor does not need to already have an FSA ID. When the student applicant's invitation for a contributor to complete the FAFSA goes out via email, it will include different text depending on whether or not the contributor already has an FSA ID. If they have one, ED will tell them to log in with it. If they don’t have one, ED will tell them to get one. In both cases, the email includes a button linking them to where ED needs them to go.
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