Application Processing

Will an Incomplete FAFSA Be Deleted After 45 Days Of Inactivity? (Award Year: 2024-25)

In What Instances Is the PJ Flag Required For 2024-25? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Does the FA-DDX Include Amended Tax Return Data? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can a Parent Or Spouse Without a Social Security Number Get an FSA ID?

What Do the IRS Response Codes Mean? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What Do the Various FAFSA Statuses Mean on StudentAid.gov? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Who Is the Parent Of Record On the FAFSA Starting In 2024-25? (Award Year: 2024-25)

How Do We Resolve Comment Code 303 Starting In 2024-25? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Will a New ISIR With Federal Tax Information Be Pushed If a Contributor Manually Enters Tax Data While the FSA ID Is Being Verified? (Award Year: 2024-25)

How Can a Student Correct the Parent Of Record On the 2024-25 FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can a FAFSA Be Submitted Without Consent and a Signature? (Award Year: 2024-25)

On What Date Is the FAFSA Considered Received By the FAFSA Processing System? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Will Puerto Rican Tax Return Filers Be Able To Use the FA-DDX To Transfer Tax Data Into the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Is There a List Of Known 2024-25 FAFSA Issues? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What Information Is Required When Inviting a Contributor To Complete the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Does a Spouse Need To Access the FAFSA If They Are Not a Contributor? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Must a Student Provide Consent To Transfer Federal Tax Information If They Are a Victim Of IRS Tax-Related Identity Theft? (Award Year: 2024-25)

How Do We Verify Foreign Nontax Filers Starting With the 2024-25 Award Year? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Is There a Comment Code Crosswalk For the Changes Effective With 2024-25? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What Corrections Are Required When Someone Files a Tax Return With Both the IRS and a U.S. Territory? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can a Contributor Consent and Manually Provide FAFSA Data Before the FSA ID Is Finalized? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Why Do Comment Code 108 and Reject Code 9 Exist If Number In College Is Not Used In the SAI Calculation? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Who Is Included In Family Size Starting In 2024-25? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Is There an Alternative For Getting the Incapacitated Parent's Signature On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Why Is Number In College Still On the FAFSA For 2024-25 and Beyond? (Award Year: 2024-25)

How Does FA-DDX Work If a Contributor Filed a U.S. Tax Return and a Foreign Tax Return? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Should an Independent Student Include His Spouse and Children In Family Size If They Live In Another Country? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What Must a School Do When a Contributor Reports a Foreign Earned Income Exclusion? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Do 529 Plan Distributions Count As Parental Support When Determining Parent Of Record? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What Federal Tax Information Is Retrieved Using the FUTURE Act Direct Data Exchange? (Award Year: 2024-25)

How Will the School Know If a Student Or Parent Changed Family Size On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Will the FAFSA Contributor Be Allowed To Change Federal Tax Information? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Who Is the Parent Of Record When One Parent Pays Child Support To Another Parent? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Whose Information Is Provided On the FAFSA If Three Parents Live In the Same Household? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What FAFSA Corrections Must Be Sent To the FPS For Reprocessing? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Is It Conflicting Information If a Dependent Student's Parent's Family Size Changes After Filing the FAFSA But Before Verification? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can a Relative Be Included In the Family Size If the Relatives Lives In Another Country? (Award Year: 2024-25)

How Should Parents In a Common Law Marriage Report Marital Status On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

If a Student Is In Legal Guardianship Or Foster Care, Should We Add an Amount For In-Kind Support Or Cash Support? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Is Child Support Paid Or Received Only Reportable On the FAFSA When It Is Court Ordered? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can an Exchange Student Be Included In Family Size? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Does a Student Need To Claim Federal Work-Study Funds As Income? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What Happens If the Student's Custodial Parent Dies After the FAFSA Is Completed? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Are We Required To Indicate a Professional Judgment Adjustment On the ISIR If We Adjust the Cost Of Attendance? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can an Independent Student Be Included In the Dependent Student's Parent's Family Size? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can an Older Sibling Be Included In the Family Size Of a Dependent Student's Parents? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can We Have a Policy To Exclude Independent Siblings From Family Size? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Is Parental Support For a Homeless Student Considered Untaxed Income Or In-Kind Support, Or Is It Disregarded? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Should Distributions From Health Savings Accounts Be Reported As Untaxed Income On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Should We Add a Fiancee's Earnings During Verification If the Fiancee Is Included In Family Size? (Award Year: 2024-25)

When Should Monetary Support For an Independent Student Be Included On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What Should Schools Do If Concerned About Parents Placing Their Children In Legal Guardianships Solely For Financial Aid Eligibility? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What Action Is Required When the Student Has Comment Code 405 Or 406 But May Have Been Incorrectly Identified As Incarcerated? (Award Year: 2023-24)

Is Combat-Related Special Compensation Reported On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Is a Contribution To a Puerto Rican CODA Plan Considered Untaxed Income? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Do We Need To Update a Student's Marital Status Reported On the FAFSA If It Does Not Match Her Tax Filing Status? (Award Year: 2024-25)

How Is Money Received As an Inheritance Reported On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Should a Pre-Tax Contribution In Box 14 Of Form W-2 Be Reported As Untaxed Income On The FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Is Untaxed Alimony Received Reported As Untaxed Income On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

How Does the Student Report Tuition Which Was Paid On Their Behalf From a Friend's Trust Fund? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can a Student Be Independent If the Support She Provides For Her Dependents Comes From Her Grandparents? (Award Year: 2024-25)

How Are Expenses Paid For By Someone Else Reported On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Does a Parent Report Cash Support They Receive As Untaxed Income On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

How Do We Verify an Unmarried Student With a Domestic Partner? (Award Year: 2024-25)

How Are Insurance Settlement Proceeds Reported On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Does the Deferred Compensation Listed On a Wage and Income Transcript Include Only the Types That Must Be Reported On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Does the Student Report a Personal Loan As Untaxed Income On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

If a Noncustodial Parent Contributes Money To the Student's Education, Is the Amount Untaxed Income? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Will the FAFSA Be Provided In Languages Other Than English and Spanish? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Are Comment Codes 003 and 049 Treated Differently? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What Is the Financial Aid Office Required To Do When an Incarcerated Student's ISIR Is Not Flagged? (Award Year: 2023-24)

How Can We Assist Our Incarcerated Students If Their FSA IDs Have Been Disabled? (Award Year: 2023-24)

Can an Unborn Child Count In Family Size Starting With the 2024-25 Award Year? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can Parental Information Be Included On the FAFSA For the Health Professions Student Aid Programs? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Will an FSA ID Be Required To File an Online FAFSA Starting With the 2024-25 Award Year? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Has the Income Threshold Edit Gone Away For 2024-25 and Beyond? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Will Contributors Have To Manually Enter FAFSA Data If They Separated or Divorced After Filing the Tax Return? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Who Is Considered a Veteran For Dependency Status Purposes? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can a School Collect FAFSA Signature Pages Starting With the 2024-25 Award Year? (Award Year: 2024-25)

For What Period Is Child Support Received Reported On the FAFSA For 2024-25 and Beyond? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Is It Conflicting Information If Family Size Does Not Match the Tax Return? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can an Individual Who Has a Social Security Number Use the Knowledge-Based Authentication Option To Obtain an FSA ID? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Will IRA and Pension Rollover Amounts Be Pulled Into the FAFSA Via FA-DDX? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Are Comment Codes 400 and 401 Going Away For 2024-25? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Does a Contributor Need To Have an FSA ID Already Set Up To Be Invited To Complete the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Why Does the FAFSA Collect the Student's ITIN If the Social Security Number Is Not Provided?

Who Is a FAFSA Contributor Starting With the 2024-25 FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Will Schools Or States Receive the Answers To the Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Questions On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2023-24)

Beginning With 2024-25, Will a Financial Aid Administrator Be Able To File the FAFSA On the Student's Behalf? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Is FAFSA Consent Required From the Spouse When Married Filing Jointly? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What Is Federal Tax Information (FTI)? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can a Student Or Parent Revoke Consent To Use Federal Tax Information During the Award Year? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Which Questions Are Removed From the FAFSA Effective With 2024-25? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can a Student Be Considered Homeless Or At Risk Of Homelessness If They Have a Relationship Or Contact With Their Parents? (Award Year: 2023-24)

Can Financial Aid Administrators Assist Students With Entering Information On the FAFSA For 2024-25 and Beyond? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What FAFSA Simplification Provisions Are Effective For the 2023-24 Award Year? (Award Year: 2023-24)

When Is Provisional Independent Student Status Being Implemented? (Award Year: 2023-24)

When Can an Applicant Update Asset Information That Was Reported On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2024-25)

What If Someone Enters a Rollover Amount Greater Than the Pension Or IRA Amount, Creating a Negative Amount? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Must We Send a Correction If a Student's Pell Eligibility Does Not Change After a Non-Verification Correction? (Award Year: 2024-25)

For Students Whose Parents Are Divorced, Have Joint Custody But Live Separately, Will the Student Need To Report the Income Of Both Parents? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Is a School Required To Determine If a Student Is Incarcerated? (Award Year: 2023-24)

What Documentation Should a Student Submit To Prove He Or She is Homeless Or At Risk Of Homelessness? (Award Year: 2023-24)

Is an Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Determination a Professional Judgment Adjustment?

Can We Use Professional Judgment To Adjust Adjusted Gross Income In Joint Custody Situations? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can a High School Or School District Liaison Make a Determination Of Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Status For Continuing Students? (Award Year: 2023-24)

How Would You Distinguish a Student Who Indicates She Is Self-Supporting From a Student Who Is an Unaccompanied Homeless Youth?

Can a Financial Aid Administrator Determine a Student Does Not Have Homeless Youth Status? (Award Year: 2023-24)

If a Student Cannot Receive a Determination Of Homeless Youth Status From a District Liaison, Must She Submit a Dependency Appeal?

Does a Determination Of Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Status Have To Be Made Every Year?

Can We Use Self-Declaration Letters To Make a Determination That a Student Is an Unaccompanied Homeless Youth? (Award Year: 2023-24)

Who Can Make a Determination That a Student Is an Unaccompanied Homeless Youth? (Award Year: 2023-24)

Must a Student Be 21 Or Younger To Be Considered an Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Or At Risk of Homelessness?

Is a Documented Phone Conversation With an Out-of-State Student Sufficient To Make a Homeless Youth Determination? (Award Year: 2023-24)

Are All Foster Children Excluded From Family Size? (Award Year: 2024-25)

Can a Dependent Student's Sibling Attending a Military Service Academy Be Included In Household Size Or Number In College? (Award Year: 2023-24*)

Must We Adjust Household Size For the Death Of an Unborn Child? (Award Year: 2023-24*)

Do We Need To Update a Student's Marital Status Reported On the FAFSA If It Does Not Match Her Tax Filing Status? (Award Year: 2023-24*)

Is a Student Who Is Either a Refugee Or an Asylee Considered Independent On the FAFSA? (Award Year: 2023-24)

What Does Comment Code 300 Mean? (Award Year: 2023-24)

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