Changes to FAFSA login?

kelsmom
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:20:18 +0000

The address is not relevant for FSA ID.

The FSA ID will be used not just for FAFSA, but for anything the student does later on www.studentloans.gov (exit counseling, applying for income driven repayment, applying for loan consolidation, using repayment estimator, etc). It is critical that the son makes sure he writes down his password and his security questions/answers.

He will need to set up his FSA ID using a SSN, which is checked against the federal databases. He will need an email address that is not shared by anyone else getting an FSA ID. When he applies for the FSA ID, he will have to respond to an email within a short period of time … this is a very important step in completing the FSA ID process.

No one should create an FSA ID for anyone else. This has created multiple user issues, and FSA has said over and over again in its listserv for technical issues that no one may create another’s FSA ID, and no one may use another’s FSA ID.