FAFSA - create account for student or parent?

twoinanddone
Fri, 24 Sep 2021 22:38:06 +0000

DigitalDad:

We recommend that you and your child register for FSA IDs ahead of time, so you don’t experience delays later in the process.

Yes, take this advice. My kids were in school when the new FSA ID rules came out so for some reason I was getting them for my 2 kids in me in June. One kid, no problem. Next kid and me? I put in a mistake in a birthdate for me so that took 2 tries and you have to wait a few days between each try. Second daughter took 3 tries. I entered something wrong, but because all the input boxes are **** out, I didn’t know what it was. Finally I erased the whole thing and started again and it worked.

So start early or do a better job of entering data than I did. Make sure you enter the name exactly as it is on the social security card.