How do I check if each college downloaded my FAFSA?

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<p>I want to know if each college downloaded my FAFSA, how would I do that?</p>

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<p>You would need to call each school. Don’t jump the gun. I work in a financial aid office & while we have FAFSA files waiting to be imported into our computer system, we are not ready to do it yet. There is a lot to be done in an aid office before the new year’s FAFSA’s can be brought in. Relax … if you received notification that your FAFSA was process & your SAR shows no problems in the comment section, you are fine. Do double-check your school codes, though … make sure you sent them to the correct campus if the school has more than one campus.</p>

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<p>I’m stressing and it is my 5th year doing FAFSA between 3 students!! I’ve never filed as early (jan 3rd) before so haven’t had to stress for as long before :rolleyes:.</p>

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<p>hi Kelsmom, since you work in financial aid office can you please respond.</p>

<p>My FAFSA was processed and got the info as below:
“The Social Security Administration did not confirm that you are a U.S. citizen. Please provide your financial aid office with documentation of your U.S. citizenship (such as your U.S. Passport, Certificate of Naturalization or Birth Certificate). If the documents support your status as a U.S. citizen, the financial aid office at your school will make a copy of your documentation and can continue to process your federal student aid.”</p>

<p>since I became U.S citizen a year ago, I chose “U.S Citizen” option.
Can you please tell me what should I don now in this scenario?. Should i call fin.aid office of the colleges I applied and talk to them?. Will FAFSA send processed application to colleges or HOLD it?.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>I work at a school with a very large immigrant population, so I do know about this! The social security administration does not have records on file that indicate you became a citizen. We recommend that our students contact the SSA ([The</a> United States Social Security Administration](<a href=“http://www.ssa.gov%5DThe”>http://www.ssa.gov) for contact info) to get that corrected.</p>

<p>In the meantime, check with each school to find out what they want you to do in terms of providing documentation of citizenship. We request a copy of the passport or other documents proving citizenship (or eligible non-citizen status). </p>

<p>FAFSA will send the application to the schools. However, the schools will have to have evidence of citizenship status to complete processing of your aid.</p>

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<p>Thank you kelsmom. I did talk to one of the schools applied and they told to send copy of the passport/naturalization, social security card and in the process of sending them.</p>