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What's new? Read a summary of the changes to the most recent FAFSA (2022-23).

The 2022-23 FAFSA changes include the following:

Eligibility for federal aid is no longer tied to male students registering for the Selective Service System or an affirmative answer to the drug conviction question. The selective service and drug conviction questions will remain on the form for this year but have no effect on aid eligibility. Students should continue to answer the questions, but the Department of Education has advised postsecondary institutions to disregard the student responses when processing their aid eligibility.
Students who wish to add a college will not select the “Update List of Colleges” option after logging in. Adding new colleges is no longer considered a “correction” function.
When logging in, users will select their role: parent, student, or preparer. When it is time for the signature, the person logged in will be taken to their role-appropriate signature. Users will no longer have to view the signature status page and select which signature they will provide.
Users will receive additional information and prompts to help them understand which parent or parents’ information should be reported on the form based on their answer to the parent marital status question.
Due to the pandemic and loss of employment, many people may have claimed unemployment on the 2020 federal tax form. Taxable unemployment must be recorded on the Schedule 1 form. Therefore, the Schedule 1 will pertain to many more FAFSA filers this cycle. Those who use the IRS DRT will have the question appropriately transferred. For those who manually complete the FAFSA, just a reminder that if Schedule 1 was filed only for the purposes of unemployment, the filer may still answer the question with a “no,” as unemployment is one of the exemptions for that question.

Get Educated: How to Fill Out the FAFSA

The more you know about the FAFSA application process, the more you can help others. Download this resource guide to learn all about the FAFSA process and the most common questions asked by students and parents from low-income backgrounds about the form.

Tips for Filing the 2022-23 FAFSA

If you help students and families with the FAFSA, here’s what you need to know about working through the 2022-23 form.

Consejos para llenar el formulario FAFSA 2022-23

Si usted ayuda a estudiantes y familias con el formulario Solicitud Gratuita de Ayuda Federal para Estudiantes (FAFSA), esto es lo que necesita saber sobre cómo llenar el formulario 2022-23.

Six Things to Do After Filing The FAFSA

You have submitted your FAFSA application. Now what?

After you submit your FAFSA, you’ll get a Student Aid Report (SAR) within three days if you signed online or three weeks if you mailed a signature page. Your SAR is a summary of the FAFSA data you submitted.

Las 6 cosas que debe hacer tras aplicar a la Solicitud Gratuita de Ayuda Federal para Estudiantes (FAFSA)

Ya apliqué para FAFSA (la Solicitud Gratuita de Ayuda Federal para Estudiantes). Y ahora ¿qué va a pasar?

Tras entregar su aplicación de FAFSA, le van a enviar un Reporte de Ayuda para Estudiantes (SAR, Student Aid Report, por sus siglas en inglés).