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Vince Eh
Update: My application FINALLY finished processing today (took 26 days total) and I was able to make corrections! The correction tab automatically appeared on my dashboard and I fixed my income information. Now it says the corrections are processing and will take about 1-2 weeks. Thanks everyone for your help!
Great! Make sure you also notify your school's financial aid office about the corrections so they can put a hold on finalizing your aid package until the new information comes through.
Congrats! The waiting game is the worst part of FAFSA 😓
I went thru this back in january when i was doing fasfa for my kids. the first kid was easy but for the second one i had to wait forever to fix some stuff about our house value. just a tip but save PDF copies of everything before AND after corrections so you have proof if something gets messed up later. happened to my neighbor and she had no proof of what she submitted originally
Vince Eh
•That's really smart advice about saving PDFs. I'm doing that right now with my corrections page. Thanks!
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Aisha Patel
Speaking as someone who works in higher education IT systems, I can explain what's actually happening on the technical side: When you resubmit without changes, the system generates what's called a "duplicate ISIR" (Institutional Student Information Record). The schools' financial aid management systems can detect this. Most modern systems automatically flag identical resubmissions and don't treat them as new applications requiring full review. The delay is generally just the federal processing time (typically 3-7 days) for the data to be transmitted back to schools. Schools that use automated systems will simply verify the data matches and continue processing. Some smaller schools with manual processes might take a few extra days. The most important factor is timing in relation to the school's internal aid packaging timeline. If they're actively packaging aid right now, a brief delay could potentially impact priority consideration. That's why it's good advice to contact financial aid offices directly.
Sasha Ivanov
•Thank you for this technical explanation! It makes me feel better understanding what's actually happening behind the scenes. My daughter's top choice has a May 1 deadline for accepting admission, so I'm hoping this won't impact their aid package timing.
Aisha Patel
•With a May 1 decision deadline, most schools are already in active packaging mode. I'd definitely recommend your daughter email her top choices' financial aid offices with her name, ID number, and a brief explanation that her FAFSA was resubmitted without changes on 4/14. Ask if this will impact her aid package timeline. Most schools can make notes in their system to prevent delays in cases like this.
Liam Murphy
One more thing to add - when this happened to us, I panicked and made it worse by calling schools everyday asking about it. My son was embarrassed and it actually caused more confusion. The best approach is one calm email to financial aid offices explaining the situation, then be patient. Eventually everything worked out fine and he got the same aid package he would have anyway.
Sasha Ivanov
•That's good advice - I don't want to make things worse by seeming overly anxious to the financial aid offices. I'll help my daughter draft one professional email instead. She's still barely speaking to me over this, but hopefully she'll come around when she sees it's not the disaster she thinks it is.
Liam Murphy
•Teenagers can be dramatic about these things! My son didn't speak to me for three days when this happened. By next week when everything's fine again, she'll have forgotten all about it. Just don't remind her that you were right 😉
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Zainab Yusuf
not to go off topic but is anyone else having issues with the new FAFSA interface?? i cant figure out how to even START the application for my kids. the old version was way better imo
The new interface is definitely challenging. You need to create a StudentAid.gov account first, then find the FAFSA form under the Apply for Aid section. They changed the whole system for the 2024-2025 aid year, so many people are struggling with it. I recommend using a laptop/desktop rather than mobile - the mobile experience is even more difficult to navigate.
has anyone had experience with the dependency override for siblings raising siblings? my friend is basically raising her 3 younger siblings but the parents are technically still around just not involved at all. wondering if there's a way for the younger siblings to apply as independent without parent info?
CyberSiren
•Dependency overrides are handled case-by-case by each school's financial aid office, not directly through FAFSA. For situations like your friend's, the younger siblings would still need to complete the FAFSA listing their legal parents, but then immediately contact each school's financial aid office to request a dependency override. They'll need substantial documentation - court records, letters from professionals (teachers, counselors, clergy) who can verify the situation, and a detailed personal statement. It's a challenging process but absolutely possible in legitimate cases of parent abandonment or absence.
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Yuki Ito
Our SAI came back fine with just one parent contribution. As long as you included your total household AGI correctly, there shouldn't be an issue with the calculation. The system is primarily looking at your tax information rather than who specifically entered it.
Ethan Taylor
•That's reassuring to hear! Did you happen to get selected for verification afterward? I'm trying to gauge how likely that might be in our situation.
Mei Lin
i think ur overthinking this tbh. if the system says its processing then its good. my mom did ours by herself and my stepdad didnt do anything and i got my aid package already
Ethan Taylor
•You're probably right that I'm overthinking this! I just don't want anything to delay my son getting his aid. Thanks for sharing your experience - it helps to know others had similar situations work out fine.
Mohamed Anderson
One more thing - I recommend having your daughter check her SAI (Student Aid Index) calculation on her FAFSA account. If there's a flag on the citizenship verification, you might see an alert there. And make sure to check both her student.aid.gov account AND her school portal, as sometimes the messages don't sync properly between systems.
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Tasia Synder
•I didn't even think to check both places! Just had her log in and you're right - there's actually more detailed information on the student.aid.gov portal than what came in the email. This is really helpful.
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Bruno Simmons
just my 2 cents but the birth certificate + photo ID combo worked for my citizenship verification last fall. took like 3 days to process vs the weeks they said a passport would take
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Tasia Synder
•That's really reassuring! Seems like this might be the consensus best approach based on everyone's experiences.
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