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Grace Thomas
my sons fafsa got accepted without my wifes ssn too!!! she doesn't have one, shes not a citizen. they still gave him a good aid package 🙌 depends on ur situation tho
This is actually an important distinction. If OP's wife doesn't have an SSN because she's not a citizen or eligible non-citizen, that's a different situation than having an SSN but failing to include it. In your case, you correctly completed the application because you can't provide information that doesn't exist. In OP's case, it sounds like they need to submit a correction since their wife does have an SSN.
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KylieRose
I JUST finished my FAFSA yesterday after WEEKS of the same problem!!! The whole system is BROKEN! My daughter got into her dream school but might lose her spot because these technical issues delayed our financial aid application! Does anyone know if schools are being understanding about these FAFSA delays? Should we contact the financial aid office directly??
Yes, you should absolutely contact your daughter's school's financial aid office directly. Most institutions are well aware of the widespread FAFSA issues this year and many have extended their priority deadlines. When you contact them, provide your FAFSA confirmation number and explain the specific technical difficulties you encountered. Many schools are making accommodations because these problems are affecting so many families.
just tried again after seeing this post and IT WORKED!!!! FINALLYYYYY!!!! thx for giving me hope lol
Jamal Brown
•That's amazing!! So happy for you! Now the waiting game begins for your SAI score. Hope you get good news soon!
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Joy Olmedo
its back up for me just now! try again
THANK YOU! Just checked and it's working for me too! Finally! Going to finish my application right now before something else goes wrong.
Beth Ford
This is why I always tell students to submit their FAFSA at least a week before any priority deadlines. The system gets overloaded every year during peak times. Glad to hear it's back up now though!
You're absolutely right. Definitely learned my lesson about waiting until the last minute. Just submitted my application and got my confirmation email. What a relief!
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Andre Dupont
Listen y'all FAFSA is driving me CRAZY to!!!! They keep sending emails about verification to me but when I log in theres NO verification needed!!!! But my SAI says "processing" for 6 weeks now!!!!! The whole system is garbage andit's like they dont WANT us to get financial aid!!!!
That's a separate issue. The verification emails are often sent automatically by the system while the SAI calculation is still processing. You should still check your "To Do" list on your school's financial aid portal, as they might require verification documents even if the FAFSA system doesn't show it.
Nia Jackson
UPDATE: We finally figured it out! After trying Claimyr to get through to an actual FSA agent (thank you for that suggestion!), we discovered the problem. Apparently when we first created the FAFSA account, my dad used his email as both MY contact email AND his own email for the contributor section. The system was trying to send contributor emails to him but was flagging it as a potential duplicate/security issue. The agent had us change my contact email to a different one, and within 5 minutes of making that change, the contributor invite finally arrived! Such a dumb technical issue but at least it's resolved. For anyone else having this problem, check if you're using the same email in multiple places on your FAFSA!
Yuki Ito
•Great detective work! Glad you got it resolved. This is definitely going to help other people who might be having the same issue.
thx for sharing! gonna tell my friend who has same issue
Nia Johnson
hi there, just wanted to share that i work at a financial aid office and we've been seeing this issue a LOT with the new fafsa. basically the system doesn't always properly validate parent relationships when there's a spouse situation. the manual save method mentioned above sometimes works. if it doesn't, you can actually call and request them to remove the current parent contributor completely, then add them back fresh which often resolves it. might be worth trying if nothing else works!
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Chloe Taylor
•That's really helpful information! I just tried the manual save method and I'm waiting my 30 minutes before logging back in. If that doesn't work, I'll try to get them to remove and re-add the parent contributor. I'm glad to hear this is a known issue at financial aid offices - makes me feel less crazy!
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Chloe Taylor
UPDATE: The manual save method worked!!! I went back through each parent contributor page, manually hit save (not continue) on each one, logged out, waited about 45 minutes, and when I logged back in I was able to add the spouse info without the error message! Thank you all SO MUCH for your help. This was driving me completely insane for days.
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Diego Ramirez
•Great to hear it worked! Make sure to verify your SAI calculation looks correct after adding all the spouse information. Sometimes these glitches can affect how the system processes the data. And as a future tip - always take screenshots of error messages when dealing with FAFSA issues; they can be very helpful if you need to document problems for your school's financial aid office.
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ShadowHunter
•awesome!! glad it worked for u too!! the new fafsa is such a mess this year lol
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