Can't find FAFSA contributor invitation email - husband got his but mine is missing

This happened to me last month with my daughter's FAFSA. The system sometimes glitches with contributor invitations. Have your son go back into his studentaid.gov account, check the contributor section, and he should be able to see if your invitation is still pending or if there was an error. He can delete your invitation and create a new one. Make sure he's typing your email correctly - even one wrong character will cause issues. Also check that your email account isn't automatically filtering or blocking emails from studentaid.gov domain.

omg the same thing happened with MY son's fafsa!!!! his dad got the email but mine never came. we waited like 2 days and then my son just deleted mine and resent it and it worked fine the second time. maybe their system was just being glitchy that day???

Check your email settings too. I had a similar issue and discovered that my email provider was automatically putting the FAFSA emails into a "promotions" or "updates" tab that I rarely check. Also, try searching specifically for "contributor" or "FSA" in your email - sometimes they have weird subject lines that don't obviously say FAFSA.

This is why I HATE the new FAFSA system! Everything is constantly broken and they expect us parents to just figure it out. My daughter's FAFSA has had so many technical issues I can't even count them all. And good luck trying to call them for help - you'll be waiting until next year's FAFSA opens!!

There are several technical solutions that can help here: 1. Have your son check the contributor dashboard on studentaid.gov to see if your invitation shows as "sent" or "error" 2. If it shows as sent, he should delete it and resend to your email (double-check spelling) 3. Make sure your email hasn't blocked studentaid.gov domain 4. If resending doesn't work, your son can actually switch to the "provide parent information directly" method instead of using the contributor invitation system The contributor system is optional - it's just designed to protect privacy. If you're having technical issues, your son can select the option to enter parent information directly instead of using the contributor system. You would just need to provide him with your financial information to enter.

If your husband already completed his section, it gets a bit complicated. The system expects both contributors to use the same method (either both using the invitation system or both having information entered directly). My recommendation would be: 1. Have your son login to his studentaid.gov account 2. Go to the parent/contributor section 3. Check if your invitation shows as sent or has an error status 4. Delete your invitation and try sending a new one to a DIFFERENT email address if you have one 5. If that doesn't work, he may need to contact Federal Student Aid to ask about mixing contributor methods The 2025-2026 FAFSA specifically tried to make this process easier, but these technical glitches are still happening unfortunately.

This happened to me too! The weird thing is that the invitation was actually hiding in my gmail under the "Categories" tab - specifically in the "Promotions" section. Gmail sometimes sorts emails from government sites strangely. Check there if you haven't already!

Just to follow up on my earlier comment - no, having your son delete and resend your invitation won't affect your husband's completed section at all. The contributor sections are handled separately in the system. Also, for future reference, there's a specific process if you need to update the contributor information after submission: 1. The student logs into studentaid.gov 2. Goes to the FAFSA form 3. Selects "Make FAFSA Corrections" 4. Updates the necessary parent/contributor information But for now, definitely try the deletion and resend approach. About 80% of the time that resolves the missing invitation issue.

did u check if ur phone has the email maybe?? sometimes i miss important stuff cuz it goes to my phone but not my computer for some weird reason

UPDATE: Success! My son deleted the original invitation and resent it to my alternate email address. It showed up within minutes! Already completed my section and now his FAFSA is fully submitted. Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions! For anyone else having this issue, definitely try using a different email address if the resend doesn't work with your primary email.