Do parents need to re-sign FAFSA after adding schools? No email confirmation received

yep parents have to sign again anytime the student makes changes. check your spam folder for the email. my daughter added 4 schools after initial submission and i had to sign each time lol

According to the Federal Student Aid guidelines, parent contributors do need to re-sign the FAFSA after any changes are made, including adding schools. While the system should automatically send an email notification, there are cases where these notifications get filtered or delayed. I recommend logging directly into your FSA ID account on studentaid.gov and checking the "Tasks" section. You should see a pending signature request there if one is needed. If nothing appears there within 24-48 hours of your son making changes, your signature may not be required for this particular update, or there might be a processing delay in the system.

I HATE THE FAFSA SYSTEM SO MUCH!! The same thing happened to me with my twins. My daughter added ONE school and it made me re-sign. My son added THREE schools at different times and I only had to sign ONCE more, not three times?? The worst part is I never got ANY email notifications and his app was sitting there for 2 WEEKS waiting for my signature!!! His SAI score was delayed and we almost missed a scholarship deadline because of it. LOG IN DIRECTLY to your account. Don't wait for emails that may never come. The whole system is broken!

I ran into this exact issue last month! FSA's email notification system is super unreliable. When my daughter added two more colleges, I didn't get any emails, but when I logged into my own FSA account (not hers), there was a task waiting for me to complete the signature process. If you're still having trouble reaching someone at FSA to confirm whether you need to sign again, I'd recommend trying Claimyr (claimyr.com). I was on hold with FSA for almost 2 hours before I found their service. They got me connected to an actual human at FSA in about 15 minutes. You can see how it works in their video demo: https://youtu.be/TbC8dZQWYNQ The agent confirmed that parent signatures are required after adding schools, and helped me complete the process right over the phone.

As a financial aid counselor, I can clarify this for you. Yes, parent contributors typically need to re-sign the FAFSA after adding schools, but there are exceptions: 1) If your son is adding schools within 3 calendar days of the original submission AND no other data was changed, a new parent signature might not be required. 2) If he only added schools but the system prompted him to re-enter bank information, that's considered a data change and will require your signature. 3) For the 2025-2026 FAFSA, the system sometimes doesn't generate parent email notifications properly. I recommend: - Log in to your FSA ID account directly - Check the "To Do" or "Tasks" section - Look under "FAFSA Signature" or "Applications" - If nothing appears within 48 hours, call FSA directly to confirm The good news is that his existing SAI calculation won't change just because new schools were added - he's just extending where that same information gets sent.

my daughtr had same thing happen last week!!!!! she added some school and i never got ANY email but when she texted me to ask if i signed it i was like what????? i had to go login myself and there it was sitting there for 4 days already!! the whole fafsa website is sooooo glitchy this year. like why make a whole new system if it doesnt even work right???? btw her SAI was super high even tho we dont make much $$ and now we gotta do some appeal thing... i hate this whole process so much

I think its so crazy how everyone has different experiences with this. When my kid added schools nothing happened and we didnt have to do anything more? But then my niece added schools and her mom had to resign. Makes no sense.

UPDATE: I followed the advice here and logged into my FSA account. Sure enough, there was a signature request waiting for me that I never got an email about! I've signed it now and my son's application is back in processing. For anyone else dealing with this issue - definitely check your FSA account directly and don't rely on email notifications. Thanks everyone for your help!

So glad you got this sorted out! This is a perfect example of why I always tell parents to bookmark their FSA ID account and check it regularly during FAFSA season. The email notification system has been unreliable for years, but it seems especially bad with the new FAFSA format this year. Pro tip for other parents reading this: set a phone reminder to check your FSA account every few days if your student is still making changes or if you're waiting on processing. It's saved me from missing signatures multiple times. The "Tasks" section will show you exactly what needs to be done, even when emails fail to arrive.