FAFSA Sent in February but No GrantUs Activation Email Yet - What's Going On?

Yep, I had the same issue! My FAFSA was submitted in January and I didn't get my GrantUs email until late March. The system is super backed up this year with all the FAFSA changes.

There's actually a known technical issue with the GrantUs email system right now. The FSA office confirmed this on their website last week. Several things you can try: 1. Double-check that your email address is correct on the StudentAid.gov profile 2. Try the account recovery option instead of the resend activation 3. Clear your browser cache before attempting recovery 4. If your SAI has been calculated, you can actually call your school's financial aid office and they can manually activate your account Hope this helps!

lol GrantUs is the WORST! first they change everything about FAFSA and now nobody can even access their accounts. im still waiting for mine too and i applied in march...

When I finally got my GrantUs email (after 6 weeks!), it went straight to spam and was marked as "suspicious" by Gmail. Check your spam AND your trash - sometimes they get auto-deleted. Also, are you absolutely sure you used the same email address on your FAFSA that you're checking now? I accidentally used my school email instead of my personal one and that caused issues.

After pulling my hair out for weeks with a similar issue, I finally got through to an actual FSA agent using Claimyr. It's a service that holds your place in the phone queue and calls you back when an agent is available (https://claimyr.com). They have a video showing how it works: https://youtu.be/TbC8dZQWYNQ The agent was able to send my activation email while I was on the phone with them. Turns out there was a flag on my account because I had tried to access it from multiple devices, which triggered some security protocol. They fixed it right away.

This is happening because of the new FAFSA Simplification Act implementation. The Department of Education is facing significant delays in processing applications and sending activation emails. Some important things to know: 1. Applications submitted before March are still being processed in batches - your February submission should be completed soon 2. Your SAI calculation must be completed before the GrantUs activation email is sent 3. The official processing time is now 4-6 weeks minimum, much longer than previous years 4. Your school's financial aid office cannot award aid until your SAI is calculated, but they CAN verify that your FAFSA was received If it's been more than 8 weeks, I would recommend contacting the Federal Student Aid Information Center directly. The email verification system is separate from the FAFSA processing system.

One additional suggestion - some schools have special workarounds for students facing GrantUs activation delays. Check if your college's financial aid office has a "FAFSA Processing Delay Form" or something similar. Mine had an internal form that allowed them to start processing my aid package while waiting for the official SAI calculation.

btw my cousin said his school told him that if you created your fsa id after submitting your fafsa that can cause the emails to not send properly too

have u tried loging in just with your social & birthdate instead of waiting for the email? that worked for me wen i couldn't get my confirmation email lsat year

UPDATE: I finally figured it out! After checking with my parents, we realized they had put their email on the parent portion of the FAFSA, and somehow that became the primary email for GrantUs communications. The activation email was sitting in my dad's inbox since February 27th! He never checks that email account. I was able to use that activation link (it hadn't expired) and now I can see my SAI calculation is actually complete. The school should be able to process my aid package now. Thanks everyone for your help!

This is such a relief to read! I've been having the exact same issue - submitted my FAFSA in early February and still waiting for my GrantUs activation email. It's so stressful when everyone else seems to have their aid packages sorted out already. I'm definitely going to check with my parents to see if the email went to one of their accounts instead. I also didn't know about those delay verification forms that schools have - that could be a game changer while waiting for everything to get sorted out. Thanks for sharing your solution, it gives me hope that mine will work out too!