FAFSA contributor invitation problem - husband never received email to complete his portion

same thing happened with my daughter's app!! her dad never got the email either and we couldn't submit. super frustrating

There's a specific step you're missing. After creating the FSA ID, your husband needs to log into studentaid.gov with his new account and check his "My FAFSA" section. The invitation doesn't always come by email - it shows up in his dashboard. Once he logs in, he should see the pending application that needs his contribution. If that doesn't work, there's a "Notify" button in your view of the FAFSA that will resend the invitation. Look for it near his name in the contributor section.

The Notify button should be visible in both your view and your son's view (whoever is the primary applicant). Either of you can resend the invitation. But definitely have your husband check his dashboard first - about 70% of the time, that's where people find the pending request.

this new fafsa is a NIGHTMARE!! they completely changed everything and none of the contributors stuff makes any sense. my kid's financial aid is probably going to be late because of all these stupid technical problems. why couldnt they just keep the old system?!

I work in a college financial aid office and we're seeing this issue constantly. There are a few things to try: 1. Make sure your husband's FSA ID is fully verified (he should have received confirmation emails for this) 2. Double-check that the email address on his FSA ID account exactly matches what was entered in the FAFSA contributor section 3. Try the manual resend invitation option (the Notify button others mentioned) 4. If all else fails, create a new FAFSA application and start fresh The most common issue is mismatched emails or SSNs between what's in the FSA ID system and what was entered in the FAFSA. Even small typos can cause the invitation to fail.

have you tried calling the FAFSA helpline? sometimes they can manually send the invitation or fix whatever is blocking it

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when my husband didnt get the email i just made him sit down with me and we filled out his part while i was logged in. just had him tell me all his info and i entered it. the signature was the only tricky part but we just had him create his fsa id and then he could sign right there

UPDATE: We figured it out! Turns out my husband's FSA ID wasn't fully verified yet. Even though he created the account, he needed to complete the email verification step (which he had missed). Once he did that and logged into studentaid.gov, the invitation was sitting right there in his dashboard, just like someone suggested here. We were able to complete his portion last night and submitted the full application! Thank you all for your help - especially the tip about checking the dashboard instead of just waiting for an email.