Original FAFSA submission date missing - college can only see resubmission after signature fix

this happened 2 me last yr!!!!! u need 2 call the financial aid office and explain, they might give u a break if u tell them it was just the signature thing not a completely new app

You need to contact Federal Student Aid directly at 1-800-433-3243 and request proof of your original January submission. They have ALL your submission dates in their system, but only the most recent shows on the portal. The college can request this verification directly from FSA if they don't believe you.

I had this EXACT problem last year with my son's FAFSA. What saved us was that I had taken screenshots of the confirmation page in January (thank goodness for my paranoia!). If you got an email confirmation from your January submission, that would work too. The colleges can usually see the original submission date in their systems - ask them to check the "origination date" not just the "processed date" in their database.

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Financial aid administrator here. This is a common issue with the new FAFSA system. Here's what you need to know: 1) Schools can see both the original submission date AND the reprocessing date in our system even if you can't see it in your portal 2) However, many schools' automated systems only flag the LATEST processing date for priority deadline checking 3) You need to contact the school's financial aid office directly and request a "priority deadline appeal" based on your original submission date 4) Be prepared to provide any evidence you have (email confirmations, screenshots) 5) If you can't reach FSA by phone, submit a case through the FSA Feedback Center online - they must respond within 15 days Most schools will honor your original submission date once you explain the signature correction issue, as this was extremely common this year with the new system.

ppl saying to call FSA but when I had this problem they told me signatures issues = incomplete application so original date doesn't count. only the COMPLETED application date matters which is why it shows April. the whole system is rigged if u ask me. my kid lost $5000 in grants from our state because of this exact issue.

Has anyone else noticed that the new FAFSA system seems to be creating way more problems than it's solving? Between the signature issues, the SAI calculation errors, and now this submission date problem... it's like they launched a half-finished product. I feel for the OP - this should not be so complicated!

UPDATE: I finally got through to the financial aid office at my daughter's first-choice school! The amazing woman I spoke with confirmed they CAN see our original January submission date in their system, but their automated process had flagged us for missing the priority deadline. She manually overrode it in their system and said we'll be considered as meeting the deadline! Still working on her other schools, but this gives me hope. For anyone with similar issues - be persistent and keep trying to reach a human at the financial aid office!