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Problems, Crashes and Errors of FAFSA TODAY

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Status of FAFSA in the last 24 hours

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Response time
20% Complete

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Frequent failures of FAFSA

FAFSA is a form to fill students to apply any kind of financial assistance for higher education, whether university studies, master's degrees, associate degrees or doctorates.

FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student Aid, for its acronym in English, this form is what determines how much money it is up to each student or family contribution for college. Once obtained the results of the FAFSA both the federal government, colleges, universities and private institutions manage to make the decision that students receive the aid requested the corresponding amount.

The FAFSA can be completed online through the application or myStudentAid but also on paper.


Some users to submit an error message when filling out the online form. This message may appear when the user tries to submit the form via the website and not through the mobile application. As recommended that students fill out the form again by applying mobile.

If the user is applying for a renewal of what is recommended in this case is to again start the FAFSA.

If the problem persists it is recommended that the student contact directly with FAFSA or myStudentAid so that those responsible will provide a better solution.

No, we are not detecting any problems with FAFSA right now.
We last detected an outage for FAFSA on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 with a duration of about 52 minutes.

If you see an error in the “Sign and Submit” section saying your information doesn't match, there may be an error on the student or parent personal information pages.
These pages ask for your or your parent's name, Social Security number (SSN), and date of birth.

You'll have a better chance at receiving money for college if you avoid several common mistakes when filling out your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form.
Such mistakes include not completing the form on time, not filling it out correctly, or forgetting to sign and submit.

The new FAFSA will contain significantly fewer questions.
Applicants will be able to skip as many as 26 questions on the 2024-25 FAFSA, depending on their circumstances.
Some students will only have to answer 18 questions on the new form; the 2023-24 FAFSA included up to 103 questions.

Troubleshooting Tips

Problem solved? Still can't connect to FAFSA? Continue with Step 2.
Turn it on again. Clear internet cookies and browser cache.
Still stuck and not enjoying FAFSA, then go to Step 3.
Temporarily disable your antivirus or firewall running in the background. Now, if you can access FAFSA, be informed that your security software is causing problems. Try adding FAFSA to the set of trusted sites.
DNS is a service that translates FAFSA into a machine-readable address called an IP address. In most cases, this job is done by your ISP. If only specific sites are not opening, it is likely to be corrupted.

Ask for direct help to the administrators of FAFSA



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