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2025-26 FAFSA
2025-26 FAFSA
2025–26 FAFSA® Form Coming Soon
The 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form will be available to the public on or before Dec. 1, 2024.
How To Prepare for the 2025–26 FAFSA® Form
Prepare now so you can complete the 2025–26 FAFSA form as soon as it’s available on or before Dec. 1, 2024. Here are some ways you can get ready:
- Create a StudentAid.gov account (if you don’t already have one).
- Learn about the documents you may need to fill out the FAFSA form.
- Determine your dependency status and whether your parent(s) or spouse will be required to contribute information on your FAFSA form.
- If you’re a dependent student, use the Who’s My FAFSA Parent? wizard to identify which parent(s) will be a required contributor on your form.
Stay Informed
Stay informed about 2025–26 FAFSA changes and receive up-to-date notifications and information:
- Follow Federal Student Aid on social media for resources and announcements.
- We’ll email students (and parents of dependent students) who applied on the 2024–25 form, reminding them to apply for 2025–26. To ensure you receive updates, log in to your StudentAid.gov account and confirm we have your current email address.
2024-25 FAFSA
My FAFSA still says "Processing". What do I do?
At this time, 2024-25 FAFSAs are being processed at the normal 1-3 business day timeline. Once the application is processed you'll get your FAFSA submission summary e-mail.
Last modified: 04/10/2024
What if I need to make corrections to my FAFSA?
The ability to make corrections to your FAFSA is currently available. You can log on to your studentaid.gov dashboard to make corrections as needed.
Visit the Federal Student Aid FAFSA Corrections website.
Or watch a video on student corrections or contributor (parent/spouse) corrections.
Schools now have the ability to make corrections one at a time.
Last modified: 07/25/2024
What if I have issues creating an FSA ID or submitting my FAFSA ?
If you have issues creating your FSA ID or submitting your FAFSA application, please contact Federal Student Aid.
Last modified: 03/19/2024
I completed my FAFSA, does UWL have it?
Once your FAFSA is processed, you'll get your FAFSA submission summary. You will also be able to see this status on your studentaid.gov dashboard. Full processing has been achieved by Federal Student Aid (for initial transactions), so within a few business days UWL should get your FAFSA. Once we have your FAFSA you will get an e-mail. Watch your to-do list in WINGS and your e-mail for any additional information on documents we may need or notification that your aid offer is ready.
Last modified: 04/10/2024
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