What You’ll Need to Complete the FAFSA

Create one FSA ID for student and one FSA ID for parent at: Federal Student Aid
- Choose 'Create an Account' the first time you access the page
- You will use this ID every year you need aid for college, so pick one you will remember!

Fill out the FAFSA on fafsa.gov or use the myStudentAid app

To complete the 2024-25 FAFSA, you will need this info:

Student’s and parent(s)’ Social Security card (if their parent does not have one, that is
okay)
Student’s I-9 paperwork or Permanent Resident Card (if the student has one. Typically
this applies to refugee or asylee students)
Student’s driver’s license (if the student has one)
Student’s and parent(s)’ 2022 W-2 forms and other records of taxed income*
Student’s and parent(s)’ 2022 Federal Income Tax Return**
Student’s and parent(s)’ current bank statements
Student’s and parent(s)’ 2022 untaxed income records
Student’s and parent(s)’ current business & investment, property mortgage information, business and farm, stocks, bonds, and other investment records.***

* If you were gainfully employed.

** If you filed an income tax return. IRS 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, Foreign Tax Return, or Tax Return from Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or Palau.

***Stocks, bonds, and other investments designated for retirement (such as those found in a 401(k) or IRA) are not reported on the FAFSA. The value of businesses with fewer than 100 FTE employees is also not reported on the FAFSA.

KEEP THESE RECORDS! You may need them again. Do NOT mail your records to Federal Student Aid.

Email Gerson Lucas with any questions.

Mountain High

FAFSA/College Application Information

Why Should I File the FAFSA?

Applying for FAFSA

Lo que necesitarás para completar

Parent Information

Online FAFSA Resources