What You’ll Need to Complete the FAFSA
To complete the 2022-2023 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)’ 2020 W-2 forms and other records of taxed income*
- Student’s and parent(s)’ 2020 Federal Income Tax Return**
- Student’s and parent(s)’ current bank statements
- Student’s and parent(s)’ 2020 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.
