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Taken from the publication "Accessing FAFSA Forms on the
Internet" by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is required for all
persons seeking postsecondary financial aid from the United States Department of
Education. The Department of Education's "FAFSA on the Web"
allows you to complete and transmit the form directly from the Internet.
You can also use the Web to print a paper version of the FAFSA you can mail to
the Department of Education yourself.
What Information Will I Need?
To complete the FAFSA for the 2001-2002 school year, you will need 2000
information. You will need to refer to:
 | Your Social Security card and driver's license |
| W-2 Forms or other records of income earned |
| Your (and your spouse's if you are married) Federal Income Tax Return |
| Your parents' Federal Income Tax Return |
| Records of other untaxed income received, such as welfare benefits, social
security benefits, TANF, veteran's benefits, and military or clergy
allowances |
| Current bank statements and records of stocks, bonds, and other
investments |
| Business of farm records (if applicable) |
| Your alien registration card (if you are not a U.S. citizen) |
| Preformatted floppy disk if you want to save your data. |
Do I Need to Sign My FAFSA?
If you are filing an original FAFSA or you are a dependent student filing a
Renewal FAFSA, you will need a paper signature from you and/or your
parents. You may fulfill this requirement by printing and mailing a
signature page when you transmit your application or by having a signature page
mailed to you, which you must sign and mail back to complete the application
process.
Accessing FAFSA on the Web
- Click on U.S.
Department of Education Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
- Click the link that says FAFSA on the Web.
- Next to the "FAFSA on the Web" logo at the top of the page,
click the link that says Getting Started. Click the Process
Overview link.
- Read through the list of instructions. You may want to print this
page out for future reference or at least jot down a list of the
steps. To print, click File on the Menu bar, and select
Print. Click the OK button in the Print dialog box.
- Click the Home Page link. On the left side of the page, click
the link that says Entering a FAFSA Online. Click the Fill
Out a FAFSA link.
To View and Print the FAFSA
- Go to the section titled The FAFSA in PDF, and select the FAFSA you want
to download by clicking the appropriate link. If you are starting
school in the fall of 2001, click the link that says 2000-2001 FAFSA Forms
with Instructions.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader will automatically open, and the FAFSA will be
displayed. (If you do not have Adobe
Acrobat Reader you can download it at free at their site www.adobe.com.
- To print, click File on the Menu bar, and select Print.
Click the OK button in the Print dialog box.
For additional help with the FAFSA application, check out the "FAFSA
on the Web" Web page.
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