What's my FAFSA PIN?

The FAFSA PIN serves as your electronic signature and provides access to your personal information in various U.S. Department of Education systems. It's like the Personal Identification Number (PIN) that you get from your bank that enables you to access your account. Anyone-including parents of dependent students-who has a valid Social Security Number and is a U.S. Citizen or eligible non-citizen may apply for a PIN.

Visit the Federal Student Aid PIN website at http://www.pin.ed.gov/PINWebApp/pinindex.jsp for any of the following PIN related online options:

• Apply for a PIN for the first time
• Check the status of a PIN application
• Request a duplicate PIN if it has been lost or forgotten
• Request your PIN be changed if it has been compromised
• Update your PIN e-mail and mailing address
• Reestablish/Disable your PIN

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More FAFSA Questions and Answers:

• What are the FAFSA deadlines?
• Who is a dependent student?
• What's my FAFSA status?
• What if my parents do not want to submit their information for the FAFSA?
• I filled out my FAFSA but was not eligible, what do I do now?
• What is the purpose of a FAFSA Renewal form?
• What if I have a non-traditional family situation?
• What's my FAFSA PIN?
• Do I have to fill out the FAFSA every school year?
• How do you go about filling out the FAFSA if I am divorced and remarried? Does my ex fill one out as well? Do we list our current spouses?
• In order to get a Stafford loan or a Parent Plus loan, do I need to fill out a FAFSA?
• Can you mail me a FAFSA?
• Can you mail me a renewal FAFSA?
• How long is the FAFSA process?
• What are the final steps of the FAFSA?
• How long does it take for my school to receive the FAFSA?
• What's the difference between a FAFSA and a renewal FAFSA?
• What's the difference between a paper FAFSA and a FAFSA on the Web?
• Where should I mail my completed FAFSA paper application?
• What's the difference between a FAFSA application and a FASFA application?