{"id":152,"date":"2026-05-20T17:58:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-uwsp-multi.pantheonsite.io\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:30:17","slug":"verification-of-fafsa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/verification-of-fafsa\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200bVerification of FAFSA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"bannerheight650 hero-fww bpcc blockspacebottom overlay-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/05\/schmeeckle-fall.jpg)\"><div class=\"smaller-banner\"><div class=\"bannerheight650 bpcc smaller-banner-image-container site-width\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/05\/schmeeckle-fall.jpg)\"><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgforsmallscrn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/05\/schmeeckle-fall.jpg\"\/><div class=\"overlay-text-backdrop\"><div class=\"bannerheight650 overlay-contentwidth\"><div class=\"hero-purple-bg overlay-pos-ll overlay-auto  overlay-text-container\"><div class=\"hh-mobile-textwidth\"><div class=\"overlay-headlineone\">Verification of FAFSA<\/div><div class=\"overlay-linkbuttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-accordion blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"\"><div class=\"panelcontainer nofirst\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-create-block-uwsp-accordion-section\"><summary class=\"accordion-heading\">What is FAFSA Verification?<\/summary><div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>Federal verification is a process that&nbsp;requires institutions to verify the accuracy of the information provided on a student\u2019s FAFSA in an effort to ensure federal aid is distributed to those who are eligible. If your FAFSA is selected for verification by the U.S.&nbsp;Department of Education, you are required to provide documentation to the school verifying&nbsp;the information you entered on your FAFSA. After submitting your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAF\u200bSA<\/a>,&nbsp;you will&nbsp;receive an electronic FAFSA Submission Summary\u200b, which will have indicated&nbsp;whether your application&nbsp;has been selected for federal verification.&nbsp;In addition,&nbsp;you&nbsp;will receive a&nbsp;notification&nbsp;from our office&nbsp;regarding the required documentation that must be submitted in order to satisfy this federal&nbsp;verification requirement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-create-block-uwsp-accordion-section\"><summary class=\"accordion-heading\">Why was your FAFSA selected to be verified?<\/summary><div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>The most common reasons why your FAFSA was selected for verification:&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your FAFSA has incomplete data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your FAFSA includes estimated information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Random selection&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-create-block-uwsp-accordion-section\"><summary class=\"accordion-heading\">Is there a deadline to complete the verification process?<\/summary><div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>Yes! It is a federal regulation that our institution receives the required documentation regarding the verification of a student&#8217;s FAFSA no later than 120 days after their last date of enrollment for the award year.&nbsp; Financial aid cannot be awarded after a term for which you are enrolled (and meet all eligibility requirements) has ended. However, in order to receive the best available financial aid for which you are eligible, it is very important for you to submit the required documentation as soon as possible.&nbsp; Even though you may have submitted all required documentation and signatures to complete verification of your FAFSA, we may not have enough time to process your file and award you aid before the last day of the term. Failure to provide the documentation will prevent a&nbsp;financial aid award from being processed.&nbsp; Should a student&#8217;s FAFSA be selected for verification after already&nbsp;receiving an award and the student fails to complete the verification, financial aid will be retracted and the student will be billed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-create-block-uwsp-accordion-section\"><summary class=\"accordion-heading\">What needs to be done after your FAFSA has been selected for verification?<\/summary><div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>View&nbsp;your task(s) via accesSPoint.&nbsp;Students&nbsp;who need assistance understanding which documents are required&nbsp;may contact the Office of Financial Aid and Veteran Services&nbsp;by&nbsp;email&nbsp;(<a href=\"mailto:finaid@uwsp.edu\">finaid@uwsp.edu<\/a>) or by telephone at&nbsp;715-346-4771&nbsp;for options that may better meet&nbsp;their needs.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submit copies of documents&nbsp;requested&nbsp;by our office.&nbsp;These documents may&nbsp;include&nbsp;IRS-supplied federal tax return transcript(s) and\/or&nbsp;Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement(s). The type of documents required will vary from student to student and not all students whose FAFSA is selected for verification will have to submit the same documents.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-create-block-uwsp-accordion-section\"><summary class=\"accordion-heading\">What happens if there are discrepancies between the FAFSA application and the requested documentation?<\/summary><div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>After you submit all required documents, our financial aid office will compare them with your FAFSA data.&nbsp; If necessary, our office&nbsp;will correct the FAFSA data based on the documentation you provided to us.&nbsp; If&nbsp;the FAFSA&nbsp;correction&nbsp;results in a change in the amount of financial aid that was initially offered, our office will generate a revised financial aid offer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-create-block-uwsp-accordion-section\"><summary class=\"accordion-heading\">Where do I need to sign and date?<\/summary><div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>Please include all required signatures and dates where requested.&nbsp; Failure to do&nbsp;so&nbsp;will delay the processing of your financial aid award.&nbsp; If you are a dependent student, parent&nbsp;signatures and dates are required. If you are a married independent student, your spouse&#8217;s signatures and dates are optional.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-create-block-uwsp-accordion-section\"><summary class=\"accordion-heading\">What happens after all my documentation and signatures are submitted?<\/summary><div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>Once you have successfully submitted all required documentation and signatures, the data you provided will be verified for accuracy.&nbsp; This process can take up to three weeks \u200bduring periods of high volume.&nbsp; Should any discrepancies exist, corrections will be made and your financial aid award will be based upon this corrected information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-create-block-uwsp-accordion-section\"><summary class=\"accordion-heading\">Will selection for verification prevent my aid from disbursing?<\/summary><div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>Financial aid cannot be disbursed until you have submitted all requested documents,&nbsp;the information has been verified by the Office of Financial Aid and Veteran Services, and the Department of Education has received and accepted any changes to the original FAFSA information.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Financial Aid and Scholarships Verification Help Night Webinar\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7KoRA2yd6RQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/financial-aid-and-veteran-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}