The FSA ID is a code that students and parents can use to:

• Sign the FAFSA, the Renewal FAFSA or FAFSA Corrections on the Web electronically (no paper signature page required).
• View the status and/or results of the student’s FAFSA, Renewal FAFSA, or FAFSA Corrections on the Web over the Internet.
• Access the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Web site (www.nslds.ed.gov) and view information about loans and other federal student aid the student may have received.

The FSA ID is similar to the PIN used to access a bank account. To protect the privacy of the information the student is submitting, the student (and parent) must keep his or her FSA ID a secret.

If the student is a dependent student, one of the student’s parents should also have his or her own FSA ID to electronically sign the student’s FAFSA and make any corrections the student might need to make to it. If the student’s parents have more than one child in college, they only need one ID for all of the students.