Date and Signatures (Questions 105-106 on the PDF or paper FAFSA)

Purpose: This part of the application asks for the date the application was completed (on the paper form), your signature, and your parent's signature if you are a dependent student. The questions are numbered 105-106. If you are completing a FAFSA on the Web application, you can sign your application electronically using your Federal Student Aid PIN (PIN). If you choose not to sign electronically, you can print a signature page and, sign, and mail it to the U.S. Department of Education. Dependent students will also need to provide a parent's signature. Parent's can electronically sign the application using their PIN or the parent can sign the student's printed signature page.

Shown below is the numbered order of the Questions as they appear on the paper FAFSA:

105. Date this form was completed. If you apply on paper, fill in the month and day spaces using 2-digit numbers, e.g., "04" for April. Then fill in the appropriate circle for the year. Note that all information you report on the FAFSA must be accurate as of the date you complete the form. If you apply online, the date you submit the application will automatically pre-fill this field.

106. Student and parent signatures. The student (and a parent of a dependent student) must either use his or her PIN to provide an electronic signature on FAFSA on the Web or print out, sign and submit a signature page. If applying on paper, the student (and a parent of a dependent student) must sign the FAFSA.

If the student submits a FAFSA on the Web application and indicates that he or she will print and mail in a signature page, the application will be held for 14 days awaiting the proper signature(s). If the processor does not receive the signature(s) within 14 days, it will reject the application and send the student a SAR indicating that the proper signatures are missing. Also, if a student mails in a PDF or paper FAFSA without the proper signatures, the application will be rejected immediately and the student will receive a SAR indicating that the proper signatures are missing. If the student (or parent, if applicable) signs the SAR and returns it, processing will continue.

You (and anyone else who signs the form) certify that all information on the form is correct and that those who signed are willing to provide documents to prove that the information is correct. This information may include U.S. or state income tax forms that you filed or are required to file. You also certify that you will use federal and/or state student financial aid only to pay the cost of attending an institution of higher education, that you are not in default on a federal student loan or have made satisfactory arrangements to repay the loan, that you will notify your school if you default on a federal student loan, that you do not owe money back on a federal student grant or—if you do—have made satisfactory arrangements to repay it, and that you will not receive a Federal Pell Grant for attendance at more than one school for the same period of time.