| PublicationDate: 3/25/96 Summary: 1996-97 FAFSA Processing - Announcement #17 Author: ODAS - Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary - SFA Announcement # 17 -- March 25, 1996 This is announcement number 17 in a series for financial aid administrators. For information on individual applications, parents and students should contact 319-337-5665. 1996-97 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Processing Status Report A. Status of Applications as of March 25, 1996. TOTAL PAPER APPLICATIONS Total Number of Paper Applications Received 3,303,379 Total Number of Paper Applications Completed 1,421,737 Percentage of Paper Applications Completed 43% Expected Completion Date for All Paper Applications Received through March 31 April 15 PAPER APPLICATIONS RECEIVED JAN. 1 - JAN. 31 Number of Paper Applications Received 437,727 Number of Paper Applications Completed As of 3/25/96 417,719 Percentage of Paper Applications Completed 96% Expected Completion Date for All Paper Applications with these Receipt Dates March 25 PAPER APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FEB. 1 - FEB. 15 Number of Paper Applications Received 697,961 Number of Paper Applications Completed As of 3/25/96 585,242 Percentage of Paper Applications Completed 84% Expected Completion Date for All Paper Applications with these Receipt Dates no later than March 31 PAPER APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FEB. 16 - FEB. 29 Number of Paper Applications Received 870,131 Number of Paper Applications Completed As of 3/25/96 288,102 Percentage of Paper Applications Completed 33% Expected Completion Date for All Paper Applications with these Receipt Dates no later than March 31 PAPER APPLICATIONS RECEIVED MAR. 1 - MAR. 15 Number of Paper Applications Received 1,017,180 Number of Paper Applications Completed As of 3/25/96 103,253 Percentage of Paper Applications Completed 13% Expected Completion Date for All Paper Applications with these Receipt Dates no later than April 15 PAPER APPLICATIONS RECEIVED MAR. 16 - MAR. 31 Number of Paper Applications Received 280,380 Number of Paper Applications Completed As of 3/25/96 421 Percentage of Paper Applications Completed .2% B. Social Security Administration (SSA) Citizenship Status Match Code "N" The Department has received a few requests to provide information regarding SSA's citizenship status match code of "N." The SSA returns a match code "N" to the Central Processing System when SSA is unable to verify a student's citizenship because it can't verify the reported Social Security Number (SSN) (i.e., can't match the SSN with the applicant's reported name or date of birth). This occurs in conjunction with SSN match flags 2 and 3, which result when SSA is able to verify the existence of the reported SSN but can not confirm that the number belongs to the applicant because the reported name and/or date of birth do not match SSA's records. When applicants receive either a SSN match flag 2 or 3, they will receive the appropriate comment regarding the SSA's inability to confirm the validity of their SSN. In addition, these applicants will receive comment 62 right after the appropriate comment which says: "In addition, the Social Security Administration could not confirm your claim of U.S. citizenship because of their question about your social security number, name, or date of birth." Please note that there are other circumstances in which a student's citizenship status will not be confirmed by the Social Security Administration. For example, citizenship status cannot be confirmed by SSA when there is no match on the SSN provided by the student (SSN match flag 1, Reject S), when SSA does not conduct a match or the match fails (SSN match flags 0 or 9), or when the student does not provide a last name and SSA is therefore unable to perform a match for that applicant (SSN match flag 8). Any of the above circumstances requires that students prove citizenship as well as providing evidence that the Social Security Number they reported actually belongs to them. Thank you for your continued patience and suggestions. |