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Summary: Updated 2004-2005 SAR/ISIR Comment Codes and Text (January 2004 Version)

Publication Date: January 2004

Author: General Manager, School Delivery Channel, FSA ASEDS

Summary: Updated 2004-2005 SAR/ISIR Comment Codes and Text (January 2004 Version)

Posted on 01-14-2004

TO: All Destination Points

FROM: U.S. Department of Education

RE: Updated 2004-2005 SAR/ISIR Comment Codes and Text (January 2004 Version)


The Department is pleased to announce the posting of the updated 2004-2005 SAR/ISIR Comment Codes and Text reference guide, dated January 2004. The guide is available on the Department's Information for Financial Aid Professionals Web site (IFAP), located at http://ifap.ed.gov and will soon be available on the Department’s Federal Student Aid Download Web site (FSAdownload), located at http://fsadownload.ed.gov.

The reference guide is designed as a stand-alone document as well as a companion to the 2004-2005 EDE Technical Reference. It includes the 2004-2005 SAR Comment Text, the 2004-2005 SAR Acknowledgement Comment Text, and the 2004-2005 ISIR Comment Text.

The document is available in Adobe PDF format only.

To download the 2004-2005 SAR/ISIR Comment Codes and Text reference guide from IFAP:

1) Go to http://ifap.ed.gov.

2) Click on “Current Publications” link in the “OTHER VIEWS” section on the left.

3) Find the “SAR/ISIR Comment Codes/Text and Reject Codes/Reasons” section toward the bottom of the page.

4) Click on the “2004-2005 SAR/ISIR Comment Code and Text - January Changes.”

6) If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, select “Save Target As,” then choose a folder to which to save the file. If you are using Netscape, select “Save Link As,” then choose a folder to which save the file.

7) Once the file has been saved, open the saved file in Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the document.

To download the 2004-2005 SAR/ISIR Comment Codes and Text reference guide from FSAdownload:

1) Go to http://fsadownload.ed.gov.

2) Click on the “Technical References and Guides” link.

3) Click on the “2004-2005” link under the “SAR/ISIR Comment Codes and Text” section near the bottom of the next page.

4) On the following page, right-click on the file you wish to download. A pop-up menu appears.

5) If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, select “Save Target As,” then choose a folder to which to save the file. If you are using Netscape, select “Save Link As,” then choose a folder to which save the file.

6) Once the file has been saved, open the saved file in Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the document.

For questions regarding the SAR/ISIR Comment Codes and Text, please contact CPS/WAN Technical Support at 800/330-5947, or via e-mail at cpswan@ncs.com.