Verification
You will receive notification through the External Student Site or your Workday student account if your application has been selected for verification. Please do not submit any documents unless it has been requested of you. Verification is a review process by the Federal Government to check the accuracy of information reported on the FAFSA.
2025-26 Financial Aid Action Items
A Financial Aid Action Item may be requested on your account to verify information provided on the FAFSA. The action item will need to be completed to continue processing your financial aid (i.e. grants, need based scholarships, loans, and/or work study). Specific action items can be electronically signed but must be done via Adobe Sign for our office to accept the electronic signature. Below are the action items that are not acceptable via Adobe Sign. All forms require Adobe Reader to view and print.
- High School Completion Status
- Identity/Statement of Educational Purposes at Institution
- Identity/Statement of Educational Purposes with Notary
- Letter of Non-Filing, Father
- Letter of Non-Filing, Mother
- Letter of Non-Filing, Parent
- Letter of Non-Filing, Student
- Letter of Non-Filing, Spouse
- Tax Extension Form, Parent
- Tax Extension Form, Student
- Tax Return Transcript Request, Father
- Tax Return Transcript Request, Mother
- Tax Return Transcript Request, Parent
- Tax Return Transcript Request, Student
- Tax Return Transcript Request, Spouse
How to Submit 2025-2026 Financial Aid Action Items for new students. Please visit submit financial aid action items for more information. (Skip to page 9 if you can no longer log-in to the Workday Student External Site)
How to Submit 2025-2026 Financial Aid Action Items for continuing students. Please visit submit financial aid action items for more information.
Verification is the process of confirming the accuracy of data reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is accurate.
You will receive notification from our office through your myLSU or admissions portal if your application has been selected for verification.
The requirements needed to verify your application will be listed under financial services, financial aid, and verification documents in your myLSU or admissions portal. Our office will use the documents you submit to confirm that the information you provided on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is correct. Any errors and/or omissions will be corrected and resubmitted to the federal processor. You will be notified electronically of any corrections to your FAFSA through a subsequent FAFSA transaction. Your financial aid eligibility will not be determined until you have completed the verification process. In the event that you have already been awarded financial aid and are subsequently selected for verification, you will be notified of any changes made to your application or financial aid awards.
If you do not complete the verification process, you are not eligible for any Federal Title IV financial aid or any other types of aid that are contingent upon receipt of such assistance.
The verification process must be completed prior to crediting financial aid to your student account. The priority date to submit verification documents to receive financial aid for the Fall semester is June 15th and November 15th for the spring semester. The deadline to submit verification documents is three weeks prior to the last day of class each semester.
If we suspect that a student, employee or other individual has misreported information or altered documentation to fraudulently obtain federal funds, the office will report its suspicions and provide any evidence to the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Education.
We are able to accept documents for Financial Aid & Scholarships by:
- In Person: You may drop documents off in person to our front counter staff in the lobby of Pleasant Hall during our normal business hours, Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Mail: The documents may be mailed to,
Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships
Pleasant Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803 - Upload Tool: You may upload the documents by clicking the Submit Document.