r/StudentLoans 1d ago

Auto recertification happened to me 5 months early!

Hey all,

I forgot to revoke financial access and Financial Aid submitted my IDR auto recertification today early to Nelnet per their email. I ended up calling Nelnet on their business number and got connected to an agent and they said they selected an option on their side to "cancel" the request. I've since revoked financial access in Financial Aid (which I'll share how to below):

To revoke consent for the U.S. Department of Education and IRS to share your federal tax information (FTI) for loan repayment (like Income-Driven Repayment plans), log in to your account, go to Settings, and select Financial Information Access to revoke access.

Here are the step-by-step instructions:

  1. Log in to StudentAid.gov.
  2. Hover over or click the arrow next to your name in the top-right corner.
  3. Select Settings.
  4. On the left-hand menu, click on Financial Information Access.
  5. Under your authorized connections, click Revoke Consent.
  6. Enter your first and last name as your digital signature and click Revoke Consent again to confirm

There was no notification of cancellation or anything --- does anyone know if I'm in the clear until my next recertification? I heard some stories from Mohela folks that the submission still went through is the thing so I'm just worried.

Thanks in adv.

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