<p>If we decide to do a FAFSA this year, what do we do if we don't have the pin? DOes the parent pin have to stay the same even if it is another child? We have moved twice since the first child did this and he went to a school that didn't use FAFSA so we never filed since then. That was in 2005. I am not even in the same country anymore as when I first filed. What do we do?</p>
<p>Someone here said it was “easy” to do a search for a FAFSA PIN…so see if you can do that first. If not…if the mom did the PIN the first time (and that is the “lost and can’t be found one”) then have dad do it this time. Only ONE parent needs a PIN…and the student needs one as well. Parent PIN can be used for every child.</p>
<p>[How</a> can I request a duplicate PIN? - Federal Student Aid](<a href=“http://www.pin.ed.gov/pinlose.htm]How”>http://www.pin.ed.gov/pinlose.htm)</p>
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<p>Even I … financial aid officer that I am … had to get a new PIN last year because I was too lazy to look for mine. I tried to “remember” it and locked myself out … so I had to get a new one! It was easy to do.</p>
<p>The easiest way is to do “Request a Duplicate PIN,” which asks challenge questions. Once you answer the question successfully, click on the option to Display Now. If, like me, you mess that up (!), it disables your PIN … at this point, you can “Reestablish My PIN.” It will take a day or two to clear. If you make up your own PIN, you can try signing with that (sometimes it works) - it will tell you that it’s pending clearance, though. If it won’t take it right away, you just go back in a couple days to try signing - as soon as your PIN clears (homeland security, social security, etc), you can add the electronic signature to the FAFSA.</p>