Recommender Not Receiving Invitation - Can't Resend Invite?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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Hi everyone,

I invited my recommender via the Common App a few days ago and emailed asking if they had received anything, and they said no - nothing in junk mail either. I go to try and resend the invitation and the resend option isn’t even there; it’s just a blank box next to his email! I only have the option to delete the invite.

As an experiment I invited myself using the same domain as his email (through a community college email) and curiously the same thing happened to me - no email, nothing in junk folder, and I couldn’t resend an invitation.

I already did the FERPA release thing. What could be wrong with this? Is there another way my recommender could just make his own account and then add me or something?

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Edit: I think I may have solved my own issue…are we supposed to assign the recommender to a college right after we invite them? the option to resend the invitation appeared after I assigned them to a college.

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Yep, I solved the issue. I feel very stupid :)) for anyone having this issue, you have to assign a recommender to a college in order for them to receive an invitation.