Name changes due to marriage, divorce etc.
To ensure your candidate file** (financial aid record, FAFSA, billing account, etc.) are updated appropriately, you will need to submit a signed copy of your updated Social Security Card containing your legal last name and a copy of your valid state issued Driver's License/ID.
- The names on both documents must match.
Given the highly sensitive information requested, please do one of the following:
Option 1.
Step 1: Save a copy of your signed Social Security card and valid state issued DL/ID as a password-protected file
Step 2: Email finaid@reach.edu with the password-protected file as a PDF attachment
Step 3: Email us a second time, separately, with the password to the previously sent protected file
PLEASE NOTE: As a security measure, never send password-protected files and passwords in the same email, they should always be sent as individual emails and not part of an email chain
OR:
Option 2.
Step 1: Take a clear picture of your valid state issued driver's license/ID and your signed social security card covering just the first 5 numbers of your Social Security Number
This can be done by putting a pen/pencil or other thin object over the first 5 numbers to conceal them while taking the photo. You can also edit the picture to remove and/or black them out
Step 2: Email both documents as separate PDF attachments to: (finaid@reach.edu)
**Once we receive your valid documents, we will update you in all of our systems