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Check Your NAFCAS Notifications and Status

Notifications

As you progress through the application process, you'll receive important notifications and critical alerts. Applicants are responsible for monitoring these notifications and following up on any required actions. To view your notifications, click View My Notifications on the left side of the application dashboard.

Application Statuses

Applicants are responsible for monitoring the status of an application. Notifications are not sent for any missing items. To help you keep track of your application and all materials, click Check Status at the top of the application dashboard.

Keep in mind that it takes five business days from the date of receipt to post transcripts to your application. Recommendations are immediately updated once received from your recommender.

Your application status may be:

In Progress

Your application has not yet been submitted or you haven’t paid the application fee.

Received

Your application has been submitted, but you are missing required documents.

Complete

All required materials were completed and submitted, payment was received, graduate transcript(s) were received and scanned by NAFCAS, and letters of recommendation were uploaded by recommenders. Your application is in line for verification and is considered complete. This status is required by the deadline. Once your application enters this status, it can take up to five business days to move to the Verified status.

Undelivered

This status indicates that an error was found and your application was returned to you for corrections. See Correcting an Undelivered Application.

Verified

Your application was processed and, if applicable, your GPA was calculated and made available to your programs. You’ll receive a confirmation notification that your application was verified. Once your application is verified, you should direct any questions about its status to the program(s) you applied to.

Transcript Statuses

If you submit transcripts to NAFCAS, your transcript's status may be:

Not Arrived

This status indicates that your transcript is still being processed and has not been posted to your application yet. On average, it takes up to five business days for your transcript to post to your application from the date we receive it.

Arrived

This status indicates that your transcript has been processed and is now posted to your application. Your transcript will be shared with all your programs.

Recommendation Statuses

If you submit recommendation requests, your recommendation's status may be:

Requested

This status indicates that the request was sent to the recommender, but they have not accepted or declined it. They must accept your request before they can submit their recommendation.

Accepted

This status indicates that the recommender accepted your request but has not yet submitted their recommendation.

Completed

This status indicates that the recommender completed and submitted their recommendation and it was sent to your program(s).

Declined

This status indicates that the recommender declined your recommendation request. You can click Update Recommenders to add a new recommendation request.

Expired

This status only appears once the cycle closes. Recommendations can no longer be submitted. Review NAFCAS Cycle Dates to learn the final dates when you can request recommendations and your recommenders can complete recommendation requests.

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