… 2023. In the meantime, here are a few things we do know about the revised FAFSA rules for 2023. NEW FAFSA with Direct Data A December open date In the past, the FAFSA form has opened on October 1 of your student’s senior year in high school. … to use the FAFSA, you’ll be directed to a form to give your consent and create an FSA ID, if you don’t already have one. Basically, it’s a username and password. FSA will then verify your information, and you can log in. Because there's security involved, there will be multi-factor verification to log in using your FSA ID. Your …