This form is used to request a student's or borrower's taxpayer identification number and certification.
Students use this form to:
- give their Social Security number (SSN) or individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) to an educational institution or a lender of a student loan, and
- certify that the proceeds of a loan are being used, or will be used, solely to pay for qualified higher education expenses, if applicable.
To check the newest version of the form, please visit the government website at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9s.pdf
