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title: "Request to become an Authorized User"
canonical: "https://kb.uconn.edu/space/SAS/26300547073/Request%20to%20become%20an%20Authorized%20User"
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### <span style="color: #bf2600">**[Becoming an Authorized User | Office of the Bursar (uconn.edu)](https://bursar.uconn.edu/departments/cash-operations/student-payments/becoming-an-authorized-user/)**</span>


1. Visit** ****[Office of the Bursar website (bursar.uconn.edu)](https://bursar.uconn.edu/)**** **to login as the **“Authorized User Login' **or visit **[https://UConn.myflywire.com/login](https://uconn.myflywire.com/login)**** to login to your Authorized User account.**
2. Click “**Create New Account**.” (Your name, your email and create a password)
3. Click '**Create**'.
4. **Next Step: Activate Your Account** (Link sent to your email)
5. Click the '**Verify Email**' button in the '**Activate Your Email Address**' email from Flywire
6. You will be directed to the Flywire payment portal login page. Enter your login information.
7. Receive verification code in your email to continue to the next step
8. Enter your student's information on the welcome page.
9. Next, your access is waiting to be approved by the student. The **student** needs to click ‘**Go to My Account**’ to allow permission.
  You will be notified by email once your access has been approved. Set up your notifications while you wait. Then click '**Update**'.
10. **Student** will receive the following email.
11. <span style="color: #bf2600">**Log out and then log back in.**</span>
12. Once you log in, you MUST acknowledge the universities refund policy (GradGuard). Click '**Acknowledge**'.
13. Click '**Yes**' or '**No**'.
14. Click through all the Grad Guard tuition insurance pages.
15. Then you should be able to view the '**Account Summary**'.


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> ℹ️ ** If the **Authorized User forgot their password**, they would need to login to [Manage Your University of Connecticut Account (myonplanu.com)](https://uconn.myonplanu.com/login) to reset. Please check inbox, spam, junk and promotions folder in email, for the reset password email. 
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ ** [Becoming an Authorized User | Office of the Bursar (uconn.edu)](https://bursar.uconn.edu/departments/cash-operations/student-payments/becoming-an-authorized-user/)