Check Your PAS-1 Application Status
For the 2025 application year one state tracker covers ANCHOR, Senior Freeze, and Stay NJ — but they pay on separate schedules. How to check, and when each one arrives.
Quick answer
How do I check my PAS-1 application status?
For the 2025 application year, one state tracker covers all three programs — check ANCHOR, Senior Freeze and Stay NJ in one place with your SSN and ZIP code. But they still pay on separate schedules: Senior Freeze from July 15, ANCHOR from October 1, Stay NJ from February 2027. One lookup, three calendars.
Check your status on the state’s official system
The New Jersey Division of Taxation looks up your status by application year, and each year uses a different system.
Last verified against nj.gov. Type the address or use a bookmark rather than following links from texts or emails — the Division warns about phishing pages that impersonate property tax relief.
Key takeaways
- One application, one tracker for the 2025 year — but three payment schedules. The lookup is unified; the money is not.
- Different calendars are the norm: getting one benefit while the others say “processing” means the system is working.
- Your online filing confirmation number is the master key — it proves timely filing for all three programs.
- A hold on one program doesn’t freeze the others — ANCHOR can pay while Senior Freeze verifies your base year.
- Rough order for a summer filer: ANCHOR (from October 2026) and Senior Freeze (November 2026–January 2027), then Stay NJ (from February 2027).
On this page
One lookup, three payment calendars
For the 2025 application year the Division of Taxation looks all three programs up together — that part is genuinely one tracker now. What it does not do is pay them together. Your PAS-1 still becomes three program-level determinations, each paid on its own schedule:
| Program | Expected payment window | Program-specific guide |
|---|---|---|
| ANCHOR | Rolling from October 1, 2026; most within 90 days of filing | ANCHOR status |
| Senior Freeze | Windows by filing date, from July 15, 2026 to February 2, 2027 | Senior Freeze status |
| Stay NJ | February, May, August, and November 2027, subject to State Budget appropriations | Stay NJ status |
Same identifiers throughout: your Social Security number or ITIN (the first-listed one for couples) and the ZIP code you submitted with the application. The automated line 1-800-323-4400 covers all programs; live agents are at 1-888-238-1233 (ANCHOR and general property tax relief) and 1-800-882-6597 (Senior Freeze).
What's normal (and what isn't)
Normal:
- Senior Freeze paid in November while Stay NJ shows nothing until winter;
- ANCHOR “processing” for 60–90 days after filing;
- A Stay NJ determination of $0 alongside healthy ANCHOR + Senior Freeze payments (the top-up math);
- Statuses updating days after money actually moves.
Worth acting on:
- “No record found” on all three tracks two-plus weeks after filing — re-verify your SSN/ZIP entries, then call with your confirmation number;
- An information-request letter — respond fast; only the flagged program pauses, but it pauses fully;
- A payment marked issued that never arrived — trace steps in ANCHOR / Senior Freeze troubleshooting;
- 90+ days past a program’s window with no status movement and no letter.
A realistic timeline (filed July 2026)
- July 2026: PAS-1 submitted online; confirmation number saved.
- August–September: statuses move to “processing”; possible verification letter for first-time Senior Freeze claims.
- October–November: ANCHOR payment (rolling from October 1).
- November 2, 2026–January 2, 2027: Senior Freeze payment (the window for June 2–September 1 filings).
- Late 2026: Stay NJ determination appears with the annual amount.
- February, May, August, November 2027: quarterly Stay NJ installments.
Filed earlier or later? Shift the ANCHOR and Senior Freeze rows per the wave table and ANCHOR schedule.
When one program approves and another denies
Each program applies its own rules to your one filing, so split results are legitimate: for the 2025 benefit year, income above $172,475 but at or below $200,000 denies the Senior Freeze while approving Stay NJ; a home bought in 2024 denies the Senior Freeze (3-year rule) while approving ANCHOR and Stay NJ.
Every denial letter states its reason and appeal window. Fixable errors — income transposition, ownership-date mix-ups — are corrected through the hotline or the appeal, not by filing a duplicate PAS-1. If the denial reflects a real rule, the program comparison shows what you still qualify for.
Frequently asked questions
Is there one status page for the whole PAS-1?
For the 2025 application year, yes — one state tracker returns all three programs from a single lookup. That is a change: earlier application years are still checked separately, on the Division’s older systems. What a unified lookup does not mean is unified payment — ANCHOR, the Senior Freeze and Stay NJ each pay on their own schedule.
How soon after filing PAS-1 does anything show up?
Online applications can take up to 3 weeks to appear. Paper filings can take up to 12 weeks, since they must be opened and keyed first. A “no application found” result inside those windows is normal.
My Senior Freeze was paid but ANCHOR wasn't — did my ANCHOR fail?
Probably not — ANCHOR simply pays on a rolling ~90-day window from filing, which can land after a Senior Freeze wave. Check the ANCHOR status; act only if it requests information or exceeds 90 days.
Who do I call when the three statuses disagree with each other?
Start with the program that looks wrong: Senior Freeze issues to 1-800-882-6597, ANCHOR and general property tax relief to 1-888-238-1233. Have your confirmation number ready — it links all three records.
Sources
This guide was fact-checked against the following official sources:
- Property Tax Relief Status — payment schedule — NJ Division of Taxation
- Property Tax Relief Programs — NJ Division of Taxation
- ANCHOR Program — NJ Division of Taxation
- Senior Freeze (Property Tax Reimbursement) — NJ Division of Taxation
- Stay NJ — Property Tax Relief for Senior Citizens — NJ Division of Taxation
Reviewed by NJ Programs Editorial Team on · See our editorial policy for how guides are fact-checked and corrected.
What changed on this page
- — Updated the three payment calendars to the Division of Taxation's published schedule: ANCHOR from October 1, 2026 (not September 15); Senior Freeze in windows by filing date from July 15, 2026 to February 2, 2027; Stay NJ in February, May, August, and November 2027.
- — Corrected the central claim of this page. For the 2025 application year the Division of Taxation checks all three programs in one tracker, so the previous advice to check three statuses separately was wrong. The separate payment schedules are unchanged and remain the substance of the page.
- — Year-scoped the split-result example: for the 2025 benefit year the Stay NJ income limit is $200,000, not $500,000.
- — Initial publication for the 2025 filing season, verified against NJ Division of Taxation program timelines.
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Haris Shafique · Founder & Editor
Haris Shafique founded NJ Programs to make New Jersey's property tax relief programs easier to understand. He researches ANCHOR, the Senior Freeze, Stay NJ, and the PAS-1 application directly from NJ Division of Taxation publications and state budget documents, and updates every guide when the rules change.