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Apply for a federal income-driven repayment plan through StudentAid.gov, provide income information, compare eligible plans, and request a lower payment when your finances change.
Learn how to ask your federal student loan servicer for temporary payment relief through deferment or forbearance and understand the interest and forgiveness effects.
Apply for borrower defense to repayment if school misconduct connected to your enrollment or federal student loans may qualify you for a loan discharge.
Apply for Post-9/11 GI Bill or other VA education benefits online or with VA Form 22-1990. Check eligibility, documents, school details and what happens after VA decides your claim.
Rehabilitate an eligible defaulted federal student loan by arranging a payment agreement with your loan holder and completing the required nine voluntary payments.
Borrowers with a qualifying total and permanent disability may have eligible federal student loans and TEACH Grant service obligations discharged through the U.S. Department of Education.
Complete the correct FAFSA form for grants, work-study and federal student loans, including accounts, contributors, tax consent, deadlines and submission.
Combine eligible federal student loans into one Direct Consolidation Loan, with one monthly payment and a new fixed weighted-average interest rate.
Use the PSLF Help Tool to certify qualifying public-service employment, get your employer's signature, submit the PSLF form and track your qualifying-payment count.