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Deferment

You are entitled to defer your student loan payments when applicable criteria are met. Through deferment you can postpone your scheduled student loan payments for various reasons, such as unemployment, economic hardship, and school enrollment. Your lender or servicer determines if you meet the requirements for a deferment.

Please Select the eligible deferment tab below for more information.

  1. Economic Hardship
  2. Education Related
  3. Parental Leave/Working Mother
  4. In-School
  5. In-School Extension
  6. Military Service
  7. Public Service
  8. Teacher Loan Forgiveness
  9. Temporary Total Disability
  10. Unemployment

Unemployment deferment

Use this form to apply for an unemployment deferment. To be eligible, you must be conscientiously seeking but unable to find full-time employment in the United States in any field or at any salary or responsibility level. In addition you must:

  • Provide documentation of your eligibility for unemployment benefits, or


  • Be registered with a private or public employment agency if there is one within 50 miles of your permanent or temporary address, and provide your lender/servicer with documentation of your conscientious search for full-time employment during the preceding six months (except in the case of the initial period of unemployment)

Download Unemployment deferment form (56k) (English)

Download Unemployment deferment form (82k) (Spanish)

Once you have completed a form, you may fax it to: 800-357-7912
or scan and email to sacindy@studentassistcorp.com

If you do not have easy access to a fax machine, visit our Fax Links page.