While the action affects nearly 7 million people with $ 162 billion in
FFEL loans held by guarantee agencies, it does not affect any borrowers whose loans are held by the Education Department, according to the department.
Not exact matches
As a result, if you submit a PSLF Employment Certification Form and FedLoan Servicing determines that your employment qualifies, all of your Direct
Loans as well as any of your FFEL Program loans that are held by the U.S. Department of Education will be transferred to FedLoan Servi
Loans as well as any of your
FFEL Program
loans that are held by the U.S. Department of Education will be transferred to FedLoan Servi
loans that are
held by the U.S. Department of Education will be transferred to FedLoan Servicing.
Direct
Loan borrowers must apply to the Department of Education and FFEL borrowers should apply to the lender or agency holding the l
Loan borrowers must apply to the Department of Education and
FFEL borrowers should apply to the lender or agency
holding the
loanloan.
If you do not select one of the forbearance or stopped collection options within the application, your ED -
held Federal Student Aid
loans will automatically be placed into forbearance and stopped collections, and ED will request forbearance and debt collection to stop for any commercially
held FFEL Program
loans that you have currently (as applicable).
If you select forbearance and you have commercially
held FFEL Program
loans, ED will request forbearance on your behalf.
If you have a defaulted
FFEL Program
loan that is
held by a guaranty agency, your state tax refunds may be also withheld and applied toward repayment of your
loan, and you may lose your driver's license or other state - issued licenses.
Borrowers who submit complete borrower defense claims can choose to have their Direct
loans and Department
held FFEL loans placed into forbearance or stopped collections.
To see a list of servicers for federally
held loans made through the William D. Ford Federal Direct
Loan (Direct
Loan) Program and the Federal Family Education
Loan (
FFEL) Program, go to our
Loan Servicers page.
Defaulted
FFEL Program
loans may be
held by ED or by a guaranty agency.
For example, if you
hold Federal Family Education (
FFEL)
loans and need to qualify for Public Service
Loan Forgiveness, they'll be able to assist you in the consolidation of said
loans.
The collection fee policy is different for
FFEL loans that are not
held by the Department.
If you request forbearance and you have guaranteed (
FFEL)
loans that are not
held by the Department, the Department says that it will request forbearance on your behalf.
In essence, the Department of Education
holds the couple hostage and effectively will not allow one spouse to accept individual responsibility for the
FFEL spousal consolidation
loan so they can be in control of the debt.
Forbearance and Stopped Collections: Borrowers who submit complete borrower defense claims can choose to have their Direct
loans and Department
held FFEL loans placed into forbearance or stopped collections.