You may be
eligible for borrower defense regardless of whether your school closed or you are otherwise eligible for loan forgiveness under other laws.
To
qualify for borrower defense discharge, your school must have engaged in unfair advertising campaigns and promised outcomes that they did not deliver on.
This means that many Corinthian student borrowers who apply
for borrower defense relief or who are waiting for decisions will still be on the hook for part of their federal student loans taken out to attend Corinthian.
The Department of Education has created special processes
for borrower defense for certain Corinthian borrowers, as described below.
If you would like to apply
for borrower defense against multiple schools that you attended and for which you took out federal student loans, you must submit separate applications for each school of attendance.
A. Initially, if you choose forbearance or stopped collections status, it will affect all of your federal student loans that are owned by ED and are being serviced by your federal student loan servicer, including loans that are not eligible
for borrower defense loan forgiveness, such as (1) loans taken out to attend another institution, and (2) any loans you have for which you are not asserting borrower defense.
The DOE is also streamlining
procedures for borrower defense relief, which allows a debtor to object to the repayment of a student loan based on a school's alleged misconduct.
Urge the Department to continue to grant relief to the tens of thousands of students who have applied, but are still
waiting for borrower defense relief.
Borrower Defense Application Who
Qualifies for Borrower Defense to Repayment Loan Forgiveness Forbearance / Stopped Collections Status Common Questions and Answers Regarding Forbearance / Stopped Collections Status Information and Resources for Help
In the litigation, the Department provided the court this table showing, for each Everest, Wyotech, and Heald program, the percentage of the borrower's federal loans it plans to discharge if their
application for borrower defense relief is approved.
Other Corinthian Borrowers: Corinthian borrowers who enrolled outside of the program dates listed in the above charts can apply
for borrower defense relief using the general application and process available to all student loan borrowers.
They recommended I apply
for the Borrowers Defense for Repayment since they can not move forward with my False Certification application without physical proof that they knew about my disqualifying status.
All other borrowers
applying for borrower defense MUST submit their application using one of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) borrower defense application forms provided in the sections below.
The forbearance or stopped collections will affect all of a borrower's federal loans, including loans that are not eligible
for a borrower defense to repayment loan discharge, such as loans taken out to attend a different institution than the one related to your application.
You personally need to look at your situation and go through the process if you believe you might be eligible
for borrower defense to repayment.
I have applied
for Borrower Defense and have heard nothing.
are the application
for the borrowers defense to repayment still postponed till Besty Devos law suits are settled?
Documentation to confirm the school for which you are applying
for borrower defense, your program of study, and your dates of enrollment — such as transcripts, enrollment agreements, and registration documents
Under the law, you may be eligible
for borrower defense to repayment forgiveness of the federal student loans that you took out to attend a school if that school misled you, or engaged in other misconduct in violation of certain state laws.
If your application
for borrower defense is denied or partially approved, then when you are taken out of forbearance or stopped collections, the interest that accumulated will be added to the amount you owed when you entered forbearance or stopped collections, and the total amount you owe in the future may be higher.
As of February 2017, the Department says that all borrowers MUST use this application to apply
for borrower defense relief.
Under the law, you may be eligible
for a borrower defense to repayment discharge of the federal Direct Loans you took out to attend a school if that school committed fraud by doing something or failing to do something, misrepresented its services, or otherwise violated applicable state law related to your loans or the educational services you paid for.
You may be eligible
for a borrower defense to repayment discharge of the federal Direct Loans you took out to attend a school if that school committed fraud by doing something or failing to do something, misrepresented its services, or otherwise violated applicable state law related to your loans or the educational services you paid for.
In March of 2016 the Special Master
for Borrower Defense at the Department of Education stated the unit had received 1,109 claims for Borrower Defense forgiveness.
You can mail your completed Application
for Borrower Defense to Loan Repayment to this address:
You should not assume that your account is in forbearance or stopped collections after applying
for borrower defense.