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How to manage your student loan through life changes

Perhaps you’re going back to school and want to request a deferment. Or you’re having financial problems that might impact your ability to make payments. Here’s the information you need to manage your student loan through these special situations and other life changes.

• If you’re moving or changing your name, you need to update your account information. Or perhaps you need information on dealing with a severe disability.
  Manage your account through life changes
• You can request to temporarily postpone or reduce loan payments when you’re going back to school or starting an eligible internship, clerkship, fellowship, or residency program.
  How to request a deferment
• When you’re facing a temporary financial difficulty, forbearance may help you get through it.
  If you’re having trouble making loan payments