COVID-19 student loan forbearance (pause)
Learn about the Department of Education’s student loan forbearance program. Find out when you will have to restart your payments.
If you are repaying a U.S. Department of Education-backed student loan, you are receiving forbearance, a pause in loan principal and interest payments, through sometime in 2023. The exact date depends on events involving the Student Loan Debt Relief plan.
- Learn about COVID-19 emergency relief for federal student loans.
- This special forbearance does not apply to private student loans. But private lenders may have their own plans for helping borrowers during the coronavirus pandemic. Contact your lender for details.
- If you are participating in Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), learn how you are affected during the COVID-19 emergency.
- Beware of people who get in touch asking you to pay a fee to suspend your federal student loan payments. They're scammers. Report them to the Federal Trade Commission.
LAST UPDATED: May 24, 2023
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