Student loans

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Many students take out federal student loans such as Perkins loans and Stafford loans every year, because they need assistance in funding their college education. They are a huge help to a lot of people, and allow students to gain a higher education where they otherwise would not have been able to afford it. Once you leave school though, you need to pay these loans back in full and on time, in accordance with your loan agreement and repayment plan.

There is a grace period between graduation and having to start your repayments, which is six months on a Stafford loan and nine months on a Perkins loan, but this is generally expected to be long enough for you to be out of college for you to find a job and be in a position to start repaying your debt.

If you are unable to make repayments for reasons beyond your control that have left you in financial hardship, for example if you are unable to find work, have lost your job, or have been unable to work for health reasons, you may be allowed to get a deferral approved on your loan so you can have up to three years off from making repayments. If you aren’t granted a deferral, you can request forbearance.

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