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HOW TO POSTPONE YOUR LOAN REPAYMENT 
If you have financial problems or familiar circumstances that make difficult to repay every month your student loan, you should contact your lender immediately. The loan holders are able to provide you with some financing options and give you information about deferment and forbearance.
Conditions to defer repayment:
How to apply for your loan to be deferred. You can apply by filling in a form that you can obtain at your university’s financial aid department or at your financial institution (the one granting the loan). There are several types of forms depending on the economic situation. You must fill in one form for each loan you wish to defer. After 2 or 3 weeks you get a letter approving your request. If you don’t, you must continue making your monthly payments. Deferring the loan repayment doesn’t mean you can just forget about paying it. When your current economic situation improves you’ll still need to continue paying your loan plus the accumulated interests. Forbearance If you can’t fulfil you repayment obligations and a deferment has not been obtained, the student or his or her parents can still reduce or temporarily postpone payment. The difference between postponement and deferment is that when you just postpone you must always continue repaying interest, no matter if the loan is a subsidized one or not. If you fail to pay interest, the financial institution will add it to the capital, and the overal debt may become huge. Under certain conditions you may obtain loan forbearance:
You need to keep repaying until you obtain written confirmation of your forbearance. What can you do if you have already defaulted repayment? To avoid the negative consequences of this violation of your loan contract obligations, there are several options:
The financial institution or the federal government will let you know if you may use one of these formulas and under which conditions. Conditions to cancel or reduce a loan debt
Going bankrupt and formally filing to be so considered. But loan cancellation on bankruptcy is rare and will only happen if a court of justice rules that repayment would be excessive to the debtor, which is hard to obtain. Loan forgiveness
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