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PSLF — buy back deferment/forbearance months while I worked in public service
The answer: there is a real legal lane for this. "PSLF — buy back deferment/forbearance months while I worked in public service" proceeds as a PSLF reconsideration / buyback (34 CFR §685.219(g)). If granted: qualifying-payment count corrected or the loan forgiven (34 CFR §685.219(g)(4)). The packet is the reconsideration narrative + the documentation list (g)(2)(ii) invites.
The legal basis, verbatim
34 CFR §685.219(g)(6): for months in deferment/forbearance while employed full-time at a qualifying employer, credit is available by making "an additional payment equal to or greater than the amount they would have paid at that time on a qualifying repayment plan," or automatically if the borrower "[o]therwise qualified for a $0 payment on an income-driven repayment plan" (RAP periods excluded)
34 CFR §685.219(c)(2)(v): cancer-treatment, economic-hardship, military-service, and post-active-duty deferments, plus AmeriCorps, National Guard, DoD SLRP, and administrative/mandatory-administrative forbearances ALREADY count without buyback
What winning gets you
- Credited months → forgiveness when the total reaches 120 (34 CFR §685.219(g)(6))
The documentation checklist
- Deferment/forbearance history (which months, which type)
- Employer certification covering those same months (full-time, qualifying employer)
- IDR history if claiming $0-payment months ((g)(6)(ii) — those credit WITHOUT payment)
What they may say — and the reality
- RAP repayment periods are excluded from buyback ((g)(6) lead-in)
- Check (c)(2)(v) FIRST: cancer, hardship, military, post-active-duty deferments and AmeriCorps/Guard/DoD/administrative forbearances already count free
Engine notes
- Operational buyback processing terms (agreement + payment window) are set on the studentaid.gov "PSLF Buyback" page and change without rulemaking (last known change 2026-03-31) — this engine computes nothing from them; confirm current terms there before paying
- [GAP] loan_type not supplied — screens assume a federal Direct Loan; check your loan type at studentaid.gov (private loans have NO federal discharge rights)
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Generated 2026-07-08 by EduPulse (The Aslan Group LLC) from the same source-cited legal reference data our paid engine uses (34 CFR §§685.214/685.215/685.219, eCFR issue 2026-07-06; Cal. Civ. Code §§1788.100–1788.106). Informational, not legal advice. We never request FSA credentials and cannot expedite federal processing. Contact: info@theaslangroupllc.com