Student loan forgiveness program changes employment verification rules

For UC employees applying for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, under updated PSLF rules, you can meet the Oct. 31, 2022, waiver deadline even if your request for employment verification has not been completed by that date. 

To qualify under the waiver you should generate a PSLF employment verification form using the PSLF Help Tool before 11:59 p.m. EST on October 31, 2022. 

If you need to consolidate your loans, the Department of Education has clarified that consolidation requests need to be submitted online through StudentAid.gov by the Oct. 31 deadline in order to count under the waiver. After taking these steps, you must still print, sign, have your employer(s) sign, and submit the PSLF form to MOHELA, the PSLF servicer as soon as possible.

To obtain the required employer information and signatures, Y\you must generate your PSLF application and employer verification form through the online PSLF tool for submission to UCPath before Oct. 31, 2022 (Application forms completed on paper or outside of the PSLF tool still must have employment certification and be submitted to the Department of Education by the Oct. 31 deadline). 

More information about PSLF is at https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/working-at-uc/public-service-loan-forgiveness.html.

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