These forms serve as the means by which borrowers in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan), Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Programs may request forbearance of repayment on their loans if they meet certain conditions. The U.S. Department of Education and other loan holders uses the information collected on these forms to determine whether a borrower meets the eligibility requirements for the specific type of forbearance. The Service forbearance (SERV Forb) and the Student Loan Debt forbearance (SLDB Forb) forms are currently approved under OMB No. 1845-0018. The General forbearance (GEN Forb) form is currently approved under OMB No. 1845-0031. For greater simplicity and to make it easier to maintain consistency among the various forbearance forms, the Department is consolidating the two current collections into a single collection under OMB No. 1845-0018. This review request merges the number of respondents/responses/burden hours for both collections.
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