Federal Student Aid

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Certification and Application (PSLF and TEPSLF)

Certify public service employment and request forgiveness review without turning the paper form into guesswork.

This Federal Student Aid form certifies a borrower's qualifying public service employment and, when the borrower believes they have enough qualifying payments, asks for PSLF or TEPSLF forgiveness review.

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Average time

15-25 minutes once employment details are ready

Difficulty

moderate

Best for

Federal student loan borrowers certifying qualifying public service employment for PSLF or TEPSLF.

What this form stands for

Give the Department enough verified borrower, employer, and employment-period information to count qualifying PSLF or TEPSLF payments and determine whether forgiveness is available now.

Do not use typed signatures on the paper form, do not combine multiple status periods on one form, and do not guess the employer EIN from a web search when W-2 or payroll records show a different employer.

What you'll need

Borrower identity and contact information
Employer EIN from W-2 box b or the qualifying employer's payroll record
Employment start and end dates for one certification period
Average weekly hours for that period
An authorized employer official, or alternative employment records if the employer cannot certify

How the walkthrough is organized

Borrower identity

Name, Social Security number, birth date, mailing address, phone, and email.

Forgiveness and forbearance request

Whether the borrower believes they qualify now and wants a processing forbearance.

Employer information

Employer EIN, name, address, website, and the one employment period being certified.

Employment status and hours

Still employed or ended, full time or part time, and average hours per week.

Employer certification

Authorized official contact and signing details, or the alternate path when the employer cannot certify.

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