All borrowers must re-apply every six months to continue to receive this deferment option. Temporary or Permanent Total Disability Certification - This Temporary or Permanent Total Disability Certification form can be used to defer payments while a borrower, spouse, or dependent is, Temporarily Totally Disabled. The maximum eligibility for this deferment is three years. Eligibility must be re-certified by a physician, using the appropriate form, every six months. This deferment type is not available to loans first disbursed after July 1, 1993.
Maximum eligibility is three years.
Serving full-time as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service. Maximum eligibility is three years. Maximum eligibility is three years. Serving in the Peace Corps. Maximum eligibility is three years.