How to Postpone a Payment on a Sallie Mae Signature Loan?
Sallie Mae offers students the option of signing up for private student loans so they can have extra money for school and living expenses while they are in school. A Signature loan is one such loan. Students who struggle to pay their student loans after graduation might need different options for payback. This is especially the case when the student has a hard time getting a job after graduation or experiences a job loss.
Instructions
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Contact Sallie Mae Customer Service to Postpone your Signature Loan
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Go to the Sallie Mae website to postpone your payment. In some cases, deferment might be allowed for economic hardship, unemployment, military deployment, enrollment in school, internship or national service.
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Contact Sallie Mae customer service via phone or mail.
Sallie Mae, Inc.
P.O. Box 9532
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18773-9532
1-888-272-5543
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Give the customer service representative detailed information pertaining your situation and request that your Signature loan payment be postponed. The Sallie Mae customer service representative will be able to help you find a way to postpone a payment that will best fit your situation.
Postpone your Sallie Mae Signature Loan Online
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Connect to the Internet and connect to the Sallie Mae website. Click on "Site map" and click on "Log in."
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Log in to the Sallie Mae website with your user name and password. Register for an online account with Sallie Mae if you do not already have one by clicking on "Register Now."
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Click on "Manage Your Student Loans."
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Click on "Postpone Payment" and learn if you are eligible to postpone your student loans. If you are eligible you can fill out the application by typing in your Sallie Mae Signature loan information and your personal information.
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Tips & Warnings
The options to postpone your Sallie Mae Signature Loan are temporary and you will still be required to pay your student loans after you have postponed the payment.
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