Public Service Loan Forgiveness Employment Certification Form (PDF)
Why and When to Submit the PSLF Form
Annually to Certify Your Employment
To help you track your progress toward qualifying for PSLF, we recommend that you submit the PSLF form annually or when you change employers. It will make it much easier once you are ready to apply for forgiveness after 10 years of employment in public service!
Submitting the form annually will let us track and verify how many qualifying payments you make while working full-time for a qualifying employer, among other PSLF eligibility requirements.
Your employment can be certified by an official who has access to your employment or service records and is authorized by your employer to certify your employment or your service as an AmeriCorps or Peace Corps volunteer. This will often be someone in the human resources department, though in some cases your direct supervisor or another individual may be authorized to certify your employment. Check with your organization to see who is allowed to certify your PSLF form.
If you do not submit the PSLF form with your employment certification annually, then at the time you apply for forgiveness, you will be required to submit employment certification for each employer you worked for while making the required 120 qualifying monthly payments.
After you Make 120 Qualifying Monthly Payments for PSLF
After you make your 120th qualifying monthly payment for PSLF, you’ll need to submit the PSLF form to receive loan forgiveness. You must be working for a qualifying employer at the time you submit the PSLF form and at the time the remaining balance on your loan is forgiven.
To Request Temporary Expanded PSLF
If you are ineligible for PSLF only because some or all of your payments were not made on a qualifying repayment plan for PSLF, you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under a temporary opportunity.
How to Fill Out and Submit the PSLF Form
You can fill out the PSLF form in one of two ways:
- You can use the PSLF Help Tool to assist you in starting the PSLF form. Once you enter your information, you’ll be able to print the partially completed form for you and your employer to sign.
- Or, you can download the PSLF form and complete all sections on your own before submitting it.
Either way, we’ll use the information you provide on the form to let you know if you are making qualifying PSLF payments. This will help you determine if you’re on the right track as you progress toward forgiveness. If you have reached your 120 required monthly payments, we will let you know.
Once you’ve filled out the PSLF form, you can send it to FedLoan Servicing.*
You may mail the form to this address:
U.S. Department of Education
FedLoan Servicing
P.O. Box 69184
Harrisburg, PA 17106-9184
You may also fax your PSLF form to 717-720-1628.
If FedLoan Servicing is already your servicer, you may upload your PSLF form on FedLoan Servicing’s website.
*FedLoan Servicing, one of the federal loan servicers, administers the PSLF Program on our behalf.