Date Received: 2018-12-19T00:00:00.000
Product: Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided
Consumer Complaint: I need to know how many qualifying payments I have for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. XXXX XXXX XXXX said it would take 3 months to calculate. Then they said 6 months. Now they say a year. I should complete my 120 qualifying payments in XXXX of 2019. In the event that there is a mistake I would like time to fix it before I complete my payments and apply for forgiveness.
Company: AES/PHEAA
State/Zip: CA 939XX
Company Response to Complaint: Closed with non-monetary relief
Was Company Response Timely: Yes
Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A
Complaint ID: 3105103
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