JUST HOW LONG CAN THIS STAY ON YOUR CREDIT REPORT? i WAS PAYING THEM AND RECENTLY LOST MY JOB AND THESE LOVELY PEOPLE ARE HARASSING ME. I NOTIFIED THEM WHEN I LOST MY JOB , AND THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE NO RECORD. THIS COULD SCREW UP MY CHANCES OF GETTING A MORTGAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ESTABLISH. BY THE WAY THIS STUDENT LOAN IS FROM 1984. ANY EXPERIENCE WOULD BE APPRECIATED......
DC: Far longer than seven (7) years! Check out the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 USC §1080a(f) §430A(f) and §463(c)(3) and 20 USC §1087cc(c)(3), to learn more.