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How to change your name with Federal student loans
Married or divorced and updating your accounts? Here's how Federal student loans takes a name change, from its own help page.
HowOnline
By mailNo: use their steps
Federal student loans's steps
Update your name in your StudentAid.gov account settings, and tell your loan servicer too.
Have these ready
- A copy of your marriage certificate, divorce decree or court order (most companies ask for one).
- Your updated driver's license or ID, if you have it. Social Security comes first, then the DMV.
- Your account number, and the name the account is in now.
Let Sasha handle the letters
Sasha writes and signs your name change letter for Federal student loans and every other company on your list, with your certificate attached. It also keeps track of who's done. The checklist is free.
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Checked against Federal student loans's own page in October 2026. Companies change their process; confirm on their site or by phone before you send anything. Sasha isn't affiliated with Federal student loans.