If one of the following scenarios applies to you, you may qualify for deferment:
- You are enrolled at least half-time in college or career school.
- You are studying in an approved graduate fellowship program or in an approved rehabilitation training program for the disabled.
- You are experiencing unemployment or an inability to find full-time employment (for up to 3 years).
- You are experiencing a period of economic hardship including Peace Corps service (for up to 3 years).
- You have been called to active duty military service during a war, military operation, or national emergency.
- You have returned home following the conclusion of qualifying active duty military service (for the first 13 months or until you return to enrollment on at least a half-time basis, whichever is earlier), if: