[Mildred]

Does anyone know what happens to Student loans when you go to NZ?

[clarabell]

Hiya,
Unfortunately, we still have to pay them off :roll:
They said we just have to let them know our new address and pay from there. I asume payment amount will be based on the wage you earn as over here.
I did consider just leaving and not telling them, but they have 2 contact address dont they. Wouldnt dare actually. Nice thought tho eh, just writting it all off :mrgreen:

[ruthyroo]

Argh don't even mention the SLC to me!!! Remember that if your student loan in old enough you can defer, if you are earning less than the limit - which is about GBP1800 / month. Mr Rr is on $58k / year which does put him under the limit - though getting them to accept that is proving a bit more difficult. Made even more frsutrating by the fact that they take weeks to answer a simple letter, they don't communicate by email at all (unless they think you are defaulting on payment) and they are pretty much useless TBH!!

[Mildred]

Thanks for the above replies. Yep, Student Loans are completely inadequate. Steve hasn't had an annual statement for two years. Seems impossible to even get one out of them.

[Karen and Rich Matthews]

I have one of the original student loans and we have been paying it off steadily, but now we're emigrating to NZ I think I'll be deferring until I know what I will be getting in NZ.

I've heard (don't know if this is mere rumour) that if you defer more than 20 years, they write the loan off...wouldn't that be nice.

I get the impression I won't be earning £1800 per month for a fair while in NZ. I'm contacting SLC today so will hopefully hear from them soon (although I don't sound to hopeful on that regarding the comments here), will let you guys know what they tell me.

Cheers

Rich and Karen

[Lukas]

Shame on you. That’s robbery