STUDENT LOANS WHILST ON AN IVA.

[onlypassion]

I am looking for a bit of advice regarding student loans. I am wanting to go to university to do teacher training starting September 2008. All being well I will be about a year into an iva at this point (fingers crossed anyway!) I am basically wondering if it is possible to take out student loans when on an iva. You see I know it is further debt however it will treble my income once qualified and in a job and also, the course will last 4 years so the iva would finish before I graduated. My point being I would not be required to make any repayments on the student loans until the IVA was complete anyway. By this time my income would go from about £5k now to £19 - £20k. If I was unable to find a job straight away this would not cause new financial difficulties as you are not required to repay student loans til you are earning £15k plus. Does anyone know if I could take the loans as it is a very different setup with this sort of borrowing and after all would significantly improve my long term finacial situation? I hope this doesn't sound like I am not taking my current debt situation seriously by looking at further borrowing cos I really regret the situation I am in now. I dont see this as the same sort of borrowing, I see this as an investment into my finacial future which will definately be of benefit to my financial situation long term. Any advice or examples of personal experiences would be great.

Andrea x

[Dominic]

I do not think student loans get counted in IVAs.

[onlypassion]

Thanks Dominic! I hope they dont anyway otherwise thats my plans on hold for a long time!

[iva experts]

Hi Onlypassion,

Usually you are not allowed to take any form of credit out whilst being in an IVA. However student loans may be different and can be quite complicated when it comes to IVA's.

My advice would be to speak to your I.P as soon as possible; they should be able to help you out.


Hope this information is of use

Regards. IVA Experts

[MelanieGiles]

I would generally not have a problem with you borrowing that sort of money - after all the rule is no credit in IVA's without the supervisor's permission - not no credit whatsoever!

You would, of course, have to disclose the fact that you are in an IVA to the Student Loans Company, and they may have a problem in lending you the money.

Regards, Melanie Giles, Insolvency Practitioner for over 20 years.
View my IVA blog at: http://melaniegiles.blogs.iva.co.uk