Student Loans on returning citizens
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From: robert mckenzie
Dear Inland Revenue Department,
What would happen to an offshore citizen if they returned back to NZ to live after owing thousands of dollars in interest and penalties on a very old student loan?
Would their wages be stipend until the defaulted amount is payed off?
If this is the case and they had young children to support how would they survive if the IRD were to take all their income? Would the family be forced to live of welfare?
Secondly, what happens to a student loan once the borrower has reached retirement age and is no longer able to work? Does the Student Loan remain until death or is it cleared after a number of years.
Yours faithfully,
Robert McKenzie
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