Student loan, and immigration. What to do?
Hey guys, need advice on what to do with my student loan of i.go abroad forever... for the last ten years or so I've been working low paying jobs, my student loan debt increases more than is getting paid off. Current company is doing redundancies so...
I'm seriously considering moving to Bangkok permanently to live with my partner of three years and their family. I don't mind Thailand. The cost of living over there is much lower but so is the salary you can get. Plan is to get married and settle there and work there.
How does my student loan repayments work if I go abroad? Is it null because I'm no longer a UK taxpayer or is it more like a personal loan and I'll get arrested if I stop repayments when I return for Christmas?
I'm really worried I won't earn enough to both live a new life and pay for this one to haunt me. Can I declare bankruptcy and get rid of this debt before I go? I haven't got 70k to pay it off 😅 I can barely afford the 100's they take off me each month anyway. Sorry if that sounds silly, I just don't know what my options are and don't want to mess things up badly for the future.
Any advice would be really appreciated!!