My husband moved to Australia while he still had a loan and we paid it off from there. (He was on a spuse perm visa...don't know the code...so not sure if this made a difference)

No, doesn't make a difference, Many many people in Aus are continuing to pay off UK stuff, and a lot of us retain UK cards - handy to use when you go over on holiday!

I have visa in pocket with lovely student loans to pay off. Still studying, so will need to pay off when over in Oz, if I can't manage to do it before I go that is!
Good luck with your application.

That's really helpful, thanks :-)

Thanks very much!

Same way that I sort out my credit card payments, and I paid off a loan that way too. Very quick and easy

Just to follow up my previous posts in this thread, I got a letter a few weeks ago from the SLC saying that I don't need to make any repayments for 12 months. I assume this is because I'm on a WHV and thus technically on holiday rather than economically active. Hopefully this information will be of use to someone.

why do people neck high in debt choose to emigrate to australia, pay your debts like the rest of us.

It's comments like this that will get you into far more trouble with Immigration than a student loan. If they suspect you are planning to stay beyond the terms of your WHV there is a chance you could be refused entry - stick to the "it's a holiday" story.

Perfectly possible to emigrste and pay your debts off from here.

Who recommended about doing a bunk on the debt? There's a thread full of people talking about the mechanisms they used to pay off debts in the UK after they left...

That's right, I have student debts from going to uni but I'm thick enough to have walked up to the customs desk and declared that I was going to overstay my visa and/or had a WHV for purposes of deep nefariousness.

If you read my post again you'll notice that the letter I sent was to the Student Loans Company in the UK, not Immigration in Australia. You'll also notice that I sent them a letter detailing my situation, while only providing a summary on my post here because my life story was really not necessary.

I got a load of crap off people on this board last night, now I'm being told I'm an idiot. Wow, this place is friendly.

If you're referring to your post about self-employment on this board I can't see how you got a load of crap - just some advice from very experienced agents and other people. Please re-read it and consider your circumstances - people here want you to achieve your goal to love in Aus and are just trying to help. Please don't be too sensitive - even though I realise it's a very emotive subject for you as I know you wouldn't want to be split from your partner.

Good luck.

Hmm....never thought about my SLC loans (pre-1998) being a government debt!

Thankfully mine will be paid off in 8 months- finally!

PS the deferment threshold is 25,936 GBP per year for the older loans, and the debt is cancelled if you never manage to earn this by age 50.