Student loans Dates
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SEP 30Student loan payments are due if you're based overseas and do not have a temporary repayment suspension.
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JAN 15Student loan interim payments are due. They count towards your end-of-year repayment obligation.
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FEB 7If you have a student loan end of year bill due today, you'll have received a letter or text message from us.
You can apply for your loan to be interest free if you were intending to travel for less than 6 months but, because of events outside of your control, you could not return to New Zealand as planned.
Some examples of these delays are:
- personal illness or accident
- death or illness of a family member
- natural disasters.
To apply, you’ll need to have been a New Zealand tax resident while you were overseas and show that you were intending to stay overseas for less than 183 days.
You’ll need to provide the following proof:
- evidence of the reason you were delayed
- your original flight reservations
- a completed New Zealand tax residence questionnaire - IR886 if you were overseas for more than 325 days.
