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Thresholds for Overseas Customers

 

Repayment thresholds only apply to Income Contingent Loans (loans taken out from 1998 onwards)


The repayment threshold for residents living in the United Kingdom is £15,000 before deductions for tax and National Insurance. So, those with an annual salary of over £15,000 are required to repay their loans – and they pay 9% of their earnings over this threshold.


If you are living overseas we work out your monthly repayment schedule using the same principles as for those who live in the UK. So, you will repay 9% of your earnings over the repayment threshold for the country you are living in.


To take account of differences in living costs, the repayment threshold in a foreign country will not necessarily be the same as in the UK. We will update thresholds each year to take account of price changes.


For example, if you were living in Poland the repayment threshold is the equivalent of £9,000 so your repayments would be calculated as 9% of anything you earn over the equivalent of £9,000.

 

The following table shows the repayment thresholds that apply for different countries.  It also shows a monthly default repayment amount - this is how much you would be liable to pay each month if you do not inform us of your actual income while overseas.

 

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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Afghanistan
6,000
98.00
Algeria
9,000
147.00
American Samoa
3,000
49.00
Albania
6,000
98.00
Andorra
3,000
49.00
Angola
9,000
147.00
Anguilla
9,000
147.00
Antarctica
3,000
49.00
Antigua and Barbuda
9,000
147.00
Argentina
6,000
98.00
Armenia
9,000
147.00
Aruba
3,000
49.00
Australia
15,000
246.00
Austria
15,000
246.00
Azerbaijan
9,000
147.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Bahamas, The
3,000
49.00
Bahrain
9,000
147.00
Bangladesh
6,000
98.00
Barbados
9,000
147.00
Belarus
6,000
98.00
Belgium
18,000
295.00
Belize
9,000
147.00
Benin
6,000
98.00
Bermuda
3,000
49.00
Bhutan
6,000
98.00
Bolivia
6,000
98.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina
6,000
98.00
Botswana
6,000
98.00
Bouvet Island
21,000
344.00
Brazil
9,000
147.00
Brunei
9,000
147.00
Bulgaria
6,000
98.00
Burkina Faso
6,000
98.00
Burundi
6,000
98.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Cambodia
3,000
49.00
Cameroon
6,000
98.00
Canada
15,000
246.00
Cape Verde
12,000
196.00
Cayman Islands
3,000
49.00
Central African Republic
9,000
147.00
Chad
6,000
98.00
Channel Islands
15,000
246.00
Chile
9,000
147.00
China
6,000
98.00
Christmas Island
15,000
246.00
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
15,000
246.00
Cook Islands
15,000
246.00
Colombia
9,000
147.00
Comoros
9,000
147.00
Congo (Democratic Republic of)
6,000
98.00
Congo
9,000
147.00
Costa Rica
6,000
98.00
Cote d'Ivoire
9,000
147.00
Croatia
9,000
147.00
Cuba
3,000
49.00
Cyprus
12,000
196.00
Czech Republic
9,000
147.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
3,000
49.00
Denmark
21,000
344.00
Djibouti
6,000
98.00
Dominica
6,000
98.00
Dominican Republic
6,000
98.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Ecuador
6,000
98.00
Egypt
6,000
98.00
El Salvador
6,000
98.00
Equatorial Guinea
9,000
147.00
Eritrea
6,000
98.00
Estonia
12,000
196.00
Ethiopia
6,000
98.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Faeroe Islands
3,000
49.00
Falkland Islands
3,000
49.00
Fiji
12,000
196.00
Finland
18,000
295.00
France
18,000
295.00
French Guiana
18,000
295.00
French Polynesia
3,000
49.00
French Southern Territories
9,000
147.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Gabon
9,000
147.00
Gambia, The
3,000
49.00
Georgia
6,000
98.00
Germany
15,000
246.00
Ghana
6,000
98.00
Gibraltar
3,000
49.00
Greece
12,000
196.00
Greenland
3,000
49.00
Grenada
9,000
147.00
Guadeloupe
18,000
295.00
Guam
3,000
49.00
Guatemala
6,000
98.00
Guinea
6,000
98.00
Guinea-Bissau
6,000
98.00
Guyana
6,000
98.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Haiti
6,000
98.00
Heard and McDonald Islands
15,000
246.00
Holy See (Vatican City State)
3,000
49.00
Honduras
6,000
98.00
Hong Kong
9,000
147.00
Hungary
9,000
147.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Iceland
18,000
295.00
India
6,000
98.00
Indonesia
6,000
98.00
Iran
6,000
98.00
Iraq
3,000
49.00
Ireland
18,000
295.00
Isle of Man
15,000
246.00
Israel
12,000
196.00
Italy
15,000
246.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Jamaica
9,000
147.00
Japan
15,000
246.00
Jordan
9,000
147.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Kazakhstan
9,000
147.00
Kenya
6,000
98.00
Kiribati
6,000
98.00
Korea, Dem. Rep.
3,000
49.00
Korea, Rep.
9,000
147.00
Kuwait
9,000
147.00
Kyrgyz Republic
6,000
98.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Laos PDR
6,000
98.00
Latvia
12,000
196.00
Lebanon
6,000
98.00
Lesotho
6,000
98.00
Liberia
6,000
98.00
Libya
12,000
196.00
Liechtenstein
3,000
49.00
Lithuania
9,000
147.00
Luxembourg
18,000
295.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Macao, China
9,000
147.00
Macedonia
6,000
98.00
Madagascar
6,000
98.00
Malawi
6,000
98.00
Malaysia
6,000
98.00
Maldives
9,000
147.00
Mali
9,000
147.00
Malta
12,000
196.00
Marshall Islands
3,000
49.00
Martinique
18,000
295.00
Mauritania
6,000
98.00
Mauritius
6,000
98.00
Mayotte
3,000
49.00
Mexico
9,000
147.00
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
9,000
147.00
Moldova
6,000
98.00
Monaco
3,000
49.00
Mongolia
6,000
98.00
Montenegro
6,000
98.00
Morocco
9,000
147.00
Mozambique
6,000
98.00
Myanmar
3,000
49.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Namibia
9,000
147.00
Nauru
3,000
49.00
Nepal
6,000
98.00
Netherlands
15,000
246.00
Netherlands Antilles
3,000
49.00
New Caledonia
3,000
49.00
New Zealand
15,000
246.00
Nicaragua
6,000
98.00
Niger
6,000
98.00
Nigeria
9,000
147.00
Niue
3,000
49.00
Norfolk Island
3,000
49.00
Northern Mariana Islands
3,000
49.00
Norway
21,000
344.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Oman
9,000
147.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Pakistan
6,000
98.00
Palau
3,000
49.00
Panama
6,000
98.00
Papua New Guinea
6,000
98.00
Paraguay
6,000
98.00
Peru
6,000
98.00
Philippines
6,000
98.00
Pitcairn
3,000
49.00
Poland
9,000
147.00
Portugal
12,000
196.00
Puerto Rico
3,000
49.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Qatar
9,000
147.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Reunion
18,000
295.00
Romania
9,000
147.00
Russian Federation
9,000
147.00
Rwanda
6,000
98.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Samoa
9,000
147.00
San Marino
3,000
49.00
Sao Tome and Principe
9,000
147.00
Saudi Arabia
9,000
147.00
Senegal
9,000
147.00
Serbia
9,000
147.00
Seychelles
6,000
98.00
Sierra Leone
6,000
98.00
Singapore
9,000
147.00
Slovakia
9,000
147.00
Slovenia
12,000
196.00
Solomon Islands
6,000
98.00
Somalia
3,000
49.00
South Africa
6,000
98.00
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
3,000
49.00
Spain
15,000
246.00
Sri Lanka
6,000
98.00
St Helena
3,000
49.00
St Kitts and Nevis
9,000
147.00
St Lucia
6,000
98.00
St Pierre and Miquelon
3,000
49.00
St Vincent and Grenadines
6,000
98.00
Sudan
9,000
147.00
Suriname
9,000
147.00
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
21,000
344.00
Swaziland
6,000
98.00
Sweden
18,000
295.00
Switzerland
18,000
295.00
Syria
6,000
98.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Taiwan
6,000
98.00
Tajikistan
6,000
98.00
Tanzania
6,000
98.00
Thailand
6,000
98.00
Timor-Leste
6,000
98.00
Togo
6,000
98.00
Tokelau
3,000
49.00
Tonga
9,000
147.00
Trinidad and Tobago
9,000
147.00
Tunisia
6,000
98.00
Turkey
9,000
147.00
Turkmenistan
6,000
98.00
Turks and Caicos Islands
3,000
49.00
Tuvala
3,000
49.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Uganda
6,000
98.00
Ukraine
6,000
98.00
United Arab Emirates
9,000
147.00
United Kingdom
15,000
246.00
United States
12,000
196.00
Uruguay
9,000
147.00
Uzbekistan
6,000
98.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Vanuatu
9,000
147.00
Venezuela
12,000
196.00
Vietnam
6,000
98.00
Virgin Islands (British)
3,000
49.00
Virgin Islands (US)
3,000
49.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Wallis and Futuna Islands (British)
3,000
49.00
West Bank and Gaza
3,000
49.00
Western Sahara
3,000
49.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Yemen, Rep.
6,000
98.00
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Country of residence

Your Earning Threshold, in Pounds Sterling (£GBP)

Monthly Default Repayment Amount (£GBP)

Zambia
9,000
147.00
Zimbabwe
3,000
49.00
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