Consolidation means your lender has given you a "repayment date." It starts on the first day of the seventh month after you stopped attending full-time studies or withdrew from classes.
The National Student Loans Service Centre (NSLSC) will automatically send you a consolidation agreement, approximately 45 days before you enter repayment.
Your consolidation agreement shows:
- The details of your current outstanding Canada-B.C. integrated student loans balance.
- Your monthly payment and when it is due. Please note that your payments will be prorated to your Canada and BC student loan debt, based on each loan’s portfolio outstanding balance.
- How long you have to repay.
- The bank account from which payments will be withdrawn.
Your credit rating stays in good standing (not restricted, not in default/delinquent/bankruptcy, no provincial or federal overaward restrictions) with Canada-British Columbia integrated student loans and/or other BC and Canada student loans (risk-sharing or guaranteed) when you meet the terms of the consolidation agreement and repayment schedule by making your monthly payments on time.
The consolidation agreement lets you:
- Review your loan information.
- Review your bank account information.
- Establish your loan repayment options including:
- Setting up the pre-authorized payment plan
- Review repayment assistance plans
- Change the day your monthly payment comes out of your account. If you do not arrange a different schedule, your payment will automatically come out on the last day of the month.