Reimbursement of the educational loan
One of the main objectives of the Quota Scheme is that students should return home after completing the course of study in order to support competence building in the home country. The loan will then be waived when the student leaves Norway and returns to his/her home country.
If the student remains in Norway or resides in a country other than Norway that is not the home country, the loan must be repaid in the same way as Norwegian students are required to do. This also applies to students who return to Norway within ten years after the loan originally has been waived.
If there are certain circumstances in the student’s home country which prevent the student from returning, such as war, the loan is written off as a general rule.
The student should apply to have the total amount of the educational loan waived when he/she has returned to his/her home country, and has resided there for at least one year. A prerequisite for waiving of the loan is that the student’s residence period upon return is for a continuous period of 12 months. Only when this requirement is met can the application for a loan waiver be given consideration.
