Jamaica, United States collaborate on tracking delinquent students
Jamaicans with outstanding college loans and living in the United States will encounter several obstacles when attempting to modify or renew their immigration status. The government of Jamaica and its US counterpart have partnered to identify Jamaican immigrants with outstanding student loan arrears. Cheryl Surjue made this announcement as the manager of the Loan Servicing Department at the Student Loan Bureau (SLB) in Jamaica. She noted that there are outstanding loans of several professional groups that have immigrated to the United States and other nations, leaving behind unpaid college loans, emphasizing that “when they leave, we are not able to fully track their whereabouts, (and) those loans tend to go bad.” Further explaining the operations that are in place to work along with people having these outstanding student loans, Ms. Surjue mentioned that “people who may have migrated on their J1 visa and want to renew their status in the US, before they can actually do that, ther...