An Individual Voluntary
Arrangement IVA is a way to resolve your debt situation without getting
yourself into further debt with a so-called debt consolidation loan.
IVAs are structured plans which wipe out the larger portion of your
debt immediately and then divide the reminder into manageable chunks
to be paid off every month.
An Individual Voluntary
Arrangement IVA is not a one-size-fits all type of thing. Rather, it
is tailor made to your specific circumstances. For this reason it is
rare for any two such IVAs to be ever alike. The plan is drawn up by
an Insolvency Practitioner who is a qualified expert and who will look
at your financial situation in detail in order to arrive at a solution
which is the optimum plan for you and your own circumstances.
When you take out
an Individual Voluntary Arrangement IVA your creditors will be legally
bound by it. That means that they must stop harassing you, though this
cannot be guaranteed. For this reason alone an IVA can be seen to be
highly attractive, especially if the matter has been passed to debt
collectors and debt purchasing companies.
To qualify for an
Individual Voluntary Arrangement IVA your income needs to exceed your
expenditure. By how much your income needs to exceed your expenditure
really depends on the IVA plan in question, which is why our whole-of-market
approach works wonders: we will match you up with a plan for your own
circumstances.
To apply for an
Independent Voluntary Arrangement, without any obligation, or to see
if you are eligible for one fill in the application form below.
So if you have at
least two accounts in debt, and total debts of £2,000 or more,
use the form below to see if you qualify. (If you owe less than this,
or are on state benefits, then use this
link to apply instead.)
Please
be aware that figures entered need to be accurate by law, and to give
the best service to you. It is extremely important that you budget for
all necessary expenditure including rent or mortgage, council tax and
utility bills, etc., and any other necessary outgoings related to the
upkeep of your household and inrelation to any specific circumstances
that may relate to you. This website only collects data on behalf of
debt management professionals, from which it will receive affiliate
remuneration for data collection only and does not itself engage in
any debt management services. Other debt management options are available
and may be more suitable. People entering into an IVA or debt management
will have this entered on their credit profile and this may affect their
ability to get credit in the short term or even in the long term in
some cases. It is free to apply from this website; you will be given
advice by debt management professionals and a 'cooling off' period,
by law, to decide whether or not the debt management plan is suitable
for you, and you should be aware that a fee will be chargeable upon
a successful arrangement, as with any commercial transaction. Failure
to meet the repayments on an IVA or any debt management programme may
result in serious consequences, including, but not limited to, bankruptcy.
Bankruptcies, CCJs and similar defaults will be entered into a public
register and will remain there for a statutory period of not less than
six (6) years.