State Dept. Revoking Passports Over Unpaid Child Support in Revival of 1996 Law
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The U.S. Department of State (DOS) reported the revocation of passports for people with “significant debts” for child support. Cancellations began on May 9 and would impact more than 2700 holders. What is known about the revocation of passports for child support debtors The news was confirmed by DOS through a press release. There, they reported that anyone who owes more than $2500 for child support faces the revocation of their passport. It is a…
U.S. passports will be revoked over unpaid child support, State Dept. says
The US Department of State announced last week it will begin to revoke the passports of Americans who have a significant outstanding child support debt. “U.S. law requires Americans to comply with child support obligations in order to receive a U.S. passport and allows the Department of State to revoke the passport of an individual who owes more than $2,500 in child support,” said the State Department in a press release. The State Department wi…
Passports to be revoked for parents falling behind on child support payments
Photo courtesy of publicdomainpictures.net By David L. Snelling MIAMI – If you owe thousands of dollars in back child support payments, don’t make any plans to travel abroad just yet. The State Department announced officials are stepping up child support enforcement by starting the process of revoking passports of people who owe $2,500 or more in arrears and ban parents from obtaining travel documents if they fall behind on their payments as wel…
US parents with $2,500 child support debt to have passports revoked
American parents who owe “significant child support” will have their passports revoked under new plans to implement an existing but little-used federal law. The US State Department under President Donald Trump says it will use “common sense tools to support American families and strengthen compliance with US laws”. Under the plans, parents with outstanding child support debt of more than $2,500 (£1,400) will have their passports revoked. The sta…
Since 8 May, the provision has been in force, covering all parents with child maintenance debt.
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