Child Support Arrears and Passport Restrictions
Owing child support arrears may affect your ability to get a passport to travel abroad. The United States Department of State’s rules and regulations require that a passport application be denied if the applicant is in arrears on his or child support payments. Arrears in excess of $2,500.00 will result in the denial of a passport, and that threshold can drop to as low as $1 depending on the state in which the applicant resides.
The limit for New York residents is the federal limit of $2,500.00.
If your application is denied because of child support arrears, the only way to address this issue is to reduce the arrears to an acceptable level. Once that is accomplished, your state child support agency will notify the federal government (the Department of Health and Human Services). The State Department advises passport applicants that they will need approximately 5-10 business days from the date the arrears are reduced for your name to be removed from the list of person to be denied a passport.
Currently my child support arrears payments are being deducted from my social security payments. With this payment plan in place that payment is made before I get it should I still denied a PassPort?
My husband owes arrears totaling $60 thousand but weekly payments for both support and arrears are being deducted from his paycheck for the past 10 years. Would he still have a hard time getting a passport?
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I owe 29800.00 in arrears but i am paying it off weekly thru child support collections.i also pay my current support weekly. i would like to get my passport to visit my fiance in philippines so i can marry and bring her here.is there any way i can get it back i will be paying my weekly obligations even while im visiting also i have my brotherinlaw and sisterinlaw who will sign a gaurantee of payment.
Thankyou Larry
When your passport has been revoked due to arrears, once your arrears drop under the threshhold, how and where do you find out that your passport is ok to use again?
my fiance owes 2951.00. He has already paid this to his ex wife, but while he was doing this she was collecting state assistance. The money has been paid. Dont feel we should have to pay this twice. We wasnt to take a trip to the Uk in September and need to know how to get this taken care of in a hurry. His passport has been denied once before due to this! I don;t want to travel alone. Please Help!!!
My husband, Canadian citizen, US permanent resident, owes arrears of $20,000 to Canada for support. he had been paying only the current amount due through payroll deduction but has quit his job and has no money to pay. How can I find out if his passport has been revoked and can he be deported on these grounds?
Are there any ways around this arrears issue. I have been paying child support for my child as ordered by the state. My child's mom and I had a disagreement and she decided to put child support on me when he turned 12. They went back four years on me and I was automatically put in the arrears. I have been offered a job with a government contractor to work in Iraq and have been denied my passport. What can I do?
I have arrears of more then 10K. About a year ago I applied and was granted US Citizenship but due to arrears was not able to obtain US Passport. If I am willing to give up the US Citizenship/Passport (if it is possible?) and would like to ask for a reinstatement of my Green Card so later I could apply for a Travel Passport. Would the Government allow me to get the Travel Passport? Thanks in advance.
As of 08/15/2007 I owe arrears amounting $19714.25 Amounts are deducted from my pay check bi-weekly and I am raising a child I pay arrears for. His mother is deceased 6 years now and I receive nothing from my tax return due to this debt of back arrears. I am living from pay check to pay check supporting my son and I find myself in hardship constantly. How can I resolve my arrears once and for all and what can I do?
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My financee' and I would like to go on a cruise Nov. 2010, We will be boarding in PR. However, his children's mother moved to another state and decided to claim back child support for the second son. Which his arrears is close to $14,000. Even though he have been paying his support for the past 10 years, he now have to pay the arrears effective last year. In order for this to be handle, the mother have to go to court to correct the error, which she have not as of today. If he have the proper paperwork to prove that he do not owe, will he be able to travel out of the country?
Iam wondering if anyone has received any feedback. My husband owes back pay, but currently pays towards it and current child support. He is in arrears about $17k, which hardly seems to drop due to interest rates. We would like to take a trip to MX with both daugthers, including the one we owe child support on. Has anyone been successful in obtaning a passport?
I am a u.s. citizen living in the Philippines and I recently found out that my x reinstated my child support without me being notified by anyone. She had previously rescinded the order and my amount owed was zero. I have been in the philippines for 18 months mow. I just recently found out that she changed her mind again and put the support order back in effect setting me into the arrears of 9000 plus. I have not recieved my notice or anything it hasnt proceeded to that point yet because I held it up requesting a review of my case. I currently have a passport. Will my passport stay valid until its experation date and then be denied upon renewal if i am in the arears or do they just invalidated it and bye bye life as you know go back to the states? Thank You
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I owe $12,000 in child support, I work fulltime as a musician and I need to obtain a passport within the next 3 wks. How can I do that?
I want to marry my fiancée, but he owes back-up child support around 3,000. Will I be obligated to pay his child support if we get married in the New York City?
MY CASE IS CLOSED.AND I STILL OWE 25000.00 AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVED MY PASSPORT.WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO
I would like to know how my ex got a passport. He owes over 50,000 in arrears and only pays $40 a week towards the balance. He applied for passport and was denied. Then his friend wrote a letter saying he needed it for employment overseas. The local child support office took him off the list and a couple weeks later he got his passport. He isn't working just using it to travel for fun. What LAW or STATUTE does this fall under? The child support office never verified the employment or will garnish wages because he is already paying his monthly court ordered amount. What crooked system is this?
my only son is a disable vet he's in the philipinese with his family..he has ptsd and has to wear special dark glasses for his eyes he in pain.. i told him to come home with his family.. he fought for the rights of all of us.. the embrassy in philipinese took his passport because he owed 2,000.00 on child supoort for his 16yrs old daughter now he can't get back here for his health , his daughters are crying and acting up in school, for him to be bury...its bad enough i had to try and get money for 4 place tickets 2adults /2kids which is 3,500.00 now this..please explain something to me he needs to be home in the usa
my only son is a disable vet he's in the philipinese with his family..he has ptsd and has to wear special dark glasses for his eyes he in pain.. i told him to come home with his family.. he fought for the rights of all of us.. the embrassy in philipinese took his passport because he owed 2,000.00 on child supoort for his 16yrs old daughter now he can't get back here for his health , his daughters are crying and acting up in school, for him to be bury...its bad enough i had to try and get money for 4 place tickets 2adults /2kids which is 3,500.00 now this..please explain something to me he needs to be home in the usa
iam a usa resident,im paying arreas of 6k,my mother lives over seas, and is very sick, i would like to travel and see her,is there such of thing as a hardship permit granted by the deparment of state to make this possible?
thanks