PLEASE HELP!!!

[Trent Milena 1]

Well, I might be in a little bit of a situation here. I might not get approved for my passport, due to arears on child support, but I am paying on it, it a little to much to pay all at once, but I have been paying on it for while now. I'm still waiting on the child support enforcement to let me know if I can get my passport or not. If not..is there any other way on getting around this or not? Like maybe they can make exception to give her permission for so many days to come over so me and my fiance can at least meet each other. Ill take full responsibility, sign anything I have and make sure she gets on that plane to go back home till we get her visa. Maybe there is a special form for this or something. Please help me with this problem, I don't want this to be the end of the road for us. HELP!!! Thank you in advance.

[thelastpetitioner 218]

what has child support got to do with getting your passport?

custody is a different story

please change the wording,your question is confusing

[Anh map 2,098]

Well, I might be in a little bit of a situation here. I might not get approved for my passport, due to arears on child support, but I am paying on it, it a little to much to pay all at once, but I have been paying on it for while now. I'm still waiting on the child support enforcement to let me know if I can get my passport or not. If not..is there any other way on getting around this or not? Like maybe they can make exception to give her permission for so many days to come over so me and my fiance can at least meet each other. Ill take full responsibility, sign anything I have and make sure she gets on that plane to go back home till we get her visa. Maybe there is a special form for this or something. Please help me with this problem, I don't want this to be the end of the road for us. HELP!!! Thank you in advance.

She can apply for a tourist visa. She would need to show ties to home such as home ownership/lease, employment, etc. There isn't anything that you could do to "help" with her application. Given what you've stated in other posts that would at least allow you two to spend some time together while you are working through the debt.

Best of luck.

[pushbrk 13,990]

what has child support got to do with getting your passport?

custody is a different story

please change the wording,your question is confusing

Federal law forbids the issuance of a US Passport (and allows for it's being held) when the citizen has an arrears of $2,500 or more in child support. Some States ask that they be held for even lower amounts of arrears.

You get a passport by paying your child support down below the threshold. You can use the money you would otherwise use to make the international trip, to pay it down faster and delay meeting your fiancee. Unless she's rich, the chances of her obtaining a visitor visa are slim and none. Consular officers don't make exceptions to accommodate this kind of "inconvenience". They'll tell you the same thing. Delay meeting until you pay your child support arrears as you are under court order to do.

[thelastpetitioner 218]

Federal law forbids the issuance of a US Passport (and allows for it's being held) when the citizen has an arrears of $2,500 or more in child support. Some States ask that they be held for even lower amounts of arrears.

You get a passport by paying your child support down below the threshold. You can use the money you would otherwise use to make the international trip, to pay it down faster and delay meeting your fiancee. Unless she's rich, the chances of her obtaining a visitor visa are slim and none. Consular officers don't make exceptions to accommodate this kind of "inconvenience". They'll tell you the same thing. Delay meeting until you pay your child support arrears as you are under court order to do.

oooo i see,thank you

and +1 to the rest of the advice

[Used to be broken 148]

Well, I might be in a little bit of a situation here. I might not get approved for my passport, due to arears on child support, but I am paying on it, it a little to much to pay all at once, but I have been paying on it for while now. I'm still waiting on the child support enforcement to let me know if I can get my passport or not. If not..is there any other way on getting around this or not? Like maybe they can make exception to give her permission for so many days to come over so me and my fiance can at least meet each other. Ill take full responsibility, sign anything I have and make sure she gets on that plane to go back home till we get her visa. Maybe there is a special form for this or something. Please help me with this problem, I don't want this to be the end of the road for us. HELP!!! Thank you in advance.

Seems you are a bit confused on your priorities here.

[Trent Milena 1]

No I'm not confused about anything, I just wanted to know if there was any other way on getting this done with my fiancee without going through all this #######. I know my priority is my kids and getting the situation settled, but getting it settled in another way if possible. The screwed up thing about this, is that my kids that I pay child support on LIVE WITH ME, (long story) but I'm working on getting custody on them. But I was hoping to get this done an easier way. Maybe there some kind of exception they offer to get my passport with some limitations. That would be great! Everything else is good on my part to start the visa process, the passport is the only thing holding me back. Note: I am paying on the rears, just not in bulk, I'm paying 200 extra a month for rears. Thanks

[JimVaPhuong 4,865]

Seems you are a bit confused on your priorities here.

This isn't really a fair statement since you don't know the OP's situation. Most people don't go into a divorce with a lot of disposable income. Think about it - what would happen if you were issued a court order that required you provide enough money to maintain a second household, with total disregard for your current budget. Would you be able to afford it? Depending on how many kids are involved, child support can easily eclipse your rent or mortgage payment.

Most people have to make drastic changes to their monthly budget in order to pay their court ordered child support. Losing your job, even for a very short time, can be devastating. You can fall many thousands of dollars behind very quickly. When you return to work you not only have to resume paying the child support, but you have to start making payments against the arrears, on top of having to catch up on any other bills you didn't pay while you were out of work. Even if you "double down" on the support payments, it will take just as long to catch up as it took to fall behind. Most people can't afford to pay double, and most courts don't force you to. If they add 10% to the monthly payment to cover the arrears then it will take at least 10X as long to pay off the arrears as it took to accumulate them. This means that 6 months out of work could result in arrears payments for 5 years.

Most people who fall into arrears on child support are not deadbeats or bums. Most are just victims of unfortunate events in their life, and they're left having to deal with the consequences.

[Used to be broken 148]

This isn't really a fair statement since you don't know the OP's situation. Most people don't go into a divorce with a lot of disposable income. Think about it - what would happen if you were issued a court order that required you provide enough money to maintain a second household, with total disregard for your current budget. Would you be able to afford it? Depending on how many kids are involved, child support can easily eclipse your rent or mortgage payment.

Most people have to make drastic changes to their monthly budget in order to pay their court ordered child support. Losing your job, even for a very short time, can be devastating. You can fall many thousands of dollars behind very quickly. When you return to work you not only have to resume paying the child support, but you have to start making payments against the arrears, on top of having to catch up on any other bills you didn't pay while you were out of work. Even if you "double down" on the support payments, it will take just as long to catch up as it took to fall behind. Most people can't afford to pay double, and most courts don't force you to. If they add 10% to the monthly payment to cover the arrears then it will take at least 10X as long to pay off the arrears as it took to accumulate them. This means that 6 months out of work could result in arrears payments for 5 years.

Most people who fall into arrears on child support are not deadbeats or bums. Most are just victims of unfortunate events in their life, and they're left having to deal with the consequences.

Well, everyone here will have a different opinion and you are right I don't know the circumstances. I didn't say anyone was a deadbeat or a bum either.

I feel sorry for anyone struggling to meet obligations in this economy. That said I see this from the point of view of folks who I know (women and men) have been divorced and are raising children where the ex-spouse has not been able to meet child support obligations putting them in the trick bag for 'arrears on mortgage payments etc. I know one situation where the ex came back and asked for a modified support order because the "new family" was pregnant one and wanted to quit work and stay home after the baby was born.

I paid child support because we had an "open custody" agreements and our kids went back and forth after they started high school, and I struggled at times due to job changes, however I also worked double jobs to keep up and didn't travel internationally during that period of time or spend much time developing a new relationship because there was no time or money for it.

[pushbrk 13,990]

No I'm not confused about anything, I just wanted to know if there was any other way on getting this done with my fiancee without going through all this #######. I know my priority is my kids and getting the situation settled, but getting it settled in another way if possible. The screwed up thing about this, is that my kids that I pay child support on LIVE WITH ME, (long story) but I'm working on getting custody on them. But I was hoping to get this done an easier way. Maybe there some kind of exception they offer to get my passport with some limitations. That would be great! Everything else is good on my part to start the visa process, the passport is the only thing holding me back. Note: I am paying on the rears, just not in bulk, I'm paying 200 extra a month for rears. Thanks

Ask but don't expect an exception to be made. It's the law. Their solution is for you to WAIT until you pay down your arrears far enough to qualify for a passport. The do NOT care WHY you're behind anymore than the traffic cop cares WHY you ran the red light.

I hope THIS doesn't come across as judgmental as I'm just telling you what THEY will think. They'll think you need to take the money you're intending to spend on international travel and the costs of bringing a fiancee to the USA and pay your arrears, then when you can afford to move forward, do so. I can assure you that will be the end result, regardless of what anybody thinks or feels about it, just like getting a ticket is the result for running the red light.

[Trent Milena 1]

Thank you all for the replying to my post. It really bums me out that this has to happen, but I'm going to dig really deep for some kind of solution. Honestly I don't want to call this the end of the road until I can't dig any deeper. But again...thank you all for replying to my post. Now I have another challenging question for you guys. I have a 3 y/o daughter with a colombian that lives here in the states. We are divorced and as you all know, she cannot go to her country with my daughter without my signature. I'm not afraid of losing my daughter as far as not seeing again cause I know I will. She has been asking me if she can go to Colombia with my daughter and visit her mother. I haven't gave her a definite answer yet. Plus she has remarried and she has to come back to the states sometime or another. So if she's in colombia with my daughter, do you think they'll issue me a passport to go and visit my daughter? That would be an exception!

[JimVaPhuong 4,865]

Thank you all for the replying to my post. It really bums me out that this has to happen, but I'm going to dig really deep for some kind of solution. Honestly I don't want to call this the end of the road until I can't dig any deeper. But again...thank you all for replying to my post. Now I have another challenging question for you guys. I have a 3 y/o daughter with a colombian that lives here in the states. We are divorced and as you all know, she cannot go to her country with my daughter without my signature. I'm not afraid of losing my daughter as far as not seeing again cause I know I will. She has been asking me if she can go to Colombia with my daughter and visit her mother. I haven't gave her a definite answer yet. Plus she has remarried and she has to come back to the states sometime or another. So if she's in colombia with my daughter, do you think they'll issue me a passport to go and visit my daughter? That would be an exception!

No. The exception would have to amount to an emergency. Your daughter lives in the US. They're not going to issue you a passport for emergency travel to visit your daughter who is visiting abroad when you could just as easily wait until your daughter returns to the US to visit her.

It seems like you have two options.

1. Try to get your arrears caught up.

2. Try to get your fiancee a B2 visa to visit the US.

[pushbrk 13,990]

No. The exception would have to amount to an emergency. Your daughter lives in the US. They're not going to issue you a passport for emergency travel to visit your daughter who is visiting abroad when you could just as easily wait until your daughter returns to the US to visit her.

It seems like you have two options.

1. Try to get your arrears caught up.

2. Try to get your fiancee a B2 visa to visit the US.

Frankly, I wouldn't expect any exceptions to be made.

Why would waiting until your arrears are caught up equate to "the end" of your current relationship? You haven't mentioned how long it's going to take to pay the arrears or said anything about what you might be able to do to pay them more quickly. That's where your focus needs to be.