Debt in Germany affect police certificate?

[Segacat 0]

I am a US citizen; my fiance Romanian. She resides in the UK. We are preparing to file for a K1 visa. She has police certificates from the UK and Romania; both clean. She resided in Germany for 3 years, and left with debt. She has yet to get a police certificate from Germany; do unpaid debts appear on German police certificates?

Edited September 7, 2018 by Segacat

[Echel0n 27]

6 minutes ago, Segacat said:

I am a US citizen; my fiance Romanian. She resides in the UK. We are preparing to file for a K1 visa. She has police certificates from the UK and Romania; both clean. She resided in Germany for 3 years, and left with debt. She has yet to get a police certificate from Germany; do unpaid debts appear on German police certificates?

They should not. However, if someone filed against her it's possible. How about just paying off these debts? Or atleast finding a settlement to pay it off on monthly basis? Usually they prefer to get the money sone day then never and atleast a bit than nothing.

[V24 21]

No it only shows arrests. It’s a police certificate not a credit report. 

[Segacat 0]

I am curious simply because Germany appears to be incredibly stringent about debt.

[TNJ17 1,329]

It’s a criminal report not credit.

[Lemonslice 4,546]

24 minutes ago, TNJ17 said:

It’s a criminal report not credit.

In some countries, defaulting on your debts is a criminal offense. 

Edited September 7, 2018 by Lemonslice

[little immigrant 800]

Even if she had a Schufa entry it would not show on the police report. That would be a different report by itself and it's not asked for. 

[Mr.Jose 64]

Unless she owes 450k, I wouldn’t worry about it.

 

Keep in mind, sometimes when there’s a huge debt, companies hire debt collectors. They do everything they can to collect that debt, hire lawyers, take you to court, and sometimes put LIEN on property.

Edited September 7, 2018 by Mr.Jose

[Diane and Chris 651]

What does 450k have to do with a police report or paying a debt?

[geowrian 22,335]

I'll just add that while it shouldn't appear on a police report (unless such debt is a crime ion the country, which I don't believe is an issue here), some countries may restrict emigrating if there are certain outstanding debts or pending court appointments. Typically this applies with things like child and spousal support, tax debts, etc.

Edited September 8, 2018 by geowrian

[Calicolom 265]

Germany has paper exchange with USA this means, tikets,debt and other paperwork can be transferred to the US and enforced in the US.

[ST_RO 301]

I can tell you with certainty that it does not show up. I had unpaid debt in the past and needed a police certificate to get a security clearance for an airport job. It wasn’t on there.