Passport Denial Program Helps Recover Past Due Child Support
The new passport requirements that complicated travel this past summer have also uncovered vast numbers of parents who owe back child support. Through its Passport Denial Program, the State Department denies passports to noncustodial parents who owe more than $2,500 in back child support. Once the owing parent has satisfied their child support arrearage, they may reapply for a passport.
Considering that millions of additional travelers are now required to have passports to fly back from Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, and South America, collections under the Passport Denial Program are on pace to almost double this year. States have reported collecting at least $22.5 million through the program thus far in 2007. Perhaps this is one program that the government has finally gotten right.
Source: "New Passport Rules Help Recover Back Child Support" by Dan Nunley, published at his Oklahoma Family Law Blog.
CAN I RECIEVE A PASSPORT IF I ONLY OWE 2,473.89. I LIVE IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET MY PASSPORT IN HOUSTON TEXAS.
What if a person owing child support has left thier country? What happens to their passport?
My fiance and I had no idea this was a law until he applied for a passport for our already paid for trip to Cancun (a gift to us).
To our suprise he was denied. He owes more than 2,500 but has been paying on it faithfully, every week, for the past 5 years.
We live in Indiana. Of course the trip is non-transferable and non-refundable. Is there anything we can do to enable him to get his passport?