DEBT with STATE BANK in HOME COUNTRY

[agronomama 0]

hi all,

i have been searching the forums but have not found a good answer to my worries...

my peruvian fiance of several years has had some difficult financial problems this past year since he had to leave his job due to health problems...

he is now in debt to a government-owned bank and also behind in paying child support to a child from a previous relationship... i want to continue with the application for the K1 VISA for him, and his best chance in getting out of this financial dilemma is working in the US... many have written in this forum that an applicants debts are not considered in the application process, but can the Peruvian govt intervene and prevent him from leaving the country and going to the USA since the bank is of the peruvian govt? it would be a horrible blow to us both to pay for all the application fees if in the end he is not allowed to leave due to his debts.

any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

thanks!!!

[Darnell 8,478]

Not sure about the USA side of it, at all -

but -

IT MAY BE that he's stopped and detained at the airport in Peru, by Peru Immigration Officers, when he goes into the International Security Check Zone.

He'd have to already 'be on a list' though. Is he 'on a list' - from having a federal case with a judgement against him?

Edited February 22, 2010 by Darnell

[az110965 252]

hi all,

i have been searching the forums but have not found a good answer to my worries...

my peruvian fiance of several years has had some difficult financial problems this past year since he had to leave his job due to health problems...

he is now in debt to a government-owned bank and also behind in paying child support to a child from a previous relationship... i want to continue with the application for the K1 VISA for him, and his best chance in getting out of this financial dilemma is working in the US... many have written in this forum that an applicants debts are not considered in the application process, but can the Peruvian govt intervene and prevent him from leaving the country and going to the USA since the bank is of the peruvian govt? it would be a horrible blow to us both to pay for all the application fees if in the end he is not allowed to leave due to his debts.

any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

thanks!!!

Also,

You may want to find out if his passport has been suspended by the Child Support Enforcement Agency in his locality. Here in the US, CSEA will suspend an obgligor's passport if they are sufficiently behind in child support. It would be terrible if your fiancee's visa was approved then it was determined that he could not travel due to a suspension of his passport. I would have your fiancee call the appropriate agency and inquire. If in fact they've suspended his passport they may be willing to work out a payment plan.

Alan

[pushbrk 12,824]

hi all,

i have been searching the forums but have not found a good answer to my worries...

my peruvian fiance of several years has had some difficult financial problems this past year since he had to leave his job due to health problems...

he is now in debt to a government-owned bank and also behind in paying child support to a child from a previous relationship... i want to continue with the application for the K1 VISA for him, and his best chance in getting out of this financial dilemma is working in the US... many have written in this forum that an applicants debts are not considered in the application process, but can the Peruvian govt intervene and prevent him from leaving the country and going to the USA since the bank is of the peruvian govt? it would be a horrible blow to us both to pay for all the application fees if in the end he is not allowed to leave due to his debts.

any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

thanks!!!

Neither petitioner or beneficiaries' debts are a concern in visa issue but visas go in passports and passports can be pulled, revoked or suspended. What Peru will do about his passport, I cannot say but in the USA, past due child support will get your passport suspended or revoked.

[Badgerella 5]

On the contrary, in Croatia - it will not.

[jm&mcs 2]

My husband's passport and DNI are checked each time he gets on an airplane in Peru. They put the information into a computer. My husband told me that his brother was having some sort of a problem with the support of his child. I'm not sure what happened, but he did say if they checked his brother's DNI they would take him away when he traveled. So he only traveled by launcha, I believe, so that he wouldn't have to show his DNI and have it checked.

[az110965 252]

Most countries have developed centralized databased of unpaid/deliquent child support (although apparently not in Croatia).

Prenalities for deliquent child support can range from suspension of drivers licenses, professional licenses, judgement leins, garnishment, warrants for arrest and PASSPORT SUSPENSION/REVOCATION.

I strongly advise the OP toi have her fiancee check with his local CSEA (or whatever it is called in his country).

[Rob and Jill 82]

he is now in debt to a government-owned bank and also behind in paying child support to a child from a previous relationship... i want to continue with the application for the K1 VISA for him, and his best chance in getting out of this financial dilemma is working in the US...

I realize that when you want to be with your significant other that you want to be with them as soon as possible. However, given that he is obviously in a HUGE mess, I see a few ways out of it.

1) You tell him to pull it together and get it handled before you file ANYTHING.

2) You send him the money to pay off the debts yourself.

I know you said he had an illness and had to quit his job. Is he working now? Is there someone he could stay with in order to help him get those debts paid off? If not, and you really want to file the petition, I would pay it. You're taking a risk in assuming he won't take off with your money, but then you're also taking a risk of paying a $455.00 fee to find out you wasted your time because he can't get approved. Furthermore, if you can show you gave him money at some time for something it might further prove a "relationship" in future instances. Your post said you've been engaged several years, so if you trust him, help him out.

Lastly, and I don't know how it works there, so this is why I am asking...Is he in legal trouble there for this debt? Can he go to prison for this debt? Can he go to prision for falling behind on his child support? If so, and it's been reported, I would imagine he's not leaving the country.

This is just MY OPINION, (because I've been screwed over a few times) but I would get a lot of those answers before I filed any paperwork. Please make sure he is not just shirking his responsibilities and running from them before you get involved any further.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

hi all,

i have been searching the forums but have not found a good answer to my worries...

my peruvian fiance of several years has had some difficult financial problems this past year since he had to leave his job due to health problems...

he is now in debt to a government-owned bank and also behind in paying child support to a child from a previous relationship... i want to continue with the application for the K1 VISA for him, and his best chance in getting out of this financial dilemma is working in the US... many have written in this forum that an applicants debts are not considered in the application process, but can the Peruvian govt intervene and prevent him from leaving the country and going to the USA since the bank is of the peruvian govt? it would be a horrible blow to us both to pay for all the application fees if in the end he is not allowed to leave due to his debts.

any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

thanks!!!

The US doesn't care. If he were a US citizen his passport would be cancelled for lack of paying child support. If he has no valid passport he cannot get a visa. Not sure how Peru handles it, but it is not an issue the USA would have any concern over. The USA is not a debt collector for Peru.

Other than the obvious, canceling hs passport, what the Peruvian government can do is up to the Peruvian laws.