Traveling in EU countries when UK hubby has debt in UK

[boohbah 0]

Not sure where to ask this, but hope asking in this forum is alright!

My husband's parents live in Greece & have invited us to visit them. We live in the U.S. & when he moved over here, he had left his debt behind. That debt is with Natwest. Furthermore, he owed on overdraft & a small loan. When we searched airline tickets, so far the connecting flights have been through Switzerland & Germany. Would passport control in any EU countries stop him if they see any of that information on their computers when they scan his passport? If so, what would be the consequences...hold him hostage or something?

He's a bit worried about it, but we also can't just go & pay off his debt right now as we don't have the extra funds to do so.

Does anyone know anything about the new EU law that took place in January 2009? It had something to do with debt, but I didn't quite understand it.

Edited June 5, 2010 by boohbah

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

The only law he has to fear is Karma. Seriously.

[boohbah 0]

I realize that abandoning debt is bad, irresponsible, etc. Don't need to be told about "karma". Geez.

Just want replies from someone who MAY know something about EU law when it comes to debt. SERIOUSLY.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

It is a civil debt. The only way it could be enforced is if the bank were to take action against him in each country in which he were staying. Way more effort than they can bother, and in many jurisdictions more than is legally possible. Happy travels.

Source: I trained as a solicitor in England.

[Captain Oates 911]

Not sure where to ask this, but hope asking in this forum is alright!

My husband's parents live in Greece & have invited us to visit them. We live in the U.S. & when he moved over here, he had left his debt behind. That debt is with Natwest. Furthermore, he owed on overdraft & a small loan. When we searched airline tickets, so far the connecting flights have been through Switzerland & Germany. Would passport control in any EU countries stop him if they see any of that information on their computers when they scan his passport? If so, what would be the consequences...hold him hostage or something?

He's a bit worried about it, but we also can't just go & pay off his debt right now as we don't have the extra funds to do so.

Does anyone know anything about the new EU law that took place in January 2009? It had something to do with debt, but I didn't quite understand it.

As a NATWEST shareholder (the people you have stolen from), I hope it rains on your holiday and those Greek toilet pipes get all bunged up

That's fair enough isn't it...

I have sent an advance email to Natwest Athens so they will be waiting

Otherwise, have a great holiday !

[mawilson 2,133]

As a NATWEST shareholder (the people you have stolen from), I hope it rains on your holiday and those Greek toilet pipes get all bunged up

Man, a BP shareholder and now NatWest/RBS? You must love investing in shitty companies that go tits up.

[Fandango 1,439]

The only law he has to fear is Karma. Seriously.

Rich coming from you when you willingly broke the law for over a decade.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Rich coming from you when you willingly broke the law for over a decade.

I was thinking the same thing.

I've read everything he's said about citizenship through that filter.

[Captain Oates 911]

Man, a BP shareholder and now NatWest/RBS? You must love investing in shitty companies that go tits up.

Perhaps you prefer your shagees tits down ?

I own a FTSE 100 ETF which includes all companies

I can't stand these itinerant debtors who beg loans all smiley like - and then do the dirty on the people who lent them the money by skipping off to another country. No doubt they will do the same when they leave the US

Bring back debtor's prisons I say

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Perhaps you prefer your shagees tits down ?

I own a FTSE 100 ETF which includes all companies

I can't stand these itinerant debtors who beg loans all smiley like - and then do the dirty on the people who lent them the money by skipping off to another country. No doubt they will do the same when they leave the US

Bring back debtor's prisons I say

Let it be known: Alan supports the re-establishment of the Marshalsea, where once Little Dorrit's father languished.

Why do you hate Little Dorrit?

[Captain Oates 911]

Let it be known: Alan supports the re-establishment of the Marshalsea, where once Little Dorrit's father languished.

Why do you hate Little Dorrit?

Little Dorrit is a person for whom I have supreme indifference as she is

A dead

B fictional

However, just to show that I am not too hard on welshers and scammers and 'make off with your money' types, I would limit the sentence for civil debt to no more than natural life

What gets me is that these people usually spend their ill gotten gains on rings from the shopping channel and open top sports cars and designer shoes etc. It's not like they scam the banks in order to give their kids an education.

This is no joke and that was my GIN money they 'madoff' with.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I wrote my senior thesis on Little Dorrit. She never gets any love compared to Oliver, Pip and David Copperfield.

I am impressed by your beneficence in limiting these people to life imprisonment; truly you are just AND merciful. Especially since your GIN money is involved.

[Captain Oates 911]

I wrote my senior thesis on Little Dorrit. She never gets any love compared to Oliver, Pip and David Copperfield.

I am impressed by your beneficence in limiting these people to life imprisonment; truly you are just AND merciful. Especially since your GIN money is involved.

You now have me wondering whether I was TOO merciful....

Trouble with debtor's prisons is they are too cushy

Cleaning up demolished nuclear plants with a toothbrush while dressed in shorts and flip flops would be more appropriate

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Rich coming from you when you willingly broke the law for over a decade.

I'm sorry, I really didn't anticipate how strange some people are.

Translation of my previous post stating that only "Karma" would have to be feared:

No, there is no law on Earth that would apply here.

But while you brought it up, Happy Bunny, what law do you think I broke for over a decade? Am I guilty of a crime or a misdemeanor?

Before you hurt your bunny brains, the correct answer is: "none."

That's right, Bunny: overstaying one's visa is not a crime, nor a misdemeanor. It's only a civil infraction with no punishment assigned. If you ever forgot to use your turn signal when changing a lane you are more of a lawbreaker than I ever was.

Edited June 15, 2010 by Just Bob

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

May I ask, in a totally non-menacing, non-RUB "get off mah lawn" kind of way, why you are so fascinated with posting in the UK forum recently?