American Debt Enders offers free consultation for filing chapter seven bankruptcy. Their phone number is listed on their web page. There are no one hundred percent free bankruptcy services just free consultations. There are filing fee involved to file for bankruptcy.
Both can be correct: counseling with one L is the American spelling; counselling with two L's is the English/Canadian spelling which is often flagged by US spell-checkers.
It's very difficult to file without a lawyer, but it can be done. The US government themselves lay out the process at http://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/Bankruptcy/BankruptcyResources/FilingBankruptcyWithoutAttorney.aspx
There are many places where one can find more information on Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. One can find more information on Chapter 11 Bankruptcy at popular on the web sources such as Nolo and US Courts.
Go to the US Trustee's Website. This is the link http://www.usdoj.gov/ust/eo/bapcpa/ccde/index.htm.
US bankruptcy records can be found online from many different websites. Some examples of these websites include Public Access to Court Electronic Records and US Courts.
It is very difficult to say exactly how many people use counseling in the United States. Anywhere from 5% to 20% of the US population may have some sort of counseling, especially if one counts the ADD and ADHD services.
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The Arizona bankruptcy laws are too long and complex to include in this answer. One can find the complete information at the website for the US Courts Arizona District or at the site called Arizona Bankruptcy Law.
No. Cases involving federal bankruptcy law are heard in the 94 US Bankruptcy Courts.
If your country's laws allow you to travel to the US with the legally declared bankruptcy, which can be on a person's public record for 5 years to life depending on the country, then that bankruptcy by itself will not prevent you from traveling to the US. In the US declared legal bankruptcies are considered a civil matter, which are about contractual obligations, and NOT a criminal matter, which are actual violations of the law, so the US State Department will not prevent individuals from traveling to the US based upon their declared bankruptcy. In the US NO ONE, even an international visitor, is barred from any travel due to a declared bankruptcy, or as US law states, a discharged bankruptcy.
A bankruptcy filing or discharge in bankruptcy should not have any effect on your US passport.
One can learn more about tax bankruptcy in the United States by visiting your local H&R Block. Alternatively, one can find this information on the official website of the IRS.