Will immigration revoke a United States green card of a United Kingdom resident for not paying child support?

Answer 1

In short, yes. The following will happen once child support is filed and non-payment has been reported to the government. For citizens: driver's license, business license, passport, assets seizure, income garnishment, etc.. For Legal permanent residence (green card holders): All of the above as well as revocation of green card status. They call it "status adjustment". There was a treaty signatory agreement signed between the US and 70 countries as United Kingdom being the first one which states even if parent leaves the courty and goes back home the child support will follow them to the country and to the residence there as well. So again in a nutshell if you have a child support petition against you, pay your child support. If it hasn't happened yet, it is suggested to give the mother financial support on your own so you won't have to deal with the system. If the mother needs help they will come after you and quicker for an immigrant especially if the custodial parent (usually the mother) is a US citizen. Help the parent or be prepared to have all sorts of legal problems and the immigration bill for child support act was just passed in 2006 for the revocation of green card holders because alot of immirants tried to evade the by putting their residence in other names and got in even more trouble. They track all your movements thru 5 different government systems which also give the mother access to your social (if one is obtained), your employment id number (if businesses owned), you residence (if was unknown before), green card information, medical information, and so forth. So in a nutshell if you are petitioned to pay child support especially as a green card resident your best bet is to pay the child support with no problems because it will cause you way more harm than good. There isn't a lawyer who can get you out of child support and if you attempt to question the paternity of child to stop it, the courts will order a DNA test done and will further harm you when the test returns positive. The court will belive you were trying to prevent the inevitable and may also up child support just because of that fact. They support amount depends on your income but in most states like New York,Ct, Penn,CA, and about 10 others, they award 20% of your gross income. They also add on child care fees (babysitters and health). And if you make more than $50,000 (which will be verified by the government systems, they will make their own calculations which is usually more than 20%. And if you refuse to pay they will garnish your check diresctly from your employer and if the employer fails to cooperate they then sue your employer which will put you in further hot water with your job. Child support is a serious matter now in teh United Stated and they have toughened up on the laws. even if a person doesnt work they will put them on a work program for them to be able to pay child support. And if they feel like an employeer may lie about income they will investigate all jobs you've had and you're education and if they find you are able to make more than what you do or is it stated that you do they will award the mother for that amount and not hte amount on books. Again Best bet, pay child support ESPECIALLY if you have a green card. The last thing you want is your residency revoked here and deported back to to the UK where you will still have to pay child support from because of the signatory treaty signed between the US and UK. I hope this helped in full sir/maam. -Joseph All Law Esquire, LLC YES AND ALL OF THE ABOVE STATED IS 100% CORRECT. I'd like to state i am a mother of a child fathered by a French man and he went through the same thing. He also had a few legit businesses going here in the US. Our relations were over and he did not want to help me with our child. i didnt want to do this to him becuase foolish me actually did love him but i could not afford a child on my own and it didnt seem fair to me. so my family urged me to get child support. but my case was worse because i had to go on public assistance with the city*im from New York City* and they immediately went after him. i did not have to give them anything but his name and the fact he had a green card they found him faster then they would have a citizen. immigrants with Green Cards are very much easier to locate. He begged me to take the child support away and i really wanted to because i didnt want all that to happen to him from the beginning. I couldn't even stop the child support case once it was in action. The petition was filed and along with him having to pay my money every 2 weeks he also got deported back to France until his (arrears) back support was paid in full after 2 years. but i never wanted to do that to him because I KNEW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HIM. they explained it all to me and it all happened so fast. i couldnt believe it one month he was good and then BOW! wages garnished.. is license revoked! he was back up in payments wouldnt pay then the big wammy accounts frozen and GREENCARD REVOKED! all because he didnt pay his child support. to this day i wish he would have just helped me from the beginning. Answer That law rep up there is on point with what he is saying and the mother. i would definitely say if the mother is honest and a good person then work with her and give her some support every week/2 weeks/or every month. child support itself works bi monthly or monthly and either way they will pull a hell of alot out of you probably more than what she would even want from you. i know they did for me. i only wanted $600 every 2 weeks from him and they awarded me 1500 every 2 weeks after waging out health care expenses and baby sitting fees and the standard award amount. i didnt even need the health coverage from him because i had healthcare but since he had healthcare coverage they MADE him pay for it and took what i had away for the child. so yes, they screwed him totally. and he made about 75,000 a year and also had a few other things going on (legal things). he also was paying alimony to his ex wife and support for his son from England. i laugh because he really thought he wasn't going to provide anything. Not in the country and not in England either if the baby is from here. Our child support laws stretch overseas thanks to the good government of the UK and the signatory treaty that lawyer was discussing! Viva La Child Support! -Maria J i did the same thing and not only did i almost get deported but my license got suspended and all other hardships occured. I've lived in the Unites States for 35 years legally, i am an origianl citizen of India. The saddest part about after i gave in and paid and spoke to my daughteer's mother was that; i found out she began to a career in exotic dancing to get more money for the child because she was modeling before she got pregnant, but it messed up her body to the point she couldn't get much work anymore. From man to man i felt awful knowing this because I know I could have helped her. Some men don't care and I was one of them until that really hit me. I saw my daughter for the first time when she was a year old and felt guilty for not being there at birth and not helping out with support for her. The mother and i still do not share a personal realtionshi[ although i must say it's not as bad as i thought. We occassional share sexual relations and communicate well for the sake of the child. She doesn't allow men around my daughter and i love the girl for that. She's a hell of a mother and i do regret not doing what i should have done from the beginning. Especially all that money i had to pay up and fines to get my license back, and paperwork and appointments to make sure my green card status remained clear. It got really bad man. it's about the child and that's it. CHILD SUPPORT not spouse support or alimony. This is where people today meet their own demise, your own negligence can get you alot of trouble you don't need nor want. not being judgemental of you man just trying to stop you from making the biggest mistake of your life here in the US... I was only lucky as to have my greencard before immigration got the memo. The day i got there to let them know about my child support order as you are suposed to was the day they received the order to revoke me but i had the court order stating that I paid all back child support so the woman was kind enough not to put the revocation into action although technically she should have and then i would have had to get it reinstated all over which is the same process as the first except they give you an extra period of violation for teh child support. you could be sitting for a long time in your home country not able to come back. M. Singh New York, New York

Answer 2

Can arreas in child support affect the issuance of a lost green card?