The price of a passport: $311,491 in back support payments for a U.S. businessman now living in China; $46,000 for a musician seeking to perform overseas; and $45,849 for a man planning a Dominican Republic vacation.
The State Department denies passports to non-custodial parents who owe more than $2,500 in child support. Once the parents make good on their debts, they can reapply for passports.
Now that millions of additional travelers need passports to fly back from Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and South America, collections under the Passport Denial Program are on pace to about double this year, federal officials say.
In one case last year, a man got his parents to pay his overdue child support: $50,498 to the state of
"For us, it's been amazing to see how people who owe back child support seem to be able to come up with good chunks of money when it involves needing their passport," said Adolfo Capestany of
15.8.07
U.S. holding passports hostage until parents pay child support
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