UK Debt - Leaving it behind - Curiosity Question ?? :-)
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UK Debt - Leaving it behind - Curiosity Question ?? :-)
Hi there ....
Just a little curious ... my partner has the usual UK debts ... credit cards/loans etc etc and is thingking of just 'leaving' them behind when we move to Oz in December .... we have no intention of moving back to the UK in the forseeable future ... if ever ... we have a friend who moved to Oz over two years ago and left behind over 80k's worth of debt and he aint heard a thing since.
Just curious to know other folks opinions
cheers x
Just a little curious ... my partner has the usual UK debts ... credit cards/loans etc etc and is thingking of just 'leaving' them behind when we move to Oz in December .... we have no intention of moving back to the UK in the forseeable future ... if ever ... we have a friend who moved to Oz over two years ago and left behind over 80k's worth of debt and he aint heard a thing since.
Just curious to know other folks opinions
cheers x
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They will trace you and then you will get what you deserve : you will be kicked out of Australia and made to pay your debts in England.
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Re: UK Debt - Leaving it behind - Curiosity Question ?? :-)
this has come up quite a few times recently
Do the decent thing and pay the debts off - not only could you end up having to come back to the UK for some reason but do you really want to be looking over your shoulder forever wondering whether you'll get chased up for them?
Not to mention that honest people have to pay a premium to cover people who do a runner and dont pay....
I wonder if this is really the mentality of people Australia are hoping to attract to their shores?
Do the decent thing and pay the debts off - not only could you end up having to come back to the UK for some reason but do you really want to be looking over your shoulder forever wondering whether you'll get chased up for them?
Not to mention that honest people have to pay a premium to cover people who do a runner and dont pay....
I wonder if this is really the mentality of people Australia are hoping to attract to their shores?
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Originally Posted by dazby
Hi there ....
Just a little curious ... my partner has the usual UK debts ... credit cards/loans etc etc and is thingking of just 'leaving' them behind when we move to Oz in December .... we have no intention of moving back to the UK in the forseeable future ... if ever ... we have a friend who moved to Oz over two years ago and left behind over 80k's worth of debt and he aint heard a thing since.
Just curious to know other folks opinions
cheers x
Just a little curious ... my partner has the usual UK debts ... credit cards/loans etc etc and is thingking of just 'leaving' them behind when we move to Oz in December .... we have no intention of moving back to the UK in the forseeable future ... if ever ... we have a friend who moved to Oz over two years ago and left behind over 80k's worth of debt and he aint heard a thing since.
Just curious to know other folks opinions
cheers x
YOU BORROWED...YOU OWE!!!
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Originally Posted by dazby
Hi there ....
Just a little curious ... my partner has the usual UK debts ... credit cards/loans etc etc and is thingking of just 'leaving' them behind when we move to Oz in December .... we have no intention of moving back to the UK in the forseeable future ... if ever ... we have a friend who moved to Oz over two years ago and left behind over 80k's worth of debt and he aint heard a thing since.
Just curious to know other folks opinions
cheers x
Just a little curious ... my partner has the usual UK debts ... credit cards/loans etc etc and is thingking of just 'leaving' them behind when we move to Oz in December .... we have no intention of moving back to the UK in the forseeable future ... if ever ... we have a friend who moved to Oz over two years ago and left behind over 80k's worth of debt and he aint heard a thing since.
Just curious to know other folks opinions
cheers x
Pay up. If you don't it's stealing, which is wrong.
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Originally Posted by dazby
Hi there ....
Just a little curious ... my partner has the usual UK debts ... credit cards/loans etc etc and is thingking of just 'leaving' them behind when we move to Oz in December .... we have no intention of moving back to the UK in the forseeable future ... if ever ... we have a friend who moved to Oz over two years ago and left behind over 80k's worth of debt and he aint heard a thing since.
Just curious to know other folks opinions
cheers x
Just a little curious ... my partner has the usual UK debts ... credit cards/loans etc etc and is thingking of just 'leaving' them behind when we move to Oz in December .... we have no intention of moving back to the UK in the forseeable future ... if ever ... we have a friend who moved to Oz over two years ago and left behind over 80k's worth of debt and he aint heard a thing since.
Just curious to know other folks opinions
cheers x
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Re: UK Debt - Leaving it behind - Curiosity Question ?? :-)
Originally Posted by Amazulu
Here we go again.
Pay up. If you don't it's stealing, which is wrong.
Pay up. If you don't it's stealing, which is wrong.
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Originally Posted by dazby
Hi there ....
Just a little curious ... my partner has the usual UK debts ... credit cards/loans etc etc and is thingking of just 'leaving' them behind when we move to Oz in December .... we have no intention of moving back to the UK in the forseeable future ... if ever ... we have a friend who moved to Oz over two years ago and left behind over 80k's worth of debt and he aint heard a thing since.
Just curious to know other folks opinions
cheers x
Just a little curious ... my partner has the usual UK debts ... credit cards/loans etc etc and is thingking of just 'leaving' them behind when we move to Oz in December .... we have no intention of moving back to the UK in the forseeable future ... if ever ... we have a friend who moved to Oz over two years ago and left behind over 80k's worth of debt and he aint heard a thing since.
Just curious to know other folks opinions
cheers x
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Re: UK Debt - Leaving it behind - Curiosity Question ?? :-)
Hey guys .... calm down .... I was only asking a curiosity question ... not asking for answers on morality .... personally I've never NOT paid my debts ... but I would certainly hold my hand up to 'at times' to not leading a moralistic lifestyle .... hence I would never preach to others ... I was just curious to know if UK debts can be traced once anindividual no longer lives in the UK .... thats all
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Re: UK Debt - Leaving it behind - Curiosity Question ?? :-)
Originally Posted by dazby
Hey guys .... calm down .... I was only asking a curiosity question ... not asking for answers on morality .... personally I've never NOT paid my debts ... but I would certainly hold my hand up to 'at times' to not leading a moralistic lifestyle .... hence I would never preach to others ... I was just curious to know if UK debts can be traced once anindividual no longer lives in the UK .... thats all
it's just that why would you want to know that if you didnt want to do a runner?
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Originally Posted by dazby
Hi there ....
Just a little curious ... my partner has the usual UK debts ... credit cards/loans etc etc and is thingking of just 'leaving' them behind when we move to Oz in December .... we have no intention of moving back to the UK in the forseeable future ... if ever ... we have a friend who moved to Oz over two years ago and left behind over 80k's worth of debt and he aint heard a thing since.
Just curious to know other folks opinions
cheers x
Just a little curious ... my partner has the usual UK debts ... credit cards/loans etc etc and is thingking of just 'leaving' them behind when we move to Oz in December .... we have no intention of moving back to the UK in the forseeable future ... if ever ... we have a friend who moved to Oz over two years ago and left behind over 80k's worth of debt and he aint heard a thing since.
Just curious to know other folks opinions
cheers x
Hiya we have the same usual debts but we are trying to clear them now and fully intend to pay them before we leave. I would hate to leave them and then heaven forbid anything happened in oz that we had to come back. We are still quite young 24 & 25 and we have a little boy. In our case i dont think it is realistic to think that when we get to oz that we will be there forever and you never know whats round the corner then if we had to come back we would never get a mortgage etc again and with us having a wee one we really have to make things stable for him if we returned.
I know a lot of people on here have different views on this and there has been a few threads about it if you have a search im sure a few will pop up.
Cheers
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Originally Posted by dazby
Hey guys .... calm down .... I was only asking a curiosity question ... not asking for answers on morality .... personally I've never NOT paid my debts ... but I would certainly hold my hand up to 'at times' to not leading a moralistic lifestyle .... hence I would never preach to others ... I was just curious to know if UK debts can be traced once anindividual no longer lives in the UK .... thats all
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Re: UK Debt - Leaving it behind - Curiosity Question ?? :-)
Originally Posted by bridiej
it's just that why would you want to know that if you didnt want to do a runner?
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Originally Posted by dazby
Hey guys .... calm down .... I was only asking a curiosity question ... not asking for answers on morality .... personally I've never NOT paid my debts ... but I would certainly hold my hand up to 'at times' to not leading a moralistic lifestyle .... hence I would never preach to others ... I was just curious to know if UK debts can be traced once anindividual no longer lives in the UK .... thats all
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Re: UK Debt - Leaving it behind - Curiosity Question ?? :-)
I wonder how DIMIA would view this? Seems a shame to get a visa granted on the premise of being 'honest, trustworthy and with NO criminal record' when folk are curious about leaving their debts behind - which is theft.
Easy enough to trace people via the web these days, what with IP numbers and all that.
Easy enough to trace people via the web these days, what with IP numbers and all that.