I am a UK male, divorced and now want to remarry my American girlfriend and live in States. I have a child and am paying maintenance for that child.
What are the implications, am I
(a) allowed to move to US leaving UK
(b) what are the procedures for payments.
I do not wish to cease paying just know where I stand.

[Edited by ukusaguy&girl on Nov 23rd 2001 at 5:11am]

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Is that "and" a typo' and you meant "an" ? You need to identify an American Lady so
inclined and then go and read the information on the docsteen website thoroughly. Doc
Steen Site: http://www.mindspring.com/~docsteen/...o/visainfo.htm
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Thanks for your response...I have edited my original posting to hopefully make it clearer. What I am trying to say is will the maintenance stop me from leaving the UK...Initially when I go to US I may not be working but intend to seek work as soon as I can. I am not trying to get out of the payments I just need to know if I can leave UK.

ukusaguy&girl wrote:
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There is no rule about child support that would keep you in the UK unless for some
strange reason it was specified in the divorce agreement (not likely). Alvena
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Doc Steen Site: http://www.mindspring.com/~docsteen/...o/visainfo.htm
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I am not a lawyer and this is not immigration advice. This is my personal opinion,
posted for the purpose of discussion only. Locate an immigration attorney in your
area at: http://www.aila.org
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If it is a legal obligation with such a proviso specified as part of the divorce
settlement, you tell us. The USA does not worry about immigrants sending money to
their home countries --(and since Sept 11th) so long as they do it through legal
channels. For some countries, deposits from emigrants resident in the USA is a large
chunk of their national economy. Previously there were posts about debts, especially
unsecured ones, and whether a person can skip the country and leave a de facto
bankruptcy behind. And what connection do our credit worthiness reporting agencies
have with those of the UK or Canada. Do a search in groups.google.com for that.

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