Folinskyinla

Hi:

OK, about those debts. If you walked away from unpaid debts in the UK, that generally should not result in immigration problems for now. Contrary to a a poster here, there is no "good moral character" requirement in immigrating. [At citizenship, there is such a requirement].

Do note that if the British Creditors get a JUDGMENT against you for the unpaid debt, it IS possible for them to "register" that judgment in a US court so that it becomes an enforceable United States judgment.

If there is some type of crime involved [and I don't know if there is, just saying "if."] -- do note that the UK and the US do have an extradition treaty.

To Rete -- there used to be a thing called "debtor's prison" which has fallen into disfavor. It is a interesting thought if it should be brought back. As a tangential aside -- gambling debts usually are not enforceable, even by civil action. This is true even in Nevada. However, Nevada has an interesting practice -- one who welshes on a Marker will be criminally charged with false pretenses and the DA will work out a restitution schedule for dropping the charges.

Ray

Georgia was originally created to be a safe home for debtors
by the British ....

SagenOnion

...or buried in the desert.

Bill_S

"Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"

Patrick Hasler

'If they should die, let it be and so reduce the surplace population'

Thydney

In Savanah slavery was illegal because all the debtors were sent there to work off their debts.