Detour for deadbeats - US cracks down on delinquent parents, US State Department begins revoking passports over failure to pay child support
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May 16, 2026
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Jamaicans with United States (US) citizenship who owe outstanding child support payments are being encouraged to urgently rectify their status or risk having their US passports cancelled, leaving them unable to travel.
The US Department of State began cancelling the US passports of people with outstanding child support payments on May 8.
While passport revocations for unpaid child support of more than US$2,500 have been permitted under 30-year old federal legislation, the State Department had in the past acted only when someone applied to renew their travel document or sought other consular services.
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