ARE PASSPORT SERVICES DENIED FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE EMPLOYEES IN CONNECTION WITH CHILD SUPPORT MATTERS?
A. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193) went into effect October 1, 1997. The statute prohibits any individual from receiving a U.S. passport who has been certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Secretary of State as being in arrears on child support payments by an amount exceeding $5000. This prohibition extends to the issuance of diplomatic and official passports and includes both new issuances and renewals. See the Department of State Notice of 04/10/2000 . The Department of State and its embassies and consulates abroad have no information concerning individual child support obligations and, once a passport has been denied based on nonpayment of child support, have no authority to take other action until HHS removes the person’s name from its list. Please direct any questions to the appropriate state child support enforcement agency. You may go to the Department of Health and Human Services – State Child Su
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