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- Thread starter noteaoh
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Legally,noteaoh said:My friend is about to apply for citizenship -but she had applied for Bankruptcy. Will that affect her Citizenship ?
I had given my opinion stating that it was an legal option and that she should be fine. But I am not sure.
Any input would be appreciated.
That should not affect her application for Naturalization.
Rahul Kumar
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It should not as long as your friend does not owe money to any federal,state,local govt.
JohnnyCash
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Rahul Kumar said:It should not as long as your friend does not owe money to any federal,state,local govt.
No. That's not correct. Lot of folks owe money to federal, state and local govt other than tax money. So even if your friend owes money to Federal, State or local govt., yet still it won't cause him/her any problem. The only time adjudication officer won't make a decision on your friend's citizenship application if your friend won't provide any satisfactory correspondence like 'repayment agreement' or 'installment plan' etc. from the govt agency wherein s/he owes taxes to. Because, if an applicant is not paying the REQUIRED taxes then his/her application be denied since s/he is not following the rules and laws of the United States. And it also shows that such person has bad moral character if s/he is not paying the required taxes. Having a good moral character is a prime requirement for citizenship. By the way, if someone has made 'installment plan' or some kind of agreement with govt agencies where taxes owed then a person would be fine.
Filing a bankruptcy won't cause any problem. Because bankruptcy laws don't discriminate based upon nationality or citizenship. However, if a person has obtained some debts by fraud then s/he has to be careful in filing bankruptcy before becoming a US citizen. Because sometimes some creditors may pursue criminal charges against a person if they believe that debt was obtained by fraud. Then such person would run the risk of being deported after prosecution for such fraud. I've seen this kind of situation very often. 99% creditors don't do this, but you cannot rule out anything or anyone if a debt is very high and is obtained purely by fraud like sending bogus checks or lying about material facts or forged the documents in order to get loan. So, this should also be keep in mind.