How can I check if I’ll be allowed to go abroad in debt? There’s a solution!

The hassle of packing for a long-awaited trip is the most pleasant of all worldly obligations. However, the sweet anticipation may well poison the thought, “Will they let me and my family out of the country?” Making sure that the powers that be have no claims against you is quite easy and simple. This article tells about what debts do not let you out of the country, and how to find out whether they will let you out of the country.

In this article, we will tell you about the debts that do not let you abroad.

Tip! Read also an article discussing popular questions about overdue loans that may result in not being allowed to leave the country.

With what amount of debt don’t let abroad?

It is not only those who are admitted to classified information that are not allowed to go abroad. According to Article 15 of the Federal Law of the Russian Federation governing the procedure of exit and entry, restrictions apply to all those who have not fulfilled the obligations imposed on them by the court. The reason for proceedings in court can be trivial alimony, taxes not paid on time, or an overdue bank loan. If such a hearing regarding you or your family members has already taken place, and the court order is passed and given to the bailiff service for execution, then everything is very complicated: the lists of debtors are transmitted via electronic document flow to all border and customs control points within a day.

Therefore, you will not be allowed to cross the border of the Russian Federation. Previously, this applied to everyone who owed more than 10 thousand rubles. Since 2013 there is a kind of easing for small debtors: the amount of your debt doesn’t allow you to go abroad should be more than 30 thousand rubles. If it is less, the bailiff can make a decision not to issue an order, under which exit from the country will be closed for you.

How to check the absence of debt at the site of the Federal Bailiff Service?

Check whether or not you will be allowed to go abroad is not difficult: for this you must open a page official site of the Federal Bailiff Service, which contains a database of those against whom there are financial claims both from legal entities and from individuals. You will also learn the reason why you have been placed on the list of people who are unable to travel. For example, you regularly forget to pay child support, you have claims against you from banks, neighbors you flooded, or victims of car accident, which occurred through your fault.

The interface of the page is pretty simple: it offers a form in which you enter your full name, date of birth and the region of your actual residence. In about half a minute you get an answer and find out if you are “under Mueller’s radar. If the data is missing, you can pack your bags, because bailiffs do not let only those listed in the database to go abroad. True, this does not mean that you have no debts at all.

How to find out if you have no debts for taxes, fines and others?

A long-standing debt that you owe and you don’t seem to be collecting on it doesn’t mean it’s forgiven. It is possible because of some sluggishness of the bureaucratic mechanism. It can happen at the most inopportune moment. For example, the decision about your inclusion in the list of restricted to travel will be made on the day of your flight. And at the border control you will look pale. So it is better to find out in advance about all your debts – property taxes or penalties on them, fines in the traffic police, as well as other official obligations. The site Nevelet.RF provides this kind of information for 299 rubles. Free of charge – at the Gosuslugi portal, but you must go through a painstaking registration and identity verification procedure there.

What to do if the tickets are bought, but there are debts?

Debt can be paid online at the same resource where you found information about it. Although through Gosusluzhba to do so is preferable, since information on the payment in this case goes almost directly to the FSPS. Through other web resources it may take up to two weeks for confirmation. However, with a clear conscience and with complete peace of mind, you can go to the airport only with a decree confirming the termination of the enforcement proceedings against you. Or a certificate confirming that you have paid your debts and that the enforcement proceedings have been terminated. You can go to the bailiff service in person, but it is more convenient to obtain it through the portal of Gosuslugi. The file printed out on the printer is recognized as legitimate.

Note. Beginning in 2018, at some border checkpoints shall appear terminals for payment of fines, taxes and other debts. In this way you can pay your debts and be allowed to cross the border immediately.

If you are justifiably worried about whether or not you will be allowed to go abroad without delay, start taking action at least two, and preferably three, weeks before your departure date. And do not particularly hope that the amount owed is less than 30 thousand. You can not worry too much if it is less than ten thousand. But you can be absolutely calm only if the enforcement proceedings against you have been terminated.

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