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No, You Will Not be Arrested at the UK Airport For Your DebtQuestion: Jon, I was an international student in the UK for 1.5 years and left the UK in February 2014. At the time of leaving I had left a debt of 300 GBP as payday loan. The...
- Posted January 22, 2019
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Will My UK Visa Application Be Hurt By My Previous Debt in the UK?Question: Dear Jon, I did my MBA in London in 2014, I had a two years contract which I used for seven months, just before leaving I got another contract with a good deal. But, I was...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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I Feel Like I Committed a Crime When I Had to Leave the Country With Unpaid DebtsQuestion: Dear Jon, I am an Indian who lived in UK for close to 6 years. I was a student initially and then worked on a post study work visa for 2 years after that I got...
- Posted June 4, 2018
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Should We Bother to Repay Sallie Mae if We Are Moving to the UK?Question: Dear Steve, My son has dual US/UK citizenship. He has been offered an entry level, low paying, position in the UK. My husband co-signed for him, but we will also be moving to the EU within...
- Posted April 2, 2018
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Will My UK Debt From 20 Years Ago Stop Me From Reentering the UK?Question: Hi Jon, I was a student in the UK for 2 years in 1993 to 1995. During my stay in the UK I have had 2 credit cards. In 1995 I left UK for my home...
- Posted September 21, 2017
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Will I Be Able to Get Back Into the UK on a Student Visa Even if I Didn’t Pay My Company Taxes?Question: Dear Jon, I lived in the UK for about 3 years on a student visa from 2012 to 2014. During that time I worked and I later switched to a limited liability company for the last...
- Posted September 21, 2017
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I Can’t Afford the Medical Bill I Received in the UK
Question: Dear Steve, I had a baby in the UK 5yrs ago via cesarean section. I was given a bill of 4500 pounds in which i was only able to pay 500. as i was a student...
- Posted July 14, 2017
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Will My Bank Overdraft Hurt My Chances of Getting a UK Spouse Visa?“Dear Jon, I will be applying for my my wife spouse Visa soon. My question is presently iam earning £25,000 and fulfilling all the requirement, my question is I will be applying for my SPOUSE VISA in...
- Posted March 24, 2017
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My Debit Card Was Stolen and Used for Fraud in the UK“Dear Jon, I entered U.K. on a student visa in the year Jun 2006 and had left London in the year Jan 2007. During my last month of the stay I did not really bother to locate...
- Posted December 21, 2016
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Why Do I Have to Pay for a TV License in the UK When I Don’t Live There? – Ada“Hi Jon I was in the UK from 2013 until Feb 2016. I have returned to my home country now. Before returning I had stayed over a relative’s flat during the transition. I have registered her address...
- Posted October 24, 2016
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Will My Bad Debt in the UK Prevent Me From Getting a Police Clearance Certificate? – Devika“Dear Jon, I have studied & lived in UK from 2005 January till July 2010. During my stay in UK, I have taken personal loan of GBP 7,500 from a bank in 2007 and was paying the...
- Posted October 20, 2016
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I Now Live in the UK and Wonder if I Can Just Stop Paying My U.S. Student Loans? – JasonQuestion: Dear Steve, I’m currently living in the UK, and have been for the past 7 years. I have no intention of moving back to the USA as my wife is English and we have 4 kids...
- Posted September 9, 2016
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Will I Be Detained Entering the UK for Poll Tax?“Dear Jon, Moved to USA got behind on poll tax, house was repossessed in UK, small overdraft with bank and credit card payment. Did not receive any correspondence from anyone about debts. Coming back into UK for...
- Posted July 8, 2016
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Will My UK Debt Effect My Migration to Canada?“Dear Jon, My bank account balance in uk went to negative 200 pounds, it is because i took loan and the loan was recovered from my bank…….secondly I have an unpaid mobile contract bill……will these two effect...
- Posted February 1, 2016
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What You Need to Know About Collectors Chasing You in The UK for UAE DebtWhen you move outside of your native country you are said to be an expatriate of the country you are moving from. Many UK citizens move to various places around the world, some for work, some just...
- Posted December 21, 2015
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Will My Dubai Debt Cause Me Problems in the UK?“Dear Jon, I left Dubai 3 years ago and had to leave because I lost my job. I owe from the credit card and was still paying for a few months while I wasn’t in Dubai. But...
- Posted October 12, 2015
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UAE Bank Changed the Terms and Chased Me to UK“Dear Jon, I have a loan with a UAE bank. I filled in a form stating funds were for investment in the UAE. The bank representative later came to my office and said the bank had refused...
- Posted September 15, 2015
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Brits Might be Trapped at Border for Unpaid Debts. UK Sucks Sometimes.“Dear Jon, I came to the UK for my post graduation studies in 2011 and left the UK in 2013 February. I am from India and I came to the UK with my girlfriend who did another...
- Posted August 19, 2015
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UK Bank Accounts Target of Huge Sure of FraudApparently financial criminals in the UK have managed to double down on their focus of fraudulently accessing consumer bank acccounts. Experian is reporting consumer bank accounts saw the rate of fraudulent activity nearly double from Q1 2015...
- Posted August 18, 2015
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Can My Son Go Bankrupt in the U.S. and Come Back to the UK?“Dear Jon, My son left his home and job in the UK 16 years ago to marry an American girl. He now lives in Seattle with his wife and two daughters (11 and 8). He had a...
- Posted July 31, 2015
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Will I Be Stopped From Getting a UK Visa Because of Old Debt?
“Dear Jon, I left UK in the 2013 as my work visa expired. I couldnt pay my bank loan and my account was in overdraft. My bank wasnt closed either. Will this stop me from visiting the...
- Posted July 21, 2015
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Will My UK County Court Judgment Impact My Citizenship Application?
“Dear Jon, Hi! I was living in UK for about 3 yrs and was back to my home country in 2013. I had a few unplanned overdrafts and a mobile contract on my name which i ignored...
- Posted March 16, 2015
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Will I Be Arrested at a UK Airport if I Have Debt?
“Dear Jon, I left the UK in 2008 under a cloud, a lot of things had gone wrong for me. Among them was debt. I had taken a job for Swindon council who promised to refund my...
- Posted March 2, 2015
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Will My Old UK Debt and Taxes Owed Prevent Me From Returning to the UK?“Dear Jon, I lived in the UK since about 2000 to 2007. I left the UK in 2007 due to family health issues, Dad subsequently passed away. Was expecting to come back to the UK but circumstances...
- Posted February 6, 2015
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UK Individual Voluntary Arrangements to Set RecordBy Andrew Smith Last year I predicted it would be a record year for IVAs. There had already been more than 40,000 Individual Voluntary Arrangements, the most-used personal insolvency procedure in England and Wales, in the first...
- Posted January 27, 2015
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Can I Get Back Into the UK From India With My Bad Debt?“Dear Jon, I was on a student visa from Oct 2009 to Jan 2011. I owed a sum of 1500 GBP in total to 3 network, Littlewoods.com by taking mobiles and some gadgets. But I never paid...
- Posted January 20, 2015
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I’ve Lost My Job Seekers Allowance in the UK But Still in Debt“Dear Jon, I have been struggling with my debt for a while now. But the last straw was in November 2013 when I lost my job. By then I had few credit card bills and a loan...
- Posted January 7, 2015
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UK Law Firm is Trying to Collect on My Dubai Debts
“Dear Jon, I took out a credit card in the UAE with First Gulf Bank, however I had to leave the UAE sooner than expected and was unable to clear the CC before I left. Prior to...
- Posted December 19, 2014
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Will I Be Arrested for My UK Tax Debt?
“Dear Jon, I have a problem with the UK tax on what I owe. They sent me a statement last month to my address in Thailand. Can I get arrested at the airport on arrival or departure...
- Posted November 17, 2014
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HMRC in the UK is Asking Me to Pay Back Money I Don’t Have. – Lolita
“Dear Jon, My question is: i just received a letter from HMRC asking me to pay back 1465.54 pounds on my tax credit from last financial year. I first got tax credit in july 2013 when i...
- Posted November 8, 2014
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I’m From the US and Had to Leave the UK with Student Loan Debt
“Dear Jon, American student that studied at a UK university, finances fell through, so I had to leave (I withdrew) the university and country in debt. UK collectors are now contacting me and saying that there was...
- Posted October 31, 2014
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Will I be Able to Leave the UK Again Because of My Bad Debt?
“Dear Jon, When I was a student in the UK I had a credit card with a 1000 pounds overdraft, a student account card for 1500 and I made a loan of 4000 pounds. I paid some...
- Posted September 17, 2014
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How Can I Sort Out My Serious Debt Problems in the UK? – Sakina“Dear Jon, My family’s facing serious serious debt problems. The rent is unpaid too and we might be leaving the house anytime soon. And the banks are waiting for their payments too. How do we sort it...
- Posted September 8, 2014
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Coyle White Devine Solicitors is Trying to Collect My Dubai Debt in the UK. – Robbi
“Hi Jon. Debt in Dubai I am sure you have heard many. I am in a situation that for 2 years I have had to fight all the collection agencies, banks abusing me and threatening me here...
- Posted August 19, 2014
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I Am Now a UK Citizen. Can My Dubai Debt and Bilkish Chase Me?“Dear Jon, I left Dubai 12 years ago, I am now citizen in Uk – very recently Bilkish from Philippines is harassing me and keep calling my work place, they wouldn’t stop. They are demanding i pay...
- Posted July 23, 2014
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Will I be Arrested for Overpayment of UK Tax Credits at the Border?
“Dear Jon, I left the UK in June 2011 to live in the USA. I was in receipt of Tax Credits the previous tax year. They continued to pay me until July even tough I wrote to...
- Posted July 23, 2014
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Can Halifax Bank in the UK Keep Me Out of the Country? – Niko
“Dear Jon, I owe UK Halifax bank £2,000, I now live outside the UK. I do not have UK passport. Will I be denied Visa if I try to enter back into the UK? The VISA I...
- Posted June 24, 2014
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I’m an International Student in the UK With Debt. – Ali“Dear Jon, I am an international student in the UK. I will leave the UK next week with 3k debts divided between Santander master card and Barclaycard and Vodafone contract. I am just worried and wondering would...
- Posted June 23, 2014
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How Do I Locate All My UK Debts? – Edward
“Dear Jon, I want to pay off any and all debts in full against my name in the UK, all debts were incurred in England in the late 80’s. I have been resident in the Middle East...
- Posted November 19, 2013
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Can I Be Made Bankrupt in the UK for UAE Debt?
“Dear Jon, Returned from UAE 18 months ago due family illness ,had a credit card loan which I was paying off but due to the urgency of Illness left to come home. Since return home have been...
- Posted October 8, 2013
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Will I Be Able to File a Debt Relief Order in the UK from South Africa?
“Dear Jon, I am currently on mat leave and have just recieved my final months smp. I will not be returning to work and will be a stay at home mum. We have temporarily moved to South...
- Posted October 8, 2013
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Credit Card Fraud Protection in Australia, UK and the USIn Australia, United States and United Kingdom, credit card use appears much the same. The names are familiar – Amex, MasterCard and Visa are the dominant players in all three markets. But the card issuers responsibilities to...
- Posted May 22, 2013
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How Do I Deal With My Dubai Apartment Debt From the UK? – Gary“Dear Steve, I am hoping if you could kindly spare a few minutes to clarify something for me? I live in the UK and in 2005 I decided to purchase an off-plan property in Dubai. I initially...
- Posted May 19, 2013
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Can My UK Debt Follow Me Back to the U.S. and Hurt My Credit? – Kelly
“Dear Steve, I was living in the UK for 6 years and have a loan there with HSBC for approx 3000 gbp. I am now living back in the US and have no plans to ever live...
- Posted May 2, 2013
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I Was Made Bankrupt Six Years Ago in the UK. My Bankruptcy Has Not Been Discharged. – Stewart“Dear Jon, hello i was made bankcrupt in 2007 and i have not been discharged yet as there were a few problems they have not been in contact with me for over 5 years but on checking...
- Posted April 16, 2013
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I Owe Old UK Court Fines. How Can I Start Paying Them? – Anthony
“Dear Jon, I live out side the uk I have old court fines of 6400 pound ,they are 17 years old how can I find out if they are active and start to pay them and not...
- Posted April 16, 2013
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Will My UK Husband be Arrested if He Returns to the UK But Owes Debt There? – Angela
“Dear Steve, I was married less than a year ago to my husband who is from the U.K. He has substantial debt that I did not know about, including a divorce agreement to pay for half of...
- Posted April 16, 2013
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Financial Reclaims in the UK Provided Little Service and Wants Money. – Susan“Dear Jon, t’s two things – very connected. A PPI claims company were meant to be working on my behalf to claim a PPI refund. I was initially told by the agent who first contacted me that...
- Posted April 5, 2013
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Will I Have Problems Getting a Spousal Visa in the UK Because of My Old Debt? – Deb“Dear Jon, I lived in the UK for nearly 5 years (left in 2010) and was not planning to leave, but my renewal visa was denied on a small technicality for which I wasn’t able to rectify....
- Posted April 5, 2013
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I Was a UK Uni Student and Don’t Feel I Owe the Debt. – Sunita“Dear Jon, I was at a UK uni undertaking a postgraduate course. I completed the year and found out i passed through the university student access center. I was then never sent a transcript and also never...
- Posted April 4, 2013
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