US to start revoking passports of parents who owe child support, AP reports

WASHINGTON - The State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.

The revocations would begin on Friday and be focused on those who owe $100,000 or more, or about 2,700 American passport holders, the AP reported.

The revocation program will soon be expanded to cover parents who owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support, which is a threshold set by a little-enforced 1996 law, the AP reported, citing the State Department.

The department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Daphne Psaledakis; editing by Doina Chiacu)

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This story was originally published May 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM.