State Department Revokes 6,000 Passports, Collects $1.5 Million in Child Support

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 23

$1.5 million in overdue child support has been paid since May after the State Department began actively revoking passports held by parents with large arrears.
More than 6,000 passports have already been revoked — about 1,000 a week — under the new enforcement push, which currently targets parents owing $50,000 or more, with plans to lower that threshold.
Individual cases show the pressure point: parents paid $119,000 in Nevada, nearly $180,000 in Connecticut, more than $170,000 in Arizona and over $100,000 in Maryland to restore or protect travel access.
The move expands a 1996 passport-denial program that blocked new applications and renewals for parents owing at least $2,500, a system officials say collected more than $660 million but missed many debtors between 10-year renewals.
The administration says passport revocation will sit alongside other collection tools such as tax refund offsets, liens and wage withholding, which accounted for 74% of child support collections in 2024.