Originally Posted by
susiesan
If your passport were to be revoked without your knowledge and you live oversees, will you still be able to travel to other countries on a US passport? Will other countries know if a passport has been revoked or not?
With regard to the first question, it depends on the answer to your second question; and that answer that will vary based upon:
the specifics of the travels/destination country (and possibly even transit country); and
what the US decides to do in informing Interpol about passports of persons whose passports may be subject to revocation on this tax claim basis.
The answer to your second question isn't clear yet, but at least some countries may become aware
if the US files a revocation feed to Interpol for the passport and the other country checks against the Interpol databases or with the US State Department. Other countries may not, unless checking against the Interpol databases or with the US directly.
You can call or email the State Department to ask about the current status of your passport.
Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
Odds of this new law, or this particular part, being challenged?
I expect that there may be a challenge -- probably relatively high chances of that over the course of the next 7 years -- but it may lead to another Weinstein v. Madeline Albright type conclusion. That Weinstein v Albright would be a case related to the child support arrears-related passport denial program. This would be a case related to this tax arrears-related passport denial program.
Odds of a successful challenge? I don't hold out much hope.