Denied exit from the US is possible under these circumstances. These are not the only reasons, but are usually the primary ones.

1. Federal income tax issues whose dollar amount qualifies as a felony. And I don't just mean you owe XXXX and haven't paid. You have done something that can be prosecuted criminally.

2. Those on probabtion or parole without written permission from the parole or probation officer

3. With a child in tow that is the subject of a custody dispute or non custodial parent does not have written permission from the custodial parent -International Parental Child Kidnapping Act

4. Unpaid child support in an amount that qualifies as a felony

5. judge "takes" your passport

Every time you leave the country, your name/dob is compared against a list of people who aren't supposed to leave. You can be denied exit if you're considered a flight risk from criminal charges. This isn't new.

I'm not having a go or anything, but I don't know where you people have been living the past six years. There are plenty of cases of people denied exit from the u.s. and who are not under arrest or who are arrested solely due to racist profiling.

The most frequent type of exit prevention involves an ordinary traveler trying to board an international flight at a u.s. airport. The CBP or whatever those clowns are called now will stop the traveler in the boarding pier based on an established religious-racial profile and begin going throgh their hand baggage and shoes until they find cash. Regardless of the amount of cash the traveler has, they then proceed to grill him/her, asking idiotic questions in true post-911 fashion about links to terrorism, etc :rolleyes: The interrogation will often result in the person missing their flight and having to argue with the gate agent about reaccomodation on another flight.

Anyone stupid enough to answer.

My guess is...anyone carrying over $10K. You're free to take out or bring in as much $ as you want, but anything over $10K has to be reported.

and this scenario equals "denied...exit from the U.S." ??? -or- delayed ??

It's a conditional denial, and even has resulted in outright denial to exit the country.