YES. A common question I get is where a debtor needs to be a US citizen to file for bankruptcy in Florida. A large number of residents in South Florida are non-citizens but rather on a visa, a green card, or in Florida by any other means. Those residents get into financial problems just like any other person in Florida. The good news is that there are no citizenship requirements for an individual to file for bankruptcy. So it doesn’t matter if you are a citizen, a permanent resident, on a visa, or in Florida for any other reason, you will still be allowed to file for bankruptcy.
If you are thinking of filing for bankruptcy in South Florida and would like to speak with a local bankruptcy attorney then please contact Ofer Shmucher at Shmucher Law, PL at 305.741.5553 or 954.309.5559. Shmucher Law, PL has office locations in Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Plantation, and Sunrise Florida.
A lot of clients that I see in my Miami or Fort Lauderdale office are not US Citizens but rather aliens, here on a work visa, or permanent residents. Those clients always ask the same question how will filing for bankruptcy in Florida affect my immigration status. The filing of a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 13 bankruptcy in Florida will not have any impact on your immigration status. Immigrants seeking permanent residence or citizenship cannot be discriminated against for filing bankruptcy. Another question my immigrant clients ask me is if they are even eligible to file for bankruptcy, and the answer is generally yes. Immigrant clients seeking to file bankruptcy will still be afforded all the rights as any other person looking to file bankruptcy and will likely to be able to discharge any credit card debt, medical bills, wage garnishments, judgments, or deficiency judgments they have against them.
If you are thinking about filing for bankruptcy and would like to speak with a bankruptcy attorney in Miami, Fort Lauderdale or Boca Raton then please contact Ofer Shmucher at Shmucher Law, PL to schedule your free initial consultation in any of our five office locations.
A lot of clients that I see in my Miami or Fort Lauderdale office are not US Citizens but rather aliens, here on a work visa, or permanent residents. Those clients always ask the same question: ”How will filing for bankruptcy in Florida affect my immigration status.” The filing of a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 13 bankruptcy in Florida will not have any affect on your immigration status. Immigrants seeking permanent residence or citizenship cannot be discriminated against for filing bankruptcy. Another question my immigrant clients ask me is if they are even eligible to file for bankruptcy, and the answer is generally yes. Immigrant clients seeking to file bankruptcy will still be afforded all the rights as any other person looking to file bankruptcy and will likely to be able to discharge any credit card debt, medical bills, wage garnishments, judgments, or deficiency judgments they have against them.
If you are thinking about filing for bankruptcy and would like to speak with a bankruptcy attorney in Miami, Fort Lauderdale or Boca Raton then please contact Ofer Shmucher at Shmucher Law, PL to schedule your free initial consultation in any of our five office locations.
