Credit Card Debt Creditors hurting while working abroad?

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Credit Card Debt Creditors hurting while working abroad?

Anonymous Apr 24, 2015 9 views 3 answers

I posted about this earlier, but one possibility I hadn't mentioned does arise. My brother, an Afghan citizen, needed surgery while in gradschool, and put it on his credit cards. He still owes a huge amount. Now he has to move back to Afghanistan to work as a TV reporter. He can't pay the cards while working there due to the economic gap. He will be on TV daily. So, he can't really hide when there. Can't file bankruptcy for, if word gets out back there, it will affect his public profile. He will lose everything. Lot of social stigma attached to bankruptcy over there. He will come back in 3 years. If he wants to chance it, just stops paying and wants to worry about it when he returns to the US, to what extent can the credit card companies find him and bother him while he is in Afghanistan?

Michael Corbin · Accepted Answer · 2026-06-15T14:23:05+00:00

There is no way to answer your question - that's up to the creditors. If they want to go to the trouble of trying to hassle him on the other side of the planet, that's up to them. But, given the proclivity of social media and his public profile, it wouldn't be too hard to find him, right?

Eric Rothstein · Accepted Answer · 2026-06-15T14:23:05+00:00

Eric Rothstein

Eric Rothstein · Jun 15, 2026

I doubt they will go after him in Afghanistan but I cannot be sure.

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Bill Jacob · Accepted Answer · 2026-06-15T14:23:05+00:00

Since this is a consumer debt, in Massachusetts they would need to sue him where he lives, in Afghanistan. There is a 6 year Statute of Limitations on a contractual debt, so they can wait until he returns to the U.S., however, you should check the Statute of Limitations in New York.

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