Hello everyone,
My question pertains to loss of citizenship. I am talking specifically about naturalized U.S. citizens. Here are my questions:
1.) Can someone's U.S. citizenship be revoked because of default federal student loans, if that person is living abroad?
2.) If no, what about passport renewal? Could he/she have problems renewing his passport abroad, because of these loans?
If someone could answer these two questions for me, that would be fantastic. I am aware of the consequences for default loans such as garnishment of wages, inability to get tax refunds, etc., but I am only interested about loss of citizenship. I have read a story on the internet about a naturalized citizen being refused entry to the US because of unpaid federal student loans, but I can't find any legal basis for this.
As far as passport denial goes, I have carefully read Title 22: Foreign Relations, PART 51—PASSPORTS, Subpart E — Denial, Revocation, and Restriction of Passports - § 51.60 Denial and restriction of passports (http://law.justia.com/cfr/title22/22....33.5.5.1.html), and could not find anything which suggests that default federal student loans could be a reason for passport denial. Other types of federal loans yes, but not federal student loans. Does anyone have information to the contrary?
Thank you!
Vasily

Would it be a problem for you to also give me your opinion in this thread: 