Where and how to find out if you can go abroad

To unexpectedly discover before boarding a flight at the airport that you can not go abroad because of debts or for other reasons is a very unpleasant surprise, to put it mildly. And worst of all, you will not even be able to resolve the issue on the spot, since the procedure for lifting the travel ban takes some time (see for more details, why they may not let you go abroad).

It is usually recommended to deal with this issue a few weeks before the trip, because even if you pay off all the debts, it will still take some time for the information to be processed by the bailiff service, the restrictions are lifted, and then more information about this entered into the border control databases, which check whether you have restrictions just before departure, when you hand over your passport to the border guard. Therefore, even at the stage of preparing the trip, it makes sense to check whether you can go abroad, so as not to get such an unpleasant surprise. Keep in mind that travel insurance does not apply to such a case, and you will completely lose the cost of the trip, air tickets, booked hotels.

There are two ways to find out if you can go abroad.

You can also check yourself on the bailiffs ' website. This is also a great option, and it is completely free. True, there is a drawback in it compared to Method 1: you just find out if you are in the database of bailiffs at this particular moment, but if you have debts, everything can change in one moment even before the flight, and you will not know about it, and even if you find out, you will not have time to do anything.