Can you immigrate from the UK to the US if you have outstanding debts in the UK?

My boyfriend is from the UK and i'm from the US. We would like to live together here in the states and have been digging for information on all aspects of attaining a visa. Altho, we can't find any information reguarding outstanding debts. He has an accumulative debt via loans, of several thousand pounds. We would like to know wether he has to have that cleared up before leaving the country, or if he can make payments from the US towards those debts. Does anyone have any information on this? thank you so much!

Answer:
I too am from the UK, and currently in the process of my I-130, and I have left a sum of debt back in the UK. It is to my understanding that debt outside the states will not affect the application. You may find in a number of years that the debt follows you, but by law it does not mean you have to pay it here in the states, unless the debt sells it to a debt collector here in the states. Hope this helps. Don't let a silly thing like debt stop you from starting a new life in such a great country. As long as you keep away from debt here, you should be fine.
i suppose you are an American citizen
so u tell him to come to US and marry you and get a good lawyer and file for a greencard
thats the best possible way for him to live in the US permanantly
I doubt that has anything to do with it. For the US they will care more that he has a reason to be here ie work or marriage etc. He should pay the loans off while here though. I mean it's only fair to the banks etc.

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