Find the best financial services for you at: SMARTFINANCESOLUTIONS.NET - How to file for Bankruptcy from Abroad? - I am in a situation that the debt I owe is overwhelming due to the poor economy in the area of my businesses. I am self-employed and a sole-proprietor of two businesses, both of which rely on new construction. I also happen to be a dual-citizen. br br What I would like to do is go back to Europe to start over again and to be close to family and to have a support structure in-place, something I lack here in the US. The government there also is a Social Democracy meaning you will not go homess or hungry, unlike in the US. I've not been able to get any unemployment benefits because I'm self-employed; not until I file for bankruptcy - but if I file I will move back 'home'. br br So, I would want to ship my personal effects back in a shipping container (clothing, furniture, bicycle, motorcycle, computer, kitchen ware; the container costs a pretty penny. I would pack up the stuff and ship it off and then fly home myself while I still have all payments up-to-date and active credit card(s). How can I file remotely and from abroad, because as I understand it once I file all the assets I have would be tied up andor liquidated. I couldn't pay for the container for my personal effects, anymore. br br Even if I am able to file remotely would I automatically be charged with bankruptcy fraud for hiding assets whether or not what I sent home would have been within the permissible limits of what I would have been able to keep under Chapters 7 andor 13.