If you're applying for a consolidation loan or any loan for that matter, it's important to honestly answer the questions and to provide accurate information in your application. If you're not honest, or you provide false information, it could get you into trouble in the long run.
The first thing you should know is what exactly a credit card consolidation loan is. This is any large loan that a borrower uses to pay off their credit card debt. People use credit card consolidation loans when their credit card debt becomes too much to manage. Making several different credit card payments every month is not easy to manage. But by taking out one large loan and paying them all off, you now only have to worry about one monthly payment.
The other great thing about credit card consolidation is that depending on your new loan's interest rate, you could potentially save money. If you can get approved for a consolidation loan that carries a lower APR than the average interest rate for your other debts, then you will save money. But this may be difficult to do if you have a poor credit score.
Regardless of which type of consolidation loan you choose, it's important to be honest and provide accurate information when you apply. Providing false information on a loan application, or not being honest when answering the lender's questions could lead to a great deal of legal and financial trouble for you in the long run. Even if it means you can't get approved based on that information, it's extremely important to be honest. If it does lead to being denied for the loan or financial product, then it's probably best that you don't take that loan out to begin with.
Lenders use the application and credit checks to make sure that the applicant is able to afford the Loan and capable of repaying it. If the lender doesn't think you have the ability to repay the loan, you may get denied. In this case, the best thing to do is to find a lender and a specific type of loan that is designed for borrowers with poor credit.