International Travel 2023

It is time to test this out. I got off the registry March of 2022. I am going to try Jamaica over Labor Day weekend. No notice is needed so I am hopeful.

Just a bit of information: I applied for TSA Precheck. I was approved while still on supervision and the registry. They really don’t care about your past unless you are a terrorist or have some sort of of air travel disruption. The hardest part was the $78 fee (renewal is in 5 years). It took 20 days to be approved (they claim most get approved in 3 to 5 days but can be up to 60 days).

My husband just received his passport with the special designation on it. My husband, me and a friend decided to book a trip and go to France. We arrived in France on April 24th. Both of us were a bit apprehensive, but these forums helped ease our minds. As to add to the anxiety, the line for passport control when landing in Paris CDG was super long and took forever to get through. We let my husband go first, and to our surprise, the French Immigration officer examined my husband’s passport and looked at him (my husband later said that she did notice the designation) and stamped his passport and ran to have a celebratory cigar! France let him in with no issues. 04/24/2023

Closed circuit, no passport needed, cruise and you dont leave boat, international travel? opinions, defenses for and known arguments for it to be…. it is like flying over international countries and not going to or getting off a plane if refueling etc. Anyway confused on statutes wording etc. Also if a violation who is being harmed to make it worth the criminal felony of misunderstanding a statute or not leaving a boat, who is at risk enough to warrant a felony… I believe someone had an argument like this a while back if anyone could refer me to, thank you.

Hello All. I travelled a fair amount on my old passport but I now need to get one with the identifier. How do I go about getting that? Is it up to me to notify DHS? Do I sign up somewhere in person? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Lots of European traveler here. I’m still waiting on someone who has traveled outside of Europe with the mark of satan on the front page—not the back. Even a non-eu European country like Bosnia or Albania would provide more info

Has anyone ever gone through DHS’ TRIP [Traveler Redress Inquiry Program] process? DHS itself says the process includes those who are routinely or often sent to Secondary. Though I’m skeptical anything would improve by getting a Redress Number, can it hurt? And maybe it will reduce the number of “bonus travels” at immigration.

Hi, 

I have a trip to Spain coming up in June. I’ve traveled internationally before (Sweden in August 2022 & 2019, Greece in 2019; Spain March 2020). Each time, I’ve filled out the Notice of International Travel document and dropped it off in person to my local registering agency, never had an issue. In January, when I went for my annual registration, I was told they no longer have anyone at that police department in charge of RSO/290s, and that I needed to go to another local police department instead. So this is my first time doing this process at this police dept. 

Today (23 days before trip), I went to drop off my form with all the necessary information and was told by the officer that:

1. My form was out of date — I told him I just used this form in August and he told me well [other County] uses a different form (I haven’t lived in that County in +3 years). Also, the form I use is the standard CA DOJ form (even linked on this website)
2. When I asked for an updated form, he told me I don’t fill out a form, and that I’m supposed to provide him with the information and he fills it out and submits it for me. I asked “when did that process change?” and he said “that’s just how we do it at this station” 
3. He told me I needed to provide him with: flight #, passport #, DL # (yes, all things already detailed on the form) and also, a photo of my passport (never been required before). As soon as I got home, I sent him an email with all the information along with a photo of my passport. 
4. He told me he was really busy and asked if I could come back next Friday — told him that’s past the 21 days before the trip.  He also told me that I needed to email him every day until he’s confirmed that he’s submitted it. Because “he has a lot going on and he’s really busy.”

I’m extremely concerned that this officer doesn’t understand the requirements and may fail to submit the paperwork that I’ve provided him in a timely manner. Does anyone have suggestions on what else I can do to cover my bases and make sure this gets handled? I’ve never had to be responsible for the officer doing their part of the job once I fulfill my duties of providing the information 21 days prior to the trip.

If it’s helpful: live in California. I was given a 10 year registration requirement. Jan 2023 would have been the end for me and that’s when I found out I was assigned as a Tier 2 (20years) once CA created the tiered system. I’m working on petitioning this. Anyways, no passport stamp. 

We talk a lot about the unique identifier on this forum…where it’s located on the passport, who’s required to have it, and if anyone has been denied entry because of it. But we never discuss what to do if we’re denied entry because of the identifier. What’s the first step? Get a lawyer and challenge the law? Take names and write down numbers of foreign border officials that stopped us from entering their country? Because we’re going to need proof that the identifier was the reason we couldn’t get in. We need to have a plan of action. It’s going to happen sooner or later. So what do we do if a country turns us around because of the identifier?