International Travel 2024

Did anyone go through Poland with the marked pasport ?

has anyone attempted to fly out of tijuana.. i know this been posted but please mexico experts let me know how to enter from usa and where to fly.. I was denied flying into mexico from usa few years back

Americans Will Have To Get Fingerprinted And Registered Traveling To Europe From November (Travel off Path, 28 Aug 2024)

“U.S. passport holders will not be exempt from further scrutiny when flying into the zone.
Starting from November 2024, if you’re an American, you should expect to get fingerprinted and registered upon crossing the European border, and there’s just no getting around it.”

I currently hold both a US/Japanese passport that are both valid. My deal was a misdemeanor, summary probation for 1 year and Tier 1 registry. My question is, with Japan being notorious on RSOs, would I be able to enter Japan with my Japanese passport?

I’ve never attempted international travel so I don’t know how anything works. Once they notify Japan with the 21 day notice, do they send me back right as I get off the plane? If I somehow successfully enter/leave Japan, would immigration in the US question why I don’t have a stamp visa on my US passport when I come back? Are there any consequences with entering different countries on a secondary non-US passport?

Here’s a summation of restrictions faced by convicted felons in foreign travels. Don’t know how accurate it is but the guy seems to know what he’s talking about.

https://youtu.be/lMkvq7mvU5I?si=ccchcYYA1A0a-Qlt

Looking for any assistance in directions, recommendations and restrictions encountered when doing a travel group. I would like to see some places I haven been yet. I travelled extensively as military but going as a civilian would be nice. Looking into the Baltic or the Nordic areas. Was stationed in Italy and Spain, so the Med has been covered. Not interested in Northern Africa, although I have inquired as to volunteer work at a rescue preserve, but that’s another story! With the new EU passport regulations coming into affect, I worry about any problems crossing borders. I will be off registry by the time this takes place. Mine was misdemeanor, so don’t anticipate notices.

cheers,

Finally heading to Germany tomorrow for two weeks….I have done all my research including here. Thanks for the input. Will report back afterwards.

So back in July I was arrested and taken back and searched after my flight back from Germany. I have never been arrested when coming back in the country so this was a first. I filed a complaint and this is what they email me..

Thank you for submitting your Traveler Inquiry Form and identity documentation to the Department of Homeland Security Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP). DHS’ mission is to lead the unified national effort to secure the country, including U.S. border and transportation security. We take requests for redress seriously, and we understand the inconveniences that additional inspections may cause. DHS strives to process travelers in the most efficient and professional manner possible without compromising our mission to safeguard the United States, its people and its visitors. When DHS TRIP receives a redress inquiry, we conduct a thorough review of the matter. We consult and share information with other agencies, when appropriate, to relieve you from the burden of seeking redress on an agency-by-agency basis and to address the issue that you identified in your application. We have found that about 2% of the DHS TRIP complainants actually have some connection to the Terrorist Watchlist. Complaints most often arise either because the traveler’s name and personal information is similar to the name and personal information of another person in systems which contain information from Federal, state, local and foreign sources or because the traveler has been delayed in travel for reasons unrelated to such data, such as by random screening. DHS TRIP has researched and completed our review of your case. DHS TRIP can neither confirm nor deny any information about you which may be within federal watchlists or reveal any law enforcement sensitive information. However, we have made any corrections to records that our inquiries determined were necessary, including, as appropriate, notations that may assist in avoiding incidents of misidentification. For your general information, here is how redress helps you when traveling: When traveling by air to or within the United States, DHS recommends that you provide your redress control number (located at the top of this letter) when making your reservations. Providing this information will help prevent misidentifications from occurring during security checks against government records and other information. In most online reservation systems, your redress control number may be entered at the same time you enter your full name and date of birth. When entering the United States from abroad, no additional action is required. Where appropriate, as a result of the redress process, DHS employs a procedure to correct the information used to process travelers at the ports of entry that reduces the chance of misidentifications occurring. Despite these positive efforts, we cannot ensure your travel will be delay-free. The redress process does not affect other standard screening procedures in place at airports and borders. For example, an individual may be selected for additional screening in order to resolve a walk-through metal detector alarm, because of random selection, or other reasons. While this process may sometimes be stressful, we rely on the patience, cooperation, and understanding of travelers in such cases. The aim of these security measures is to safeguard the people of the United States and visitors to this Nation. We have attached the Department of State’s response to you on those issues specific to their jurisdiction. For further information, please refer to their correspondence. If you have any additional questions about issues other than the matters covered in the Department of State’s correspondence, you may contact DHS TRIP via the online portal. Alternatively, you may email DHS TRIP at TRIP@tsa.dhs.gov or write to the address found in the letterhead. Sincerely

Basically stating absolutely nothing and saying that this will probably happen again. Problem I have now is they said they sent this to other department agencies but wont tell who who or what information was sent.

Just (another) European travel update (context: Tier 3 registrant in CA; marked passport). Gave my 21-day notice at the end of August. Traveled to Germany, Austria, and Czechia over the past two weeks.

Had no problems entering or exiting from Frankfurt (the only two times I had to show my passport). I was randomly selected for enhanced security screening while leaving Germany, but so were many other people on my flight (as well as a friend I was traveling with), so I truly don’t think it had anything to do with the registry – it was more likely triggered by my booking the initial flight prior to actually having my passport number. They just searched through my stuff and swabbed for explosive residue. Pretty unremarkable.

Flew into Atlanta from Frankfurt yesterday and was prepared for a long secondary experience (I did a similar trip last year and was sent to secondary in LA upon my return – submitted a complaint and was issued a redress number). This time, though, I was really nervous because I had a very tight connecting flight from Atlanta back to LA, and any substantial delay would cause me to miss it (stupid booking decision on my part, I know). I was traveling with my sister and a friend, and they had already agreed to accompany me to secondary when the inevitable time came. When the CBP agent scanned my passport, I could tell that something flashed up on the screen that he wasn’t used to seeing. He asked who I was traveling with, and I indicated my friend and sister. It seemed like the computer was telling him to do something, and he kept trying to click on the screen, but finally just said “Ok, whatever, you’re good man. Have a nice day.” and sent me through without going to secondary. Talk about relief!

Hello all again,

Wanted to touch base and let everyone know that my husband was able to successfully cross back from Mexicali on foot yesterday morning. They asked him the basic questions, asked if he was still on probation/parole and then sent him on his way – no secondary!

We are looking at booking a flight from TJ to Cabo and to Guadalajara early next year. In looking at recent videos of how crossing on foot at the San Ysidro entrance is, it looks like you need a valid passport book/card to enter into Mexico and that it will be inspected.

These are the videos I am referencing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXb3_gNFjCs&t=389s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUVq-2BOPGI&t=108s

Has anyone successfully crossed on foot into TJ with a marked passport in recent months? I’m afraid to book the flights only for him to be turned away at this inspection point.

Aside from inviting further delay, is there anything stopping me from telling a customs official to go f themselves when I’m taken into secondary? Do I have to answer a single one of their questions? Will they strip search me or something if I don’t?

Anyone know what kind of restrictions one would have travelling to Korea for a former registrant? No longer required to register in CA for a misdemeanor.