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I’m getting ready for another international trip. This time to the island of Bonaire. I’ve visited both Aruba and Curaçao the last few years. Amazing diving on Curaçao. Super excited to dive in Bonaire. I am a bit nervous about traveling this time for a couple of factors. This is the first time I’ve traveled internationally alone. The other factor is because of the stress with Venezuela. I always report my experience with pfr.guide when I return. I will let you know in a month or so how I made out. I really wish there was a way to stop getting pulled into secondary every time
I am looking to take a surf trip to Vietnam. No long required to register so no marked passport. Will require Visa, though. Has anyone been there and if so what was experience. I would rather not go via 3rd country because of traveling with surfboard.
thx,
I am planning an international trip. I would potentially be flying back into the country at Miami then connecting to home. Is flying through Miami airport and going through customs there, any better or worse than flying through Atlanta? Is it riskier? Has anyone here had any recent experience?
I’m planning a trip to Aruba via Queen Beatrix International Airport.
Seeing as they do U.S. customs and US border control in Aruba prior to leaving; how much time should I leave for arriving at Queen Beatrix airport for departing from Aruba? A friend (registered) as am I, just spent 2 and 1/2 hours in secondary in Chicago coming back from Europe. (Google ai says to leave 3 hours for both country’s customs, luggage and boarding.) Can anyone share experiences… secondary may be an issue with allocating 3 hours.
anyone with china experience?
I registered out and live in a different country. Now coming back to visit the kids , any idea what to expect at the border coming back? thank you
Hello everyone.
I flew into Paris airport this weekend. Their new EES system is extremely fast and simple.
1. Place your passport face down on a scanner. When you walk through.
2. Stand in front of and face the facial recognition scanner. It takes about 15 seconds.
3. I was waved over to the border check desk where the officer glanced at my passport, stamped it, handed it back and waved me through. Also, I did not notice any baggage / luggage inspections going on anywhere. We jall proceeded to baggage claim, picked up our luggage, and were on our way, exiting the airport. That was it! 👍🏻🤗
Very, very fast. 😃😳😲
(FYI/FWIW: I’ve been removed from all Registries and have a new unmarked US passport.)
I traveled abroad with an unmarked passport 5 years ago during covid. Since I wasn’t sure if it was revoked, I applied for TSA pre-check and went to my appointment yesterday at the airport. An agent scanned my passport, took my fingerprints and photo. Evidently it went thru, and I got an email the same day saying my security threat assesment was underway. I assume I passed it because shortly later, I got another email saying my eligibilty assement is underway. I feel confident that my passport is still good. I plan to use it on a short domestic flight to double confirm it’s validity before I go abroad.
Did anyone else recently receive a physical stamp in their passport after clearing secondary?
This happened to me coming in through JFK over the summer – first time I’ve gotten a physical stamp after many entries.
I’m coming in through Boston in a few weeks. My passport is nearly full and I don’t want to get a new one any sooner than needed so hopefully if there is a stamp they put it on the same page as the previous one instead of wasting a whole other page.
No Secondary! All right back in the US from France yesterday. Landing at LAX, that’s able to go through customs without too much delay. The officer did ask me about a passport card (which I do have but do not but did not have with me.) And that was all. I’m not required to go to secondary for the first time in ages!
Has anyone here traveled to the Philipines after no longer required to register? My Filipina gf and I are wondering…
So is the consensus that once off all registries gov notices are unlikely to be sent to international authorities? If so, could we then travel from Honolulu to points in Asia?
thank you.