The State Department has revoked the passport of a second California registrant. Similar to the first known revocation, a State Department letter dated January 22, 2018, informed the registrant that he is “not entitled to a U.S. passport that does not contain the passport endorsement required pursuant to” the International Megan’s Law (IML). The letter also informed the registrant that he could apply for a new passport which includes the endorsement required by the IML provided that the registrant pays “all required fees”.
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This is unconstitutional and therefore violates the ” right to travel” and the ” right to move freely” laws.
The terrorists are the one’s the State Department should look after. They bully on the men and women who have served their time and paid their dues to society. It’s a shame, but time. Spending taxpayers money on something useless and ineffective; this will not decrease crime just waste money that most taxpayers don t even know about. Filing a lawsuit in federal court will get answers from these cowards.
I agree with you Richard Diaz
What the State department is doing is not safe and won’t protect anyone even children under the IML, instead this is going to put lives at unnecessary great risk of being exploited and harmed in some crazy way, but they don’t really care whoever they are.
The IML is shameful for not warning the 800,000+ Registrants about the travel restrictions they have helped levy on law abiding citizens who register yearly. I have been registering every year in California for twenty-six years and have traveled freely to Mexico and Peru in the past without incident until this year (2018) when I went to Mexico to visit relatives and was turned back. I was humiliated and wasted a lot of money on airline and hotel reservations.
I traveled in good faith. I told the Registration Officer in my city of my plans twenty-one days ahead of time. I believed in the International Human Rights of all people, including law-abiding registrants. But, I was sadly disappointed.
Go to Hong Kong, Guatemala, and 95% of Schengen Europe, but don’t fly directly into Greece nor Spain! My advice is to fly into Stockhölm’s ARN Airport, and then fly onto other countries in Europe as you will be flying from and to Airports that are essentially domestic airports, and the Airports don’t have Customs personnel for you to clear through, flying from one Schengen European Country to Another!
Hi Linda Y
I was refused entry into Mexico back on April 2016 and at that time I was clueless of what was going on, so I called the State Department, Department of Homeland Security, and even the FBI and got nothing from them until I contacted my local law enforcement and told them what happen and they said I was suppose to do a notification process which was why I was turned away, and I didn’t know anything about this at the time until they told me, and so I told them I was going to Peru which was on June that year and I did the notification process like so, I flew out to Lima with my fingers crossed and when I arrived at the airport the same thing happened and that I was turned away. When I got back I notified my local law enforcement and told them what happened and they said that they were sorry that this had happened to me. Afterwards I learned about RSOL and contacted them and they put me thru to Janice and I told her about my traveling experience in Mexico that I was turned away and I told her to give warning about Peru because of what happened to me. Ever since then, I stop traveling overseas because of the IML, even if some countries would allow entry, that could change.
Go to Hong Kong, Guatemala, and 95% of Schengen Europe, but don’t fly directly into Greece nor Spain! My advice is to fly into Stockhölm’s ARN Airport, and then fly onto other countries in Europe as you will be flying from and to Airports that are essentially domestic airports, and the Airports don’t have Customs personnel for you to clear through, flying from one Schengen European Country to Another!
The issue of travel to canada and mexico is less about SOR than it is about felony convictions. Canada and Mexico bar all US citizens who have felony convictions from travel to their countries – and since most SO’s have felony convictions – they are barred. It is not because of the SO conviction per se, but because of the felony conviction. The countries are notified however because of the 21 day SORNA notification process – which is why most folks mistakenly assume they are barred because of their SO offense – when the reality is Mexico and Canada find out about it because of SORNA but that is not the basis of the refusal to enter their country.
I am a non felon RSO. Was convicted of a misdemeanor 15 yrs ago and I have been denied entry into Mexico because of my registrant status.
We on the registration are all the same. Less than human in the eyes of the righteous.
I was kicked out of Mexico with a RSO misdemeanor. I fought my charges for 4 years with a dismissal of my case only to be recharged a year later from an insecure prosecutor!! Also had contaminated jury mistrial, another mistrial. So it’s not about felony! 5/2018. Treated like a murderer would never go back again! Worst experience of my life!
My case is back from 2011. Vacation to Mexico was 5/2018.
What about a Registered Sex Offender who’s charge was dismissed do to completion of his probation?
As does Japan!
Does anyone know if we are allowed to travel to Morocco or Algeria?
Thank you –
David
Both Morocco and Algeria accept us!
My passport was revoked as well after a trip to Belize.