Member Advised Passport Confiscated at Airport
A member just advised us that as he was about to board an international flight (which he properly reported under IML) he was approached by three US Marshalls who confiscated his passport and told him he had to get a new one with an identifier. He was not permitted to travel and he had received no prior notice that he had to update his passport.
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When the new requirement went into effect, they claimed that passport holders who were required to get the new identifier would be contacted. I can’t prove it, but I suspect that they failed to notify people on purpose, so the can harass and embarrass them when they arrive at the airport, only to find out that they won’t be permitted to board the plane. My parole agent used to give the registered sex offenders job leads and permission to interview for jobs at places which he knew were located within a school exclusion zone. Then, when they got hired, he could gleefully pull the rug out from under them. The registry is all about piling extra shame on people who have already served their time.
would this have happened to all sex offenders? Was that guy just someone that looked like they could screw with him for the heck of it?
I recently renewed my passport and they did not place an identifier on it.
I am scheduled to leave for Kenya on 10/16. Does anyone know of a way to verify if they need to place the identifier in my passport based on my specific offense? Everything I have read is ambiguous in regards to which offenses do not meet the criterium for the identifier.
Where is the identifier located? I just got my passport. I had to apply for a new one because I’m a sex offender now. But on the application there was no place to mention that and when I called and told the passport agent that she told me not to worry about it.
It should be inside the back cover
I move to spain 2 yeas ago I nver had any problem going to spain and I live and have a family here now I am going to nyc on wed for 8 days and I fine this I hope they do not try to stop me when I try to come back to spain so I like to oder me a new pasport with the so call stamp do you knwo were I cango to apply for it.
How were you able to move to Spain? When I checked on how to get a residency visa they require a background check. Please let me know.
I don’t think there’s much anyone can do until we fight the IML. Please let us know the status of any legal challenges to this horrible low.
So rather that call him and say “Hey, you need to swap out your passport before you can travel” they want until the day of the flight and show up so that he loses the mosey he spent on the ticket. Very nice