I have not heard any horror stories of Miami secondary screeners locking up law-abiding travelers.

It annoys me to get pulled into secondary upon return as long as I don’t end up in a cell. Ultimately I will have done nothing wrong. I’m just not sure this old guy can handle the stress of FDLE abuse.

Legal advised me to go to a passport office in person, with the revocation letter (that arrived AFTER they’d confiscated my passport) and fill out a complete new application for a passport and submit it, explaining to the person what the problem was. I did that, they stapled a copy of the revocation letter to my application when they put it in. When I went back to get the passport on the appointment date, it wasn’t ready (I got the impression from the supervisor that it was there, but still didn’t have the stamp… of course they will give you no answers) – I had to wait another day or two and make another trip. But it had the proper stamp on the back page. I did NOT have it mailed to me, but picked it up so that I could refuse it if it was wrong, and not have to pay ANOTHER fee.

Would you mind sharing on how you were able to get the identifier on there? What did legal tell you? I have emailed passport services and they were no help.

I’m not a Florida resident, the legal folks were very helpful in advising me what I needed to do to be able to travel. I got new passport with identifier (had to almost BEG them to put it in there, to avoid repeat experience!) and have been out of the country several times since. No problems except for extended Customs check on every return.

I assume that this is only for Florida residents?

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.

Update: I went back to passport office and applied for a new passport, with the “revocation letter” I received two weeks AFTER they confiscated my passport. It took an extra day and an extra trip to the office, but I got a new passport with the stamp on page 27. I then applied for and received a new visa to Turkey, travelled there, had a great time. Coming back, got stranded overnight in London. Was issued a six-month visa THERE (in spite of the “no SO” regs they have… the guy asked no questions…) and was able to go to a hotel and dinner at a pub and all, before my flight back to US. Had LESS trouble at Customs on entry than on previous trips with the “non-stamped” passport!

Mike – please call FAC and leave a message for Legal with your phone number.

Rob – FAC is not a law firm, we are not attorneys and we are neither qualified nor licensed to tell you whether a law applies to you because the facts and circumstances of every person’s case are different. We can only lead you to the relevant definition in the law:

Under the laws:
(1)the term “covered sex offender” means an individual who— (A)is a sex offender, as defined insection 21503(f) of title 34 (an individual required to register under the sex offender registration program of any jurisdiction or included in the National Sex Offender Registry, on the basis of an offense against a minor.); and (B)is currently required to register under the sex offender registration program of any jurisdiction;

As such, if your victim was not a minor you may not have your passport branded, but as stated previously this information should not be considered legal advise.