Member Submission: IML and travel to the Bahamas
(Decided to share this story in hope it might keep somebody else from the humiliation i experienced with my family and add to your travel site data base )
Unfortunately i found out the hard way about International Megan’s Law while traveling to Bahamas on a family/birthday vacation.
Since i had traveled to the Bahamas multiple times before the law was enacted and did not have to register under IML until 2017, I was totally blindsided when i was ushered into a small room, advised they had received notification from Interpol and the US marshals service as to be on alert to my flight and party and traveling as a rso . All they cared about if i was in fact a rso–nothing about the charges being over 20 years old and my legal papers showing i was removed in my home state–or the fact i had traveled throughout the Bahamas for years after my conviction and actually lived in Grand Bahama for 3 months.
I was summarily separated from my family and promptly ushered back on the plane back to Miami– I barely had time to give my fiancee (she knows of my background and status) my credit cards and cash to continue with the trip without me. She had to cry and beg for the hotel to honor our reservations since the cc were all in my name and the touted fishing trip had to be cancelled.
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Maestro
Im off registry I give NO notice!
and notice to whom? If i was suppose too?
Off the registry in which state? Was your conviction against a minor? You don’t give 21 day notice before you travel internationally?
Does anyone know if there is any pending legislation in the federal courts to Fight the constitutionality of IML?
Thanks.
Not at this time that we know of. There is discussion
FCC can we do a POLL
we all know the numbers of Reg. citizens but what is the actual numbers of reg citizens whom actually was released? and what yr? we know it will start release dates of 2006-?
we could end up with the actual amount people (numbers to date) total over all that was scared for life
I can say without a doubt I was 1 of the first ones on and first 1s off Released date July 2006
#abolish advocates are using statics of re-offend rates of people who are on the registry, to prove a point but how about people who was released since 2006 there be your real proof to present to a court,
Just read read my post the thoughts are there, just Jumbled
This is why I stopped traveling. I use to travel with only the return trip home being the issue once I arrived back in the U.S. Once they stated they would start notifying the intake countries of our arrival I stopped traveling.
NOT because I was going there for sex and was being sneaky, but because I knew once they would learn of this, it didn’t matter if you were traveling with the a missionary group, you were screwed.
So it appears from this poster, that even getting off the registry will not make everything right.
Registry removal does not relieve you from IML. In fact, I don’t recall IML mentioning registry status at all. Instead, IML applies to someone who has been convicted of a sex crime against a minor.
been off 15 yrs 1 Issue ever filed I-130 petition for my wife at an embassy abroad thy passed false information to bureau of Immigration making a claim i was a reg person, sent them strongly worded letter of rights violations I was back in the country in 2 weeks later
pulled in 1 time on a return trip the first time out I explained what went down never again pulled in
also spoke with Paul at [email protected]
he claimed if your off reg, no issues no AWC
I believe IML was drawn from AWA which refers to Reg persons
Soooo if I would have not come to florida (off registry in homestate) i could have traveled. Just because i came to florida I cannot go international
Jm
sadly but true
but I have to ask if your off of registry in your offending state, Why are you registered in Floriduh
you released in home state when your living in Floriduh?
I do not understand why all these people get off the registry then move. You are moving into a trap. If I ever get off in Florida, I am staying put. I already know some states have for life with no chance to get off and if you move there, you will be put on theirs for life. ( In some instances )
Sort of like getting a second chance scratch off ticket and throwing it away.
If the Expo Facto case wins, we need to have a huge fund raising event for the F.A.C. I am awaiting for that day so my locked funds can be released to me.
I don’t understand the system to operate that way. From what I know/have read, the goal is to create a closed-loop. So you if you inform the new state that you have moved back to your home state, they will remove you from their registry, assuming that you will be placed back on the prior state’s registry. No state wants the extra work of maintaining a registry of people who don’t live there. This is how it’s legal to vacate the country (if you can pull that off) and be off the registry and why the US is pushing for other countries to join the registry system. It’s a jurisdiction thing.
wait Florida dont mind keeping dead people on the registry its a funding issue to drop people off no $$$$
That is correct. The law applies to registrants required to register in ANY jurisdiction, regardless of status in your state.
Ive to have been of 15 yrs and travel abroad BUT each yr ill pull a FIOA at inter-pole to see if there was any bullshit added behind my back
I use Certification of Identity
FORM APPROVED OMB NO.
1103-0016 EXPIRES 05/31/2020
actually DOJ form 361
then i sent it to InterPole
[email protected],
if an Reg citizen has plans of travel I strongly suggest this method
I didn’t understand your post. What do you do and is it before or after you travel? Do you have a marked passport? Do you give the 21 day advance notification? Please email me: djrock76 (at) yahoo (dot) com.
Rocky
as I said been off 15 yrs I pull a FOIA Each January before traveling that yr
I want to see if any entity has pulled any bullshit on me (I dont trust No one) reason fore Pulling FOIA it will state if you had any crimes in the last 7 yr or if your a Reg person, if i see any flags I would cancel my trip save the MONEY and shame and aggravation (precautionary measure,)
and spend the rest of my time getting to the bottom of all of it, though it hasn’t happened been flying 2013 to present
You pull a FOIA how? to whom? What’s the exact step by step procedure? After you find out, what can you do next? Does it give you information from Interpol? I don’t think a RSO can stop them from doing what they do even if you find out on the FOIA, right? Do you have a new passport? What if you crime is not against a minor?
are you you off the registry or just off in Home state makes a big difference
So sorry this happened to you.
I had this same question as well. If you were off in your home state, who then made you still register? Did you move to another state prior to being removed from your home state? Some states like NY will keep you on the registry even if your home state subsequently removes you, which is why I wouldn’t recommend relocating anywhere, until my state removes me first.