RTAG's International Travel Matrix
Registrant Travel Action Group (RTAG – www.registranttag.org), an RSOL affiliate organized to protect the international travel rights for lawful travel of registrants, is putting together a travel matrix, to serve as a snapshot guide to warn which countries you may have difficulty traveling to.
Since the US is now sending out travel alerts whenever a registered citizen travels, you need to be mindful of issues you may have at certain borders.
The below matrix is a work-in-progress and if you have traveled internationally as a registered citizen, we ask that you share your experience with RTAG (good or bad), so that information can be shared.
You can reach RTAG at the following:
Email: info@registranttag.org
Phone: 1.972.638.0651
| Area | Country | SOs turned away | Law keeping out SOs | Law keeping out felons | SO Registry | ||||||
| Mexico | Mexico | YES | YES | Unk | NO | ||||||
| Canada | Canada | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||||||
| Central Amer | Belize | NO | NO | NO | NO | ||||||
| Costa Rica | YES | NO | Unk | NO | |||||||
| Guatemala | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| Panama | YES | YES | YES | NO | |||||||
| Nicaragua | YES | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| Caribbean | Aruba | NO | NO | NO | NO | ||||||
| Bahamas | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| Dom republic | YES | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| Jamaica | YES | NO | NO | YES | |||||||
| St Lucia | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| Trinidad | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| South Amer | Argentina | YES | YES | Unk | Unk | ||||||
| Brazil | YES | YES | Ukn | Unk | |||||||
| Chili | NO | NO | NO | Unk | |||||||
| Colombia | YES | NO | NO | Unk | |||||||
| Europe | France | NO | NO | NO | NO | ||||||
| Germany | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| Ireland | YES | NO | NO | YES | |||||||
| Italy | NO | NO | NO | YES | |||||||
| Netherlands | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| Spain | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| UK | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||||||
| Asia | Australia | Y/N | YES | YES | YES | ||||||
| China | Y/N | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| Japan | Y/N | YES | YES | NO | |||||||
| Hong Kong | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| Korea | YES | NO | NO | YES | |||||||
| Indonesia | YES | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| Loas | Y/N | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| New Zealand | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||||||
| Singapore | YES | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| Thailand | Y/N | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
| Vietnam | Y/N | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
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| Middle East | Dubai | YES | NO | NO | NO | ||||||
| Lebanon | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||||||
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Hey! Anyone been to Thailand?? Husband with adult case from 20 years ago.
Have anyone cruised with MSC?
i have a question, first i will start with saying, im not affected by being on the registry. i live a normal life, no one bothers me or recognizes me, i never had a problem getting a job even tho i disclose at the interview my past. but physiologically, being on the registry bothers me.
i visited spain recently. and [moderated] my light research shows me that too, spain welcomes foreign investors and you can get residency right away instead of waiting 3 years.
i am considering doing this. my question is, if i go this route and become a spain citizen, what will happen with me in the us? should i just fly back every year and take my picture and back to spain? am i allowed to leave the us 1 year at a time as long as i alert my state i am doing so? or should i just become spain citizen and never come back? or is there any other thoughts you guys have that i didnt think of?
I’m happy that the registry has not effected your life. I wish that was the case for me and my wife. We just celebrated our 10 year anniversary being kept apart the entire time. I can say with certainty that being on the registry has cost me more than $1,000,000 between paying lawyer fees to try to bring my wife to the US and lost income. I have had 3 job offers rescinded once notified of the registry. Been terminated once with no reason given. Once not hired in a sale of the company.
The registry is proven repeatedly to be ineffective and punishment. I do wish more on the registry had your experience but I believe the vast majority of us experience the opposite.
Just out of curiosity could you let us know what state your living in or part of the country. May help some of us to have similar experience as yours.
I didnt say being on the registry or this experience has not impacted our lives. We lost everything we had in efforts to fight and had to rebuild but lost our jobs and retirement. But we have not had issues with travel. Our son is on federal supervised release for life for possession of 1 picture of a relative and we live in a district that does not support reduction. We have been in this nightmare aince 2006 and he was 22 at the time. Believe me it has left significant issues. But we try to travel and enjoy our life. We search for happy everyday. We live in Texas. We make the best of life and try to not focus on the negative. But i never said we were not affected. He has had job issues also but we created a company and forged our way ahead. We face challenges daily and hate the situation and every piece of this but we try not to let it ruin our lives more. Find a place you can be happy.
My reply was actually for John the original poster but I understand the confusion. I replied here many months after his original post.
No worries. All working together!.
Spain is the destination and Barcelona specifically where we went on an student exchange situation and feel in love with art and each other.
Summer is here and the wife and I are hankering for a long over due international vacay now that I have an unstamped passport. Started out registering in Florida (life for all) left for the west coast (Ca was life but changed to a tired system there I was able to petition the court
for removal so I no longer actively register anywhere. I am still “listed” in Florida in name only but not updated for 20 years.
It’s my first trip and I want to assure that Spain will not not let me in. as any one flown directly into Barcelona from the USA and been detained or worse NOT allowed Entry?
We have been several times in last 2 years and our son has it in passport. They didn’t say a word. No issues in any Schengen country.
My understanding is that Germany declared our little sex offender registry scheme to be in violation of the European convention on human rights. I’m thinking with Spain is the other country that did that but I may be wrong.
Hello , Any one just travel to Europe recently? Especially Portugal ? hows your travel experience?
I went to madrid 12/27/22 and no questions.They just wanted to make sure I had a return or forward trip booked
Hi Mario , have you been travel to Europe recently? how was it? I hope you can share cz were planning to travel one day
What about Egypt and Israel I was thinking about a holy land tour
Hello Guys, anyone have an idea about moving or retire in Portugal? I check they have criminal record background check, any idea how if its 5 or 10 years check only? Or do you know place in Europe that good to retire? I hope you can notice my comment.
hi, i have no indicator on passport, i am on the registry, my crime was about 8-9 years ago. i am traveling to hong kong from hawaii. never traveled before, so everything is new to me. what i found out today after paying for my ticket, is i am “leaving visa free zones” according to the email, to japan, vietnam, and australia for lay overs. these 3 places deny SOs, does any one know if they will deny me before i even arrive hk? the email suggest i apply visas for each country, do i need to apply visas for each country just for a few hours? or is that a standard email to everyone and doesnt apply to everyone? with this sticky situation does any one have any kind of advice for me or how to handle this? thanks