https://rso-travel.com/updates/ New traveler reports of how countries treated US registrants at the border. en-us https://rso-travel.com/country/ph/#report-r-fcb8998ed97eb830 r-fcb8998ed97eb830 Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A US traveler with a decades-old conviction involving a minor arrived on a flight from Seoul and was intercepted by immigration officers who had checked international law enforcement databases showing the record. They were refused entry and placed on the next available flight out. https://rso-travel.com/country/gb/#report-r-28c05cf84e88492b r-28c05cf84e88492b Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A lifetime registrant applied for and received both an ETA and a full UK e-visa before travel, gave the required advance notice, and flew into London. At passport control the officer asked about the e-visa, reviewed the documents, conferred with a second officer for about two minutes, then admitted the traveler politely. The onward flight to Edinburgh was domestic, so no further checks occurred. https://rso-travel.com/country/th/#report-r-85e75d4013b0fe2e r-85e75d4013b0fe2e Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler stated they have entered and left Thailand several times without any problems. https://rso-travel.com/country/kh/#report-r-20b93a345db9a9fe r-20b93a345db9a9fe Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler obtained a Cambodian one-year retirement visa through an agency and entered without being asked for proof of retirement, financial means, or insurance, using automated gates. https://rso-travel.com/country/fr/#report-r-0e74b02eb512c9a1 r-0e74b02eb512c9a1 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler has entered the EU through Paris CDG on many trips to Europe without reported entry problems; difficulties came only on the US return. https://rso-travel.com/country/id/#report-r-f5b42b20017045e9 r-f5b42b20017045e9 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT While a registrant, the traveler flew to Indonesia after filing the required travel plans, was detained overnight, and was sent back to the US the next day. https://rso-travel.com/country/jp/#report-r-a1330de0469e91d2 r-a1330de0469e91d2 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler answered honestly about a past conviction on arrival in Japan and immigration initially moved toward refusing entry. After nearly two hours of review, an officer determined the conviction was old enough and the sentence short enough to allow admission. https://rso-travel.com/country/mx/#report-r-77dbbbe65fabff1c r-77dbbbe65fabff1c Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT While registered, the traveler repeatedly drove across the California land border into Mexico starting in 2009 without filing travel notice and never had trouble entering; problems only occurred on the US return, where secondary inspection was routine. https://rso-travel.com/country/br/#report-r-0301680cca07428b r-0301680cca07428b Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT After coming off all registries, the traveler flew into Rio de Janeiro with no entry issues. https://rso-travel.com/country/hk/#report-r-f40701d7e0cb6924 r-f40701d7e0cb6924 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT After coming off all registries, the traveler flew into Hong Kong with no entry issues. https://rso-travel.com/country/il/#report-r-6238a52a94c329b0 r-6238a52a94c329b0 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT After being removed from all registries, the traveler flew into Tel Aviv without entry problems. https://rso-travel.com/country/in/#report-r-1d9e1001c9be75aa r-1d9e1001c9be75aa Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT After coming off all registries, the traveler flew into New Delhi with no entry issues. https://rso-travel.com/country/za/#report-r-0761965a4b13cee1 r-0761965a4b13cee1 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT After coming off all registries, the traveler flew into Johannesburg with no entry issues. https://rso-travel.com/country/kr/#report-r-fd2d7756f427a3bd r-fd2d7756f427a3bd Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler visited a South Korean port on a cruise ship two years earlier and went ashore with no issues. https://rso-travel.com/country/gb/#report-r-55337a93e6017831 r-55337a93e6017831 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A former registrant, no longer required to register, entered the United Kingdom with no issue using an ETA. To avoid a possible advance-notification problem on a direct flight, they flew into Paris and took the train to London. https://rso-travel.com/country/tr/#report-r-d62af3878c7465b6 r-d62af3878c7465b6 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler entered Turkey shortly after completing probation for a felony conviction, having filed the 21-day advance travel notice. Turkey approved the visa and admitted them; entries were via connecting flights from Athens and from Madrid rather than directly from the US. https://rso-travel.com/country/ee/#report-r-9fc25d562aec3dc0 r-9fc25d562aec3dc0 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A former registrant no longer required to register reported a trip to Estonia with no issues at passport control. https://rso-travel.com/country/fi/#report-r-d0db3dad7d4c298a r-d0db3dad7d4c298a Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A former registrant reported visiting Finland on the same trip with no problems at passport control. https://rso-travel.com/country/fr/#report-r-9473b4d55c726009 r-9473b4d55c726009 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler reported that French passport control was the easiest they had experienced, with automated EES processing and no different treatment than any other traveler. https://rso-travel.com/country/lv/#report-r-397d4b7b5956197b r-397d4b7b5956197b Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A former registrant reported visiting Latvia on the same trip with no issues at entry. https://rso-travel.com/country/ge/#report-r-2fa5d884aa198bc1 r-2fa5d884aa198bc1 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler, who did not have a passport identifier, was held and questioned for about an extra half hour on arrival in Georgia while other arrivals were waved through, and was eventually admitted. https://rso-travel.com/country/gt/#report-r-f249064f4045267e r-f249064f4045267e Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A poster describes a registrant friend who flew from Southern California to Guatemala on two occasions with a marked passport and the required 21-day advance notice. Both times they entered Guatemala without questions or problems (they were pulled into secondary only on return to the US). https://rso-travel.com/country/mx/#report-r-51426b33f1f68f75 r-51426b33f1f68f75 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A dual national flew to Mexico three separate times with no entry problems, checking in and boarding with the Mexican passport while using the US passport for US security screening. The only complication was on return, when the airline app would not allow check-in with the US passport and the counter staff had to issue the boarding pass manually. https://rso-travel.com/country/de/#report-r-476ec5146f4e3368 r-476ec5146f4e3368 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT On the return leg, federal police boarded the jet bridge at Frankfurt doing passport checks and pulled the traveler aside, then stopped checking others, suggesting they were looking for this person. Officers asked about the trip, read the passport identifier, questioned the travel companion and asked for phone photos as proof of the itinerary; after about 10 minutes they were released to the terminal, and at departure control an officer read the screen at length before finally stamping the passport. https://rso-travel.com/country/es/#report-r-d350ba970ab1ddfb r-d350ba970ab1ddfb Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT After entering the Schengen area in Portugal, the traveler continued to Spain with no incident. https://rso-travel.com/country/it/#report-r-a74431cf6c9149bf r-a74431cf6c9149bf Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler entered Italy without incident and departed from Rome. Local police in one Italian city briefly questioned the lack of entry/exit stamps in the passport but let the traveler go after being told the EU had stopped stamping. https://rso-travel.com/country/mx/#report-r-7a51dd07dce60750 r-7a51dd07dce60750 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT After release from registration, the traveler drove into Mexico for a short trip and said the border crossing was quick, with no secondary inspection. https://rso-travel.com/country/nl/#report-r-1d7f3cddf5a44abd r-1d7f3cddf5a44abd Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler continued from other Schengen countries to the Netherlands with no incident. https://rso-travel.com/country/pt/#report-r-e599fb0c9c2d450c r-e599fb0c9c2d450c Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A registrant with a marked passport flew from Boston to Lisbon and landed with no incident; the notification officer had only asked for departure/arrival cities and one hotel. The traveler recommends Lisbon as an arrival point. https://rso-travel.com/country/th/#report-r-b89fe95098693628 r-b89fe95098693628 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler was refused entry to Thailand because of a US advance-notification (Angel Watch) notice and was made to sign a document, said to be a promise never to attempt re-entry, written only in Thai. https://rso-travel.com/country/th/#report-r-56d4f98dc9bae127 r-56d4f98dc9bae127 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler, based in Southeast Asia, says they have entered Thailand numerous times with a marked passport for medical appointments and returned each time without issue. https://rso-travel.com/country/ca/#report-r-91806b0270f08d40 r-91806b0270f08d40 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The poster described an acquaintance on the registry who took a cruise line shuttle bus from the Seattle airport up to Vancouver and reportedly had no trouble entering Canada by land. https://rso-travel.com/country/mx/#report-r-53f318eea501d9c5 r-53f318eea501d9c5 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler, who no longer has to register, walked across the border at the pedestrian crossing leading into the Tijuana airport. Officers took a photo, a green light appeared, and the traveler was waved through to the exit with no issues. https://rso-travel.com/country/at/#report-r-70ca7549e5dad6fe r-70ca7549e5dad6fe Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A fellow registrant reported that on arrival in Vienna the border officer glanced at the passports for about five seconds and simply welcomed the party to the city. https://rso-travel.com/country/ch/#report-r-18e7f472806f94a4 r-18e7f472806f94a4 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT After entering Europe via Paris, the traveler continued on to Switzerland and spent time sightseeing there without reporting any border problems. https://rso-travel.com/country/ch/#report-r-c4656a104ce6e276 r-c4656a104ce6e276 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler entered by train from France with no immigration checkpoint; a train attendant briefly glanced at the passport while checking tickets. The traveler spent several days in the country without incident. https://rso-travel.com/country/de/#report-r-57f4dac010b497bc r-57f4dac010b497bc Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A traveler with a marked passport flew from Los Angeles to Frankfurt en route to Italy and was sent to a booth for extra questions about destination, length of stay and whether traveling alone. After pointing out a travel companion, the officer stamped the passport and let the traveler proceed. https://rso-travel.com/country/de/#report-r-7717556890972248 r-7717556890972248 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler arrived in Frankfurt on a flight from Southeast Asia and reported no problems at entry. https://rso-travel.com/country/es/#report-r-e633b26c8a1e0188 r-e633b26c8a1e0188 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler flew from Zurich to Malaga on an intra-Schengen flight with no passport control and spent a week in the country without any problems. https://rso-travel.com/country/fr/#report-r-c179ae8fa4639893 r-c179ae8fa4639893 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler landed in Paris, swiped the passport at an automated kiosk, got a green light, had a photo taken in an enclosed gate, and walked straight out to baggage claim with no officer interview. The traveler did not clearly recall any fingerprinting despite the new biometric entry system. https://rso-travel.com/country/ie/#report-r-4dd7ca533e00df09 r-4dd7ca533e00df09 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT As part of the same trip that included France and the UK, the traveler visited Ireland and reported no issues at entry. https://rso-travel.com/country/it/#report-r-e1113f53fe7fa32d r-e1113f53fe7fa32d Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Arriving in Milan on an intra-Schengen flight, the traveler with a marked passport had no problems, and travel onward within Italy was uneventful. Departure from Italy was also easy. https://rso-travel.com/country/pt/#report-r-225a5768ee8dcfc1 r-225a5768ee8dcfc1 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler flew from Spain to Lisbon and onward to Madeira with no problems at all. https://rso-travel.com/country/hr/#report-r-0cb5b8cada82ba91 r-0cb5b8cada82ba91 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler reported living and working in the country for a year while on the registry, and also traveling to several neighboring countries in the region without describing any entry problems. https://rso-travel.com/country/th/#report-r-3f941f073313201d r-3f941f073313201d Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A long-term resident of a neighboring Southeast Asian country reported entering and leaving repeatedly over the past two years without any problems. https://rso-travel.com/country/fr/#report-r-f4401edfe6320c8d r-f4401edfe6320c8d Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT During an eight-month multi-country trip, the traveler, removed from the registry in 2024 with an unmarked passport, entered with no stops or secondary inspection. https://rso-travel.com/country/hk/#report-r-a9e4531a4a5bad21 r-a9e4531a4a5bad21 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT During an eight-month multi-country trip, the traveler entered with no stops or secondary inspection. https://rso-travel.com/country/hr/#report-r-cca1ee1d57a64565 r-cca1ee1d57a64565 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The traveler reported visiting twice with no entry problems, despite believing US notifications had been sent about the travel. https://rso-travel.com/country/kh/#report-r-e1cf08f3a4803229 r-e1cf08f3a4803229 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT During an eight-month multi-country trip, the traveler entered with no stops or secondary inspection. https://rso-travel.com/country/kr/#report-r-03f99f24474cc629 r-03f99f24474cc629 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT During an eight-month multi-country trip, the traveler entered with no stops or secondary inspection.