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- United Kingdom· Admitted, no issuesSep 2026A 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…
- Thailand· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026The traveler stated they have entered and left Thailand several times without any problems.
- Cambodia· Admitted with conditionsAug 2026The 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.
- France· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026The traveler has entered the EU through Paris CDG on many trips to Europe without reported entry problems; difficulties came only on the US return.
- Indonesia· Refused entryAug 2026While 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.
- Japan· Admitted after questioningAug 2026The 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…
- Mexico· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026While 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.
- Brazil· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026After coming off all registries, the traveler flew into Rio de Janeiro with no entry issues.
- Hong Kong· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026After coming off all registries, the traveler flew into Hong Kong with no entry issues.
- Israel· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026After being removed from all registries, the traveler flew into Tel Aviv without entry problems.
- India· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026After coming off all registries, the traveler flew into New Delhi with no entry issues.
- South Africa· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026After coming off all registries, the traveler flew into Johannesburg with no entry issues.
- South Korea· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026The traveler visited a South Korean port on a cruise ship two years earlier and went ashore with no issues.
- United Kingdom· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026A 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.
- Türkiye· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026The 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…
- Estonia· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026A former registrant no longer required to register reported a trip to Estonia with no issues at passport control.
- Finland· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026A former registrant reported visiting Finland on the same trip with no problems at passport control.
- France· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026The traveler reported that French passport control was the easiest they had experienced, with automated EES processing and no different treatment than any other traveler.
- Latvia· Admitted, no issuesAug 2026A former registrant reported visiting Latvia on the same trip with no issues at entry.
- Georgia· Admitted after questioningJul 2026The 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.
- Guatemala· Admitted, no issuesJul 2026A 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…
- Mexico· Admitted, no issuesJul 2026A 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…
- Germany· Admitted after questioningJul 2026On 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,…
- Spain· Admitted, no issuesJul 2026After entering the Schengen area in Portugal, the traveler continued to Spain with no incident.
- Italy· Admitted, no issuesJul 2026The 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.
- Mexico· Admitted, no issuesJul 2026After release from registration, the traveler drove into Mexico for a short trip and said the border crossing was quick, with no secondary inspection.
- Netherlands· Admitted, no issuesJul 2026The traveler continued from other Schengen countries to the Netherlands with no incident.
- Portugal· Admitted, no issuesJul 2026A 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.
- Thailand· Refused entryJun 2026The 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.
- Thailand· Admitted, no issuesJun 2026The 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.
- Canada· Admitted, no issuesJun 2026The 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.
- Mexico· Admitted, no issuesJun 2026The 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.
- Austria· Admitted, no issuesJun 2026A 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.
- Switzerland· Admitted, no issuesJun 2026After entering Europe via Paris, the traveler continued on to Switzerland and spent time sightseeing there without reporting any border problems.
- Switzerland· Admitted, no issuesJun 2026The 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.
- Germany· Admitted after questioningJun 2026A 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…
- Germany· Admitted, no issuesJun 2026The traveler arrived in Frankfurt on a flight from Southeast Asia and reported no problems at entry.
- Spain· Admitted, no issuesJun 2026The 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.
- France· Admitted, no issuesJun 2026The 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…
- Ireland· Admitted, no issuesJun 2026As part of the same trip that included France and the UK, the traveler visited Ireland and reported no issues at entry.
- Italy· Admitted, no issuesJun 2026Arriving 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.
- Portugal· Admitted, no issuesJun 2026The traveler flew from Spain to Lisbon and onward to Madeira with no problems at all.
- Croatia· Admitted, no issuesMay 2026The 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.
- Thailand· Admitted, no issuesMay 2026A long-term resident of a neighboring Southeast Asian country reported entering and leaving repeatedly over the past two years without any problems.
- France· Admitted, no issuesMay 2026During 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.
- Hong Kong· Admitted, no issuesMay 2026During an eight-month multi-country trip, the traveler entered with no stops or secondary inspection.
- Croatia· Admitted, no issuesMay 2026The traveler reported visiting twice with no entry problems, despite believing US notifications had been sent about the travel.
- Cambodia· Admitted, no issuesMay 2026During an eight-month multi-country trip, the traveler entered with no stops or secondary inspection.
- South Korea· Admitted, no issuesMay 2026During an eight-month multi-country trip, the traveler entered with no stops or secondary inspection.