I am a felon. I did HARD time in the Illinois penal system for being a middle man in a drug deal! I was told I had to pay my debt to society, this debt cost me 7 years of my life! I'm thinking i'm all paid up. But this my friends is the debt that is never paid!

I am older and wiser now but still paying! I would like to travel to Australia, Europe and a few other places before I die. Does anyone know of a list of countries that will allow a visit, I'm not asking them to let me live there or work there i just want to travel and see the sites like any other normal human being.

Any help would be appreciated,

TG

Lowtax4eva

I dont think your problem will be the country refusing you entry, you may be denied a passport if you apply for one and you cant travel to europe without a passport.

ibrake4antelope

Being a felon doesnt ALWAYS preclude you from obtaining a travel visa. You can look on the governments website for this information specifically. But .. i did some research for a friend who has a felony on his record (for theft, about 12 years ago) and he applied and was granted a travel visa. He recently travelled under the new laws requiring a passport to go to Mexico. So .. check it out. What i found was that VIOLENT felons are usually NOT granted the visa but many others still are. Hope you are able to get yours !!

Clough

Being a convicted felon in the United States does not prevent you from getting a passport. But, that is up to the agency issuing the passport.

Try Passport Home

Whether you can enter another country or not is up to that country. For instance, if you have been convicted of a felony, you are not permitted to enter Canada until five years after the conviction.

Don't know the answers on other countries.

misslang1950

I've tried everyone from embassies to consulates to home offices and this is the best I could find to travel to the UK for convicted felons:

I have been trying to find out if my past felony conviction would pose a problem for my traveling to England with my wife this fall. This morning I received the following response from Public Enquiries [K], UKvisas, London SW1A 2AH (Home UKvisas)

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Paragraph 320(18) of the Immigration Rules requires that admission to the UK should normally be refused if the traveller has been convicted of an offence in any country which, if committed in the UK, would be punishable by imprisonment of 12 months or more.
The Home Office may exercise discretion if there are compassionate or exceptional circumstances involved. Some offences may also be considered to be 'spent', after a period of time, under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (see Chapter 26 Annex 3 UKvisas for details). A visa application will not be refused under this paragraph of the Immigration Rules if the applicant's conviction is so considered 'spent'.
To pursue this matter further, the person concerned should contact their nearest UK visa-issuing office (address at www.ukvisas.gov.uk/missions).
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I went to the website for the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and found the following explanation:
SENTENCE: An order of conditional discharge, bound over to keep the peace, be of good behaviour or a probation order
REHABILITATION PERIOD: One year or when the order ceased to have effect, whichever is the longer.

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The long website listed above has a chart for a range of circumstances.

I'm also trying to get information on travel to Italy, with even worse luck; I was told to contact the Italian Border Police, but my inability to speak/read Italian has been an obstacle there.

Anyone know anything definitive about either Britain or Italy?

eallison

First he did not ask you about canada and if you do not know the real answer why reply? YOu need me to buy you a can of common sense?

Clough

Hello, eallison!

Number 1. Since you have just been critical and disparaging of me in your post, would you mind explaining howyour post was a real answer to the original poster, travelgirl's question which is now over a year old, in case you didn't notice?

Number 2. The original poster, travelgirl, did not name all of the other places where she would like to travel but rather alluded to the desire to other places than those named, and was looking for examples of laws as to the regulation of a felon entering a foreign country. I gave an example of the law concerning one country which quite possibly might be a country that she would like to enter someday.

Number 3. I would think that it would probably be safe to assume that travelgirl is a female and not a male, since you have already referred to her as a "he."

Number 4. I would strongly suggest that if you would like to continue on this site, that you do not disparage other members as you have done to me in your post. If in doubt about that, then please see the information on the following link concerning the rules of this site.

http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/faq.php...#faq_faq_rules

Thank you!