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  • Apr 20, 2015, 12:09 PM
    KaityS
    Where can a violent felon go in the world
    My Husband and I would like to travel but he has a violent felon on his record. He spent 2 years in prison for stealing beer. Can he get a passport and where can we even go?
  • Apr 20, 2015, 12:53 PM
    AK lawyer
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    He spent 2 years in prison for stealing beer.
    And that's considered a violent felony? I think there is more to his story than you have related. And stealing merely one case of beer would seldom be considered a felony; the violence must have been a significant part of the crime. How much beer did he take?

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    Can he get a passport and where can we even go?
    Assuming you are in the US, he can probably get a passport, but you would have to check the law of the destination country to determine if they will allow him to enter.
  • Apr 21, 2015, 03:58 AM
    Fr_Chuck
    He can get a passport, that is more an international ID, and the US will allow him to leave the country.

    Where he can go, is by a nation and nation choice, and will depend upon the actual crime done.

    If stealing the beer, included beating someone, or having a gun when he stole the beer? Merely stealing a beer is shoplifting.


    **** Check out this site, most of the EU nations except England, appear ok.
    What Countries that will not allow a convicted felon to enter
  • Apr 21, 2015, 06:43 AM
    AK lawyer
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck View Post
    ... Merely stealing a beer is shoplifting.
    ...

    Which, as I suggested, isn't a felony in any place of which I'm aware.

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