Can I Get A Passport If I Am A Registered Sex Offender

Can registered sexual activity offenders be issued a passport? The answer the Verify team found out may surprise you.

WASHINGTON — QUESTION:

Can registered sex offenders be issued a passport?

Answer:

Yes, but the passports must exist labeled with their status as a registered sex activity offender.

SOURCES:

U.S. Department of State
U.S. Congressman Chris Smith's website
U.South. Marshals Service

PROCESS:

After a viewer heard convicted sex offender Jeff Epstein was coming dorsum to the United States from Paris when authorities arrested him on sexual practice trafficking charges in New Jersey, he said he idea registered sex offenders are not allowed passports.

So, we're verifying: Can a registered sex offender take a passport?

This question ties into the 1994 murder of immature Megan Kanka and the creation of Megan's Police force.

It requires federal and land police force enforcement to make registered sexual activity offender data available to the public.

According to the State Department since October 2017, International Megan's Law requires the agency to put a unique identifier on passports of bedevilled and registered sex offenders involving minors.

That identifier label is printed inside the passport book embrace and explicitly says: "The bearer was bedevilled of a sex crime against a minor and is a covered sex offender according to U.S. Code 22."