Saturday, August 6, 2011

Travelling with a Criminal Record from Drink Driving.

When you have a criminal record, you generally have to declare it on arrival cards into the country.  You may need to get a visa beforehand or some kind of document that permits you to travel to that country.   The US in particular I believe have issues with any type of criminal record.

The purpose of this post is to document places I have been and where, if at all, there has been an issue:

Hungary - Before I travelled to Hungary, I sent emails approx 2 months prior to my travel date to the Australian Embassy in Hungary and the Hungarian Embassy in Australia to ask first whether I would be likely to experience any problems.  Neither bothered to reply to my email!   I also rang the embassy in Hungary and was told someone would call me back and of course, noone did.   When I eventually travelled to Hungary, there were no forms to complete on the aeroplane or upon arrival, and I went straight through the 'nothing to declare' aisle without any problems.

Germany:  I only passed through here on the way to Hungary.  There were no arrival entry cards to complete and when I arrived the 'something to declare' queue was closed off and everyone was going straight through the 'nothing to declare' section.  Not sure if that was because I arrived at 6am in the morning and they just didn't have enough staff at that time, but there were no problems.

Thailand:  I travelled here in 2012 and had no issues here. No questions asked about criminal record.

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