Questions tagged [travel]
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What power do I have as a driver if my interstate route is blocked by a protest?
I recently read about protests blocking an interstate. I feel like ethically no one no (non-police) citizen has the right to obstruct my travel (on a public interstate for the sake of protest), therefore I'm interested to know if I personally have…
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Under which legislation was the NYC travel ban during the Jan 2016 blizzard permitted?
On 23rd January 2016, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a travel ban on New York City roads as a safety measure ahead of heavy snow. James O'Neill, NYPD Chief of Department, stated that people violating this ban would be arrested.
What law(s) allow this…
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Are countries not allowed to require proof of revaccination (booster) against the yellow fever as a condition of entry?
I read on cdc.gov:
Countries cannot require proof of revaccination (booster) against [the yellow fever] as a condition of entry, even if the traveler’s last vaccination was >10 years ago.
Is that true? I.e., is that true that countries are not…
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Can the Thai government legally ban Thai citizens from entering Thailand?
I read on https://bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1891790/govt-temporarily-blocks-all-travel that the Thai government will temporarily block all inbound travel. Can the Thai government legally ban Thais from entering Thailand?
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Country roads, take me to Jail? Are private roads in Virginia Commonwealth generally closed to public travel?
Some background for context:
I was out on a bike ride in Loudoun County, Virginia last weekend, following a GPS route I got from a local bike shop. While traveling down a gravel road, a local motorist rolled up on me to tell me (somewhat menacingly)…
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Can teens travel alone in the EU?
I am a Slovak EU citizen. A bunch of my friends and I are planning to go on a trip to the UK for 2 months when we are 15. Our parents are fine with it, but are concerned about whether or not this is legal.
How does EU-wide travelling work for…
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What's the legal consequence for a French citizen of going to a banned area?
I read in this answer by Giacomo Catenazzi regarding French citizens traveling abroad:
[From] this FAQ: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/conseils-aux-voyageurs/foire-aux-questions/#sommaire_6
Rouge : la zone est formellement déconseillée. Les…
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If I am out of the country for a long time, am I liable for missed Jury Duty?
Say that I spend a few years traveling the world, visiting Europe, Asia, Africa, etc.. Then I come back to my home in the California to find missed several Jury Duty summons in the mail.
Am I liable for missing all that Jury Duty and not responding…
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Prosecuting a citizen for hiring a sex worker abroad where it is legal
Consider that a citizen of Nation A physically travels to another nation, B, where they hire a prostitute in a transaction that is entirely legal in B, but would be illegal in Nation A only due to the monetary part of the transaction, i.e. the…
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Is it legal to record TSA agents?
Flying through security checkpoints in the US, I have seen and experienced passengers getting chewed out for choosing opt-out pat-down screening, with agents being extremely annoyed about the extra time required and ranting about how terrible the…
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Does Trump's Sept. 2017 travel ban violate the 1965 immigration act?
Most media coverage of the legality of the Trump travel bans has centered on whether they violate the constitutional separation of church and state.
However, David Bier of the Cato Institute has argued the relevance of the following USC clause…
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Is it legal for Maltese border officer to ask where an EU citizen is coming from?
Long story short: the officer first checked my passport, then asked me where I was coming from. I replied that he had no right to ask such question and that me not answering wouldn't be a valid reason to deny my entry. He then asked to check my…
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Reasons for UK citizen to not get an Irish passport?
The United Kingdom has opted to leave the European Union, this may make travelling and visiting my holiday home abroad more difficult, or even stop me from working abroad in the future.
My mother is about about to get an Irish passport, as her…
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Taxed in Spain due to COVID overstay?
Someone on Facebook claimed that tourists who were unable to leave Spain due to COVID were declared tax residents if their stay was over 183 days. I haven't been able to find such a case in a web search, but that's not a refutation, since the search…
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Executive Powers In The United States
Recently, Trump placed a travel ‘ban’ on non-citizens of the US and people from some other countries without direct relations with citizens of the US from travelling to the US during the pandemic.
All executive powers are explicitly stated in…
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