Sailor Traveling to Panama

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Permalink Reply by John Linse on August 18, 2013 at 9:08am

Thanks for getting back to me. I just talked to heim.  He has a passport but was concerned that because of his security clearance that he would have problems leaving the country. He is in the computer field IT tech I guess is the closest I can understand. He is stationed on a ship in for retrofit for the next few years. What little he has told me it doesn't sound very sensitive. He thinks that he would have to get clearance way up the ladder. I can't help but think he is getting the wrong information about this.  Any Ideas or thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by John Linse on August 19, 2013 at 2:30pm

Thank you very much for the information and advice. Its good news.

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Permalink Reply by Fird White on August 20, 2013 at 6:38pm

 Hello,

 

Thanks for the info my son is plainning to visit the Phiippines in the near feature.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Karneth on August 29, 2013 at 9:42am

Jim is correct. For travel on Leave your sailor is just like any other citizen and will need a passport and any appropriate travel visas. (The DoS page on Panama says that one is not needed for says of less than 180 days)

As to any possible security concerns, your sailor can always make an appointment with the local legal department to ensure that there are NO issues. Typically, if there are no Department of State travel warnings for a country/region there should be no issues with traveling to them on leave.

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