How does ADAM Wash ACT affect for a sex offender...

[ShadMot 1]

In general, I agree that sex offenders should be treated as harshly as possible, child molesters in particular. Yet not every guy or gal knows that if one is 18 or above (an adult) a 16-year-old is off limits.

This is false as the majority of US states set the age of consent at 16. So 16 year old wouldn't be off limits for most people. Also none of the countries in Europe I'm aware of have an age of consent above 16. Most are under 16 in fact with 14 being quite common. Age of consent is also set at 14 in Canada.

age of consent 16: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia

age of consent 17: Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Texas

age of consent 18: Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

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[Old Dominion 26]

In general, I agree that sex offenders should be treated as harshly as possible, child molesters in particular. Yet not every guy or gal knows that if one is 18 or above (an adult) a 16-year-old is off limits.

This is false as the majority of US states set the age of consent at 16. So 16 year old wouldn't be off limits for most people. Also none of the countries in Europe I'm aware of have an age of consent above 16. Most are under 16 in fact with 14 being quite common. Age of consent is also set at 14 in Canada.

age of consent 16: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia

age of consent 17: Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Texas

age of consent 18: Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

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Not every guy or gal in those twelve states knows of the higher level of consent, and there are unwitting people who have been convicted of statutory rape or other similar offenses, and those convictions are on the books forever.

[MsZ 6]

The age of consent in Canada is now 16.

[s.o. 0]

In general, I agree that sex offenders should be treated as harshly as possible, child molesters in particular. Yet not every guy or gal knows that if one is 18 or above (an adult) a 16-year-old is off limits.

that's odd, as i certainly remember learning about that when i was 17. and it was not via my parents either.

may i say that the issue here is the rights of an american citizen to use the system for its full benefit. case in point, myself, i am a convicted sex-offender, i have successfully paid my debt to society as the courts mandated and now i have choose to apply for a K1 Visa. when i completed the application the ONLY stipulation that mentioned anything about a sex offense was the IMBRA guidelines. may i ask , do any of you that filled out this same application remember anything about the Adam Walsh Act? it seems to me that the application should have had clear guidelines that quote the section of the AWA that deals with sex-offenders, etc. this would have saved many of us the ordeal we now face and may i add that the uscis will eventually have to deal with this also. so now we find ourselves in a waiting game... wait...wait.

i would like to talk with those of you who may be interested in starting a petition to ask the uscis to deal with these issues within a reasonable time frame. it has been 1.5 years since my receipt was sent to me, of course i am impatient!, how long will you wait? what do you think? what other action may be nessacary to get our petitions processed in a fair and reasonable amount of time?

[Old Dominion 26]

You have followed the requirements of petitioning. Any eligible American has the right to petition so long as the regulations are followed. Now it seems to be up to the USCIS to decide if you are eligible to petition, given your criminal record. Obviously they are in no hurry to make that decision, and I'm not sure that any politician would take on the job of hurrying them up. Whether rightly or wrongly, throughout the U.S. your type of crime marks you for life and your license plate might as well say "Sex Offender."

[b4byd09 0]

The age of consent in Canada is now 16.

OH LA LA CANADA, I am coming. kidding.