'All passengers that don’t have US visa, please proceed to disembark,' said the announcement — a contradiction of US policy.
, Bahamian citizens traveling from the Bahamas do not usually require a US visa as long as they have a clean police record and are only planning to visit for a short time.
Baleària Caribbean runs ferries between Grand Bahama and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, usually departing four or five times weekly for the two and a half hour journey. This was the first departure of the ferry since the hurricane.But a passenger onboard said the ferry staff told him they'd were contacted by US Customs and Border Protection with the demand that passengers must have a visa.
"They just got a call from CBP and CBP told them that everyone that doesn’t have a US visa and is traveling on police record has to come off,"Oliver was holding his baby girl in his arms as he explained that he needed to get off the ship because he was traveling with his Bahamian passport and a police record.
“At the last minute like this it’s kind of disappointing," he told WSVN."It’s hurtful, because I’m watching my daughters cry."Hundreds like Renard Oliver and his baby now have to get off the ferry from Freeport, Bahamas to Florida.
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