Irish students are being warned that they could receive jail time if they tamper or modify their passports while abroad.
The warning comes after a number of Irish J1 students were arrested in the US this summer for attempting to change the date of birth on their passports.
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The legal age of entry into nightclubs and pubs there is 21 – but many Irish students are younger than that when they travel to the States.
Tampering with a passport is a federal offence in the US and can result in being fined, imprisoned or refused future access to the country.
President of the USI is Gary Redmond:
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