Cruise ship crew visiting U.S. ports will no longer need to carry a paper I-95 permit. Beginning July 1, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has officially transitioned to an electronic Crewman's Landing Permit (e-I-95), replacing the paper document that has long been required for eligible seafarers going ashore.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection continues its enforcement operations involving cruise ship crew members after twenty-seven cruise ship workers were deported last month as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged child sexual exploitation material offenses.
According to information provided to Crew Center another crew member was removed yesterday from the cruise ship Pearl Mist by CBP in the Port of Detroit.
A group of crew members from the cruise ship Disney Magic were taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Port of San Diego last month, according to statements made during a press conference on Tuesday by Unión del Barrio and Tanggol Migrante Movement.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Port Everglades deported four cruise ship crew members following routine screening. According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Miami and Tampa Field Office, after screening their phones, the crew members allegedly admitted to possessing child sexual abuse material.
A cruise ship crewmember was allegedly detained and later deported from the United States following a shoplifting incident during shore leave at Port Canaveral, according to information shared by Miami and Tampa Field Office page.
According to report on March 24, Brevard County Sheriff's Office deputies contacted CBP regarding a crewmember who was allegedly involved in a shoplifting case while ashore. The incident was reported when local deputies responded to a shoplifting situation involving a cruise ship crew member.
Authorities at Port Canaveral have continued a series of deportations involving cruise ship crew members, this time following a targeted Child Sexually Exploitative Material (CSEM) enforcement operation.
A Filipino crew member who was scheduled to join a cruise ship has reportedly been denied entry to the United States after landing in Los Angeles on October 27. According to his family, the young seafarer was escorted by U.S. immigration officers shortly after disembarking his flight, questioned, and subjected to a full inspection of his luggage and personal phone. Within hours, he was informed that he would be deported to the Philippines, with authorities citing “moral turpitude” on the paperwork.
Four Filipino crew members working aboard Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas were deported by U.S. authorities on Friday, September 26, 2025, shortly after the ship docked in Fort Lauderdale.
According to an anonymous crew member onboard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requested that the four male crew members meet officials upon the ship’s arrival. All four were subsequently deported later the same day.
The Port of Baltimore became the site of a protest on September 14, 2025, as dozens of people gathered to speak out against the deportation of the Filipino seafarers. The crew members, who had been working aboard a Carnival Cruise Line were abruptly removed from the vessel a week earlier, sparking outrage within the Filipino community and among labor rights advocates.
One Indonesian and three Filipino crew members of the cruise ship Carnival Pride were detained and deported after the ship arrived at the Port of Baltimore, Maryland on September 7, 2025, Marino PH reported. The Philippines’ largest maritime community shared a first-hand testimony from one of the deported crew members, who worked as a galley steward.
