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List Of Participating Countries/Governments

The United States has bilateral treaties with Bolivia, Canada, France, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Thailand, and Turkey, and is a party to two multilateral conventions, the Council of Europe (COE) Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, and the Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad.   (Applications for prisoners seeking transfer to/from Canada, France, Panama, and Turkey are normally processed under the COE Convention.)  The United States also has prisoner transfer agreements with the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

BILATERAL TREATIES AND TRANSFER AGREEMENTS

Bolivia *MicronesiaRepublic of PalauThailand
Canada *Marshall IslandsPanama *Turkey *
France *MexicoPeru 

* Bolivia, Canada, France, Mexico, Panama, and Turkey are also signatories to the Council of Europe Convention. Canada, Mexico and Panama are also signatories to the Inter-American Convention.

COUNTRIES COVERED BY PRISONER TRANSFER TREATIES

AlbaniaGreecePalau
AndorraGuatemalaNorway
ArgentinaHoly SeePanama
ArmeniaHondurasParaguay
AustraliaHungaryPeru
AustriaIcelandPoland
AzerbaijanIndiaPortugal
BahamasIrelandQatar
BelgiumIsraelRomania
BelizeItalyRussia
BoliviaJapanSan Marino
Bosnia and HerzegovinaKazakhstanSaudi Arabia
BrazilKorea, Republic ofSerbia
BulgariaKyrgyzstanSlovakia
CanadaLatviaSlovenia
ChileLiechtensteinSpain
Costa RicaLithuaniaSuriname
Croatia LuxembourgSweden
CyprusMacedonia, Republic ofSwitzerland
Czech RepublicMaltaThailand
DenmarkMarshall IslandsTonga
EcuadorMauritiusTrinidad/Tobaga
El SalvadorMexicoTurkey
EstoniaMicronesiaUkraine
FinlandMoldovaUnited Kingdom**
FranceMongoliaUruguay
GeorgiaMontenegroVenezuela
GermanyNetherlands*  
GhanaNicaragua  

* Netherland Territories: Aruba, Sint Maarten, Curaçao, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

** United Kingdom Territories: Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Sovereign Base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus, St. Helena and St. Helena Dependencies, British Indian Ocean Territory, Ducie and Oeno Islands, Henderson Island, Pitcairn, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Isle of Man


 

Updated September 8, 2025