Now, when I am finished, my passport is closed and that's it. No stamp. At that point I ask for the stamp. They have always obliged me when I've asked. Bottom line, if you have an US passport and want a stamp at re-entry, just ask, it will be stamped. I was on RS Europe trip in France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Our guide mentioned that we could get a hand stamp in Switzerland if we wanted it. My passport has no stamps in it at all and a tour member asked how that happened.
It was my first time overseas so I have no idea why no one stamped my passport. I was told that if I needed to prove that I had been cleared to be in any of those countries, I needed the stamp.
I never had to prove. Please sign in to post. Conversely, the US is one of those few countries, like the UK, where there is no passport control on exit Andrea: you now have your answer for this trip. The advice comes in the light of media reports on several cases where Brits had problems due to their passports not being stamped. One of the cases is that of a 72 years old woman who, on September 26, was rejected from entering Spain after she did not have the exit stamp of her previous stay.
Up until December 31, , as EU nationals, Brits could travel throughout the whole block without having their passports stamped. Since January this year, when Brits became third-country citizens to the EU, stamping is mandatory. In addition, the FCDO, in a piece of previous advice, had urged Brits to have the following documents with them when travelling to any of the EU and Schengen Area countries:. You could also bring your travel ticket from October as proof of the date of that trip.
To avoid any confusion in future however, we would suggest trying to make sure that the passport is stamped on entry and exit of the Schengen borders. It is possible that the border guard in October forgot, or perhaps thought you were a British resident of France whose passports do not have to be stamped.
This should in theory remove problems with stamping — as long as border guards correctly identify non-EU visitors and make sure their details are recorded as required…Having said this, UK travel industry experts, and French airports , have raised worries about the potential for delays as information is collected see article below.
Once given valid for three years this Etias permission will be recorded in a database and checked at the border by a passport scan. Classifieds Currency exchange Newsletter. Facebook Twitter. Comment Opinion Your views. People Interviews Profiles. Video News Amazing France.
My Region. UK passport not stamped on exit from France: Will this cause problems? We continue to receive queries about passport stamping, which now applies to British visitors entering and exiting France from or to the UK.
Here we look at one issue that came up for a reader. Read more: British passports and year rule for validity for EU visits Since you will in this case be coming from the UK, not a Schengen area country, there will be no implication that you have overstayed in the area, so we would not anticipate that this will be an issue.
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