Border Control
#32
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Re: Border Control
From this link it says if one has Spanish residency but are UK citizens they need residency certificate or TIE and passport to enter. Only thing as a resident they don't need is a long stay visa.
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#33
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Re: Border Control
I can't understand why there would or should be any difference when producing either a permanent or temporary residence TIE to enter Spain? Other than if a person with a temporary one has been out of Spain longer than 6 months. That is my understanding of the difference between the two types of TIE card one allows the resident to leave Spain for 6 months the other for 5 years, both cards otherwise allow the 3rd country national to reside full time in Spain.
#34
Re: Border Control
Fact that you have TIE is irrelevant in this case, unless you are traveling on your own.
Only EU national ID cards can be used in ID cards slots.
#35
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If child is underage, you as carer/parent are allowed to accompany him/her in EU lane.
#36
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Yes, when non-EU national is accompanied by EU national partner, both will be allowed in EU queue, but not in electronic gates.
Fact that you have TIE is irrelevant in this case, unless you are traveling on your own.
Only EU national ID cards can be used in ID cards slots.
Fact that you have TIE is irrelevant in this case, unless you are traveling on your own.
Only EU national ID cards can be used in ID cards slots.
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Re: Border Control
I thought the fingerprints were somehow held on the TIE card, are they not checked against the new card when attending to collect the new card?
#38
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As DLC posted, the card has a chip symbol on it, so it is reasonable to assume that it is embedded somewhere in the card with all your other details, otherwise it would not be machine readable which somewhat would defeat the object of an electronic ID. Spanish DNI cards are chipped as are all the latest passports.
#39
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Re: Border Control
According to the paperwork available for the DNI.
The TIE shares some of the same parts. Both are biometric using a small embedded chip that has all of your data, including fingerprints, DOB, etc.
The DNI card also has a RFI wireless chip that will set off certain scanners (works like the chip in your dog)
My permit to drive Cherry Pickers and vertical lift machines has the same chip and identifies my to the machine allowing me to drive it without a key (the little one in Carrefour Benidorm beeps at me as I walk past it)
It needs one of us to see if the card is accepted at the auto machines at the airports (wouldn't bother with the ones in the Uk)
#40
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Yes definitely biometric symbol in green top left of my wifes card. So I think it's safe to say the card has a chip embedded somewhere.
#41
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I was in an early cohort to get my TIE in Huelva before Christmas only only once had fingerprints taken and for collection just showed my passport.
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Couldn’t see any thing that looked like a chip on mine, there is a clear window which from some angles looks like a chip and about the right size.
I was in an early cohort to get my TIE in Huelva before Christmas only only once had fingerprints taken and for collection just showed my passport.
I was in an early cohort to get my TIE in Huelva before Christmas only only once had fingerprints taken and for collection just showed my passport.
The bio chip can be as small as 2mm x 2mm and less than 0.1mm thick.
Its not holding much data.
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Re: Border Control
Couldn’t see any thing that looked like a chip on mine, there is a clear window which from some angles looks like a chip and about the right size.
I was in an early cohort to get my TIE in Huelva before Christmas only only once had fingerprints taken and for collection just showed my passport.
I was in an early cohort to get my TIE in Huelva before Christmas only only once had fingerprints taken and for collection just showed my passport.
#45
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It does not have the usual gold chip on the card. It does, however contain a non contact RFID chip which makes it machine readable.
The green symbol is the ICAO symbol for non-contact microchip machine readable travel documents (e-MRTD symbol),
The green symbol is the ICAO symbol for non-contact microchip machine readable travel documents (e-MRTD symbol),
Last edited by Fred James; Mar 20th 2021 at 10:40 am.