Passport stamps
I read the story about the woman in Gibraltar being refused entry to Spain because of no exit stamp therefore border staff assumed she had overstayed. Also head stories of passengers returning back to the UK through Alicante airport and NOT receiving an exit stamp. What is going on. Also does anyone know what is happening to British nationals that have gone over the 90 days. I know what the rules written down are but so far I can’t find examples of fines or entry bans to British nationals. Where I live is absolutely full undocumented British. Surly by now people should be falling foul of This rule. And if the stamps are so important for entry/exit then why are some airports not doing them.
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Re: Passport stamps
Originally Posted by Stingychips
(Post 13065734)
I read the story about the woman in Gibraltar being refused entry to Spain because of no exit stamp therefore border staff assumed she had overstayed. Also head stories of passengers returning back to the UK through Alicante airport and NOT receiving an exit stamp. What is going on. Also does anyone know what is happening to British nationals that have gone over the 90 days. I know what the rules written down are but so far I can’t find examples of fines or entry bans to British nationals. Where I live is absolutely full undocumented British. Surly by now people should be falling foul of This rule. And if the stamps are so important for entry/exit then why are some airports not doing them.
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Re: Passport stamps
Originally Posted by Stingychips
(Post 13065734)
I read the story about the woman in Gibraltar being refused entry to Spain because of no exit stamp therefore border staff assumed she had overstayed. Also head stories of passengers returning back to the UK through Alicante airport and NOT receiving an exit stamp. What is going on. Also does anyone know what is happening to British nationals that have gone over the 90 days. I know what the rules written down are but so far I can’t find examples of fines or entry bans to British nationals. Where I live is absolutely full undocumented British. Surly by now people should be falling foul of This rule. And if the stamps are so important for entry/exit then why are some airports not doing them.
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Re: Passport stamps
Originally Posted by CamemBert
(Post 13065822)
The Britiah in Portugal page on Facebook published some stories of people being fined a couple of days ago, one of them on the way to GB from Santander with a car. It’s happening.
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Re: Passport stamps
Originally Posted by Stingychips
(Post 13065734)
Also does anyone know what is happening to British nationals that have gone over the 90 days. I know what the rules written down are but so far I can’t find examples of fines or entry bans to British nationals. Where I live is absolutely full undocumented British. Surly by now people should be falling foul of This rule.
How do you know your area is "absolutely full" of undocumented British? |
Re: Passport stamps
Originally Posted by Stingychips
(Post 13065823)
Do you know which thread that was and I’ll have a look.
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Re: Passport stamps
Originally Posted by Stingychips
(Post 13065823)
Do you know which thread that was and I’ll have a look.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/Lovely...0063099073887/ |
Re: Passport stamps
Originally Posted by Red Eric
(Post 13065831)
As has been said on a number of other occasions when you've mentioned this, it is highly unlikely that anyone will be pulled up for overstaying until they cross a Schengen border. If they're living in Spain and don't ever holiday outside the Schengen area, or want to return to the UK for anything, they could remain undetected for yonks, unless they did something silly or got caught out on some other administrative omission which occasioned a look into their immigration status.
How do you know your area is "absolutely full" of undocumented British? |
Re: Passport stamps
That's OK until they get stopped by the police at a random check and show their UK licence. With no entry stamp on their passport they are clearly illegal.
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Re: Passport stamps
Originally Posted by Fred James
(Post 13065860)
That's OK until they get stopped by the police at a random check and show their UK licence. With no entry stamp on their passport they are clearly illegal.
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Re: Passport stamps
Maybe you could push the boat out and post a link this time.
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Re: Passport stamps
Originally Posted by Stingychips
(Post 13065862)
...There are third country nationals that reside in Spain and have done for years and years no bother as long as you don’t go through the ports. Plenty of Americans and Russians in Spain. Not for me that Though I couldn’t fully commit to staying in any country forever.
However, the difference between them and UK nationals who have been living in Spain for years is that the latter have not necessarily committed any offence which could lead to their automatic expulsion - certainly not on the residency documentation issue alone - whereas the former have. |
Re: Passport stamps
An interesting development on the dreaded Brexit passport stamping saga for the British.
We arrived back in Malaga this evening from our third unavoidable trip back to the UK in quick succession. On the way out, my (British) partner was about to have their passport stamped so we intervened and the border official made a phone call to their boss who said the passport should not be stamped because my partner is resident in Portugal. So we dodged that bullet but on the way through immigration at Malaga this evening, the border official ignored us and stamped the passport. When we objected, he asked if we were family so we produced our civil partnership certificate and he crossed out the stamp. This was solely on the grounds that I am an Irish national and we have a civil partnership - he took a photo of the certificate. Meanwhile, the queue behind us was really building up. I sense the Spanish officials have very little sympathy because the British brought these problems upon themselves but one thing is for sure, if you overstay, you will be caught and punished. |
Re: Passport stamps
Legal EU residency trumps any passport stamp hence the strong government advice to exchange green residencias for TIE's which are instantly recognisable by border control officials and airport check-in staff across the entire community.
Arguments against exchanging are both specious and facile and IMO it's about time the Spanish placed a 'drop dead' date on residencias effectively making an exchange mandatory. Personally I have little sympathy for those who find themselves in difficulty because of their refusal to do so. |
Re: Passport stamps
Originally Posted by Notdunroamin
(Post 13066170)
Legal EU residency trumps any passport stamp hence the strong government advice to exchange green residencias for TIE's which are instantly recognisable by border control officials and airport check-in staff across the entire community.
Arguments against exchanging are both specious and facile and IMO it's about time the Spanish placed a 'drop dead' date on residencias effectively making an exchange mandatory. Personally I have little sympathy for those who find themselves in difficulty because of their refusal to do so. |
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