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I think the Eurostar is the only port of exit in the U.K. where I _have_ had my passport checked - at least at my airport, exit passport checks are only random
by jackweirdy 9y ago
I think the Eurostar is the only port of exit in the U.K. where I _have_ had my passport checked - at least at my airport, exit passport checks are only random
- jstanley 9y agoI've had mine checked every time I've been on a ferry, and every time I'm taken a plane. I can't think of any other ways to leave the UK than by boat, train, and aeroplane, and I've been checked at all of them.
- jackweirdy 9y agoBy airline/train or UKBF staff? There’s a difference as airport staff won’t check visa validity etc or do the entry checks that are the subject of this chain. UKBF checks passports on departure at the Eurostar. At manchester airport at least, there are no routine outbound passport checks by UKBF
- jlangenauer 9y agoNo, that's actually French border control. On the Eurostar, you clear the destination border when you check in, so that when you arrive you simply walk out.
- jackweirdy 9y agoYou pass both, there are two desks. U.K. border first, then European
- isostatic 9y agoNot on the way out. Just Schengen checks in London (same on eurotunnel). And those stupid security checks. On travelling to the continent by boat (hook of holland) checks at the far end. Eurostar checks at re near end. Flying checks at the far end.