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No, but you need an identity card (which looks pretty much like a drivers license). Unlike passports, every citizen has one.
by tjansen 5y ago
No, but you need an identity card (which looks pretty much like a drivers license). Unlike passports, every citizen has one.
- mcv 5y agoThat's simply not true. The only identity card I have is a passport. I actually thought the big advantage of id cards over passports was that they would be much cheaper or free, but I just checked, and in Netherland they're only slightly cheaper. It's effectively just a form of limited passport. And clearly not everybody has an id card. It's just that everybody has to have a form of id, which is either a passport or an id card. People with a passport don't need to also have an id card.
- tjansen 5y agoThanks, wasn't aware that they are optional in some countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_identity_cards_in_the_European_Economic_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_identity_cards_in_the... Here in Germany, you'd also be allowed to use a passport instead. In practice, however, your home address is only on identity cards, not on passports. So not everybody will accept a passport for validation, or at least you then need an additional proof of residence.
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoI currently have no valid identification whatsoever (everything's expired). I could walk across Europe and nobody can stop me.