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I was like "What? How did that happen? Oh, it's Paris." Last time I flew through Paris, customs was asleep at the wheel. They cursorily checked, but did not st
by bitwize 4y ago
I was like "What? How did that happen? Oh, it's Paris."
Last time I flew through Paris, customs was asleep at the wheel. They cursorily checked, but did not stamp, my passport, causing problems for me in Helsinki. The Helsinki customs agent detained me -- right outside one of those beat-the-crap-out-of-you interrogation rooms -- while checking back with Paris to make sure I was actually cleared to enter the EU. Had I not had an hours-long layover, I might've missed my flight (on to Osaka).
- graderjs 4y agoThey still stamp at European borders? I thought everything would be e-gate by now.
- midasuni 4y agoEven with E gates there’s then a manual stamp afterwards - at least last time I used an E gate
- alibarber 4y agoYes - the Electronic Entry/Exit system is planned to come online towards the end of the year, just as it has for the last couple of years. This is why we see the big queues at the channel tunnel borders post Brexit. British Citizens are entiled to a maximum of 90/180 days in the EU, similar to those from the US and other places. This is checked (should be) by an officer flipping through an entire (10 year) passport to find stamps from the Schengen area, and calculate the total number of days and dates to this limit before deciding on granting entry. There is no I94 equivalent that I know of.
- graderjs 4y agoIt's weird to me that EU does not have a centralized database. I think there is for passport biometrics, but strange not for travel...I guess it could be "hybrid" problem: some travel predates the database. But for most immigration requirements, seems it could be achieved.
- ThePowerOfFuet 4y agoEES _is_ going to be that centralized database.
- graderjs 4y agoCool! I look forward to it. BTW - is fuet super tasty? edit: I checked^0 and it says it will be operational by end of May 2023. Do you know if this is still right? on track? ^0: https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen-borders-and-visa/smart-borders/entry-exit-system_en https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen-borders-...
- ElfinTrousers 4y agoI have an exit stamp in my passport from two days ago when I left Schengen and returned to the USA.
- alibarber 4y agoYes - the Schengen area is supposed to be one common immigration (for the purposes of short-term visits at least) area, but to say that there were differences in the approaches to the integrity of checks at the different national entry points would be putting it mildly. Of course - if a border officer makes a mistake at one, such as in your case, it is naturally your fault for not ensuring that the correct procedure was followed.
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- un_montagnard 4y agoWhat do you mean "it's Paris", the mishaps happened in JFK, not CDG.
- krisoft 4y ago> right outside one of those beat-the-crap-out-of-you interrogation rooms The what now? It sounds like you have an intense imagination. Or watched too many movies.