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Theoretically, yes. Practically, not anymore: there are block posts on main roads into Germany and they check passports.

gambiting 3y ago
Uhm, no - when did you try travelling last? I just crossed the border to Germany from Poland(both ways) and there is nothing there. And before that I drove over in January and there was a huge queue because of "checkpoints to combat illegal immigration" and that checkpoint was just a bunch of border guards standing there looking at cars passing by, they weren't checking passports or much of anything really, it's all just theatre. Also did you forget flying?
- nicbou 3y ago
  I did get checked a few times while heading from the Balkans back to Germany. There are also random checks in buses and trains.
- egorfine 3y ago
  About five days ago, Szczecin → Berlin, stopped, had my documents meticulously examined and asked some typical questions I haven't been asked for a decade ("What's your proof of residence", etc). I look like a typical WASP programmer in his forties, so no selection bias or something.
  - gambiting 3y ago
    I guess it's just random stops or some checkpoints are more stringent than others.
  - tietjens 3y ago
    What counts as proof of residence in this case? Asking so I could prepare.
    - egorfine 3y ago
      mObywatel is enough. See also this marvel of brain damaged legalese: https://www.strazgraniczna.pl/pl/cudzoziemcy/najczesciej-zadawane-py/10407,1a-Czy-na-podstawie-dokumentu-elektronicznego-w-aplikacji-mobilnej-diiapl-lub-za.html https://www.strazgraniczna.pl/pl/cudzoziemcy/najczesciej-zad...
- aeyes 3y ago
  They pull out some cars, last winter I got pulled out at the border when I entered Germany from Austria. They wanted to see our passports and asked where we were going.
  - LtWorf 3y ago
    They wanted to see a valid national id of any shengen country, which are easier to get than passports (except in sweden, because it's the police releasing both, so might as well just get a passport).
LtWorf 3y ago
National id is completely fine inside shengen. Please inform yourself before spreading misinformation.

gambiting 3y ago

Uhm, no - when did you try travelling last? I just crossed the border to Germany from Poland(both ways) and there is nothing there. And before that I drove over in January and there was a huge queue because of "checkpoints to combat illegal immigration" and that checkpoint was just a bunch of border guards standing there looking at cars passing by, they weren't checking passports or much of anything really, it's all just theatre. Also did you forget flying?

nicbou 3y ago
I did get checked a few times while heading from the Balkans back to Germany. There are also random checks in buses and trains.
egorfine 3y ago
About five days ago, Szczecin → Berlin, stopped, had my documents meticulously examined and asked some typical questions I haven't been asked for a decade ("What's your proof of residence", etc). I look like a typical WASP programmer in his forties, so no selection bias or something.
- gambiting 3y ago
  I guess it's just random stops or some checkpoints are more stringent than others.
- tietjens 3y ago
  What counts as proof of residence in this case? Asking so I could prepare.
  - egorfine 3y ago
    mObywatel is enough. See also this marvel of brain damaged legalese: https://www.strazgraniczna.pl/pl/cudzoziemcy/najczesciej-zadawane-py/10407,1a-Czy-na-podstawie-dokumentu-elektronicznego-w-aplikacji-mobilnej-diiapl-lub-za.html https://www.strazgraniczna.pl/pl/cudzoziemcy/najczesciej-zad...
aeyes 3y ago
They pull out some cars, last winter I got pulled out at the border when I entered Germany from Austria. They wanted to see our passports and asked where we were going.
- LtWorf 3y ago
  They wanted to see a valid national id of any shengen country, which are easier to get than passports (except in sweden, because it's the police releasing both, so might as well just get a passport).

LtWorf 3y ago

National id is completely fine inside shengen. Please inform yourself before spreading misinformation.