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E.U. Travel from Spain as a non resident?

Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2022 1:44pm
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BriAnn40

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My question is, does anybody know whether your British passport gets stamped at Alicante airport when flying to another country within the E.U. for travelling from and returning to Spain as a non resident? That assumes of course that all the COVID travel rules are compliant and adhered too! Thank you in anticipation.

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Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2022 2:08pm

Ours got stamped good luck

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Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2022 2:32pm

I fly to and from Denmark (resident) 2-3 times a year using my British passport, and it never gets stamped. It would normally be stamped/registered when you arrive at the first EU country after leaving the UK and again when you leave the EU to a non EU country. 

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Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2022 3:39pm

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Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2022 3:39pm

Kenneth1 wrote on Tue Apr 5, 2022 2:32pm:

I fly to and from Denmark (resident) 2-3 times a year using my British passport, and it never gets stamped. It would normally be stamped/registered when you arrive at the first EU country after leaving the UK and again when you leave the EU to a non EU country. 

Thanks for that Kenneth. My concern stems from flying with Ryanair. Do they use other gates at Alicante airport for E.U. travel? I have only flown to and from the U.K. using their dedicated area which requires passing through the "passport stamping section" !

Cheers, Brian.

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Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2022 9:03pm

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Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2022 9:03pm

BriAnn40 wrote on Tue Apr 5, 2022 3:39pm:

Thanks for that Kenneth. My concern stems from flying with Ryanair. Do they use other gates at Alicante airport for E.U. travel? I have only flown to and from the U.K. using their dedicated area which requires passing through the "passport stamping section" !

Cheers, Brian.

Yes, Ryanair and other carriers use different gates for Schengen flights, so you don’t get your passport stamped when travelling between Schengen areas. 

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BriAnn40

Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2022 10:58pm

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Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2022 10:58pm

GrahamLynn wrote on Tue Apr 5, 2022 9:03pm:

Yes, Ryanair and other carriers use different gates for Schengen flights, so you don’t get your passport stamped when travelling between Schengen areas. 

Lynn

Thank you for your reply Lynn. 

I'm fed up with this passport stamping issue as an enforced non - resident frequent traveller now post Brexit! 

I might be running out of pages before my passport expires and have to get an early renewal at extra expense - just a moan!  

Anyway that could be useful information for others. 

Cheers.

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Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2022 9:06am

BriAnn40 wrote on Tue Apr 5, 2022 10:58pm:

Thank you for your reply Lynn. 

I'm fed up with this passport stamping issue as an enforced non - resident frequent traveller now post Brexit! 

I might be running out of pages before my passport expires and have to get an early renewal at extra expense - just a moan!  

Anyway that could be useful information for others. 

Cheers.

I went to the UK last week from Alicante  airport,only showed my tie card at passport there and back kept my passport in my hand.They did not ask for it and not stamped .

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Gwen60 wrote on Wed Apr 6, 2022 9:06am:

I went to the UK last week from Alicante  airport,only showed my tie card at passport there and back kept my passport in my hand.They did not ask for it and not stamped .

Useful information, but nothing to do with the question raised by the original poster, as he is a non resident travelling within sche

Lynn

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Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2022 9:43am

BriAnn40 wrote on Tue Apr 5, 2022 1:44pm:

My question is, does anybody know whether your British passport gets stamped at Alicante airport when flying to another country within the E.U. for travelling from and returning to Spain as a non resident? That assumes of course that all the COVID travel rules are compliant and adhered too! Thank...

... you in anticipation.

If travelling between different countries in the Schengen/EU zone your passport does/should not get stamped, this should only happen when you leave the zone for a non-EU/Schengen zone country.
However, as you area non-resident, staying in the zone, albeit in different countries, will increase your total in the 90 in 180 day rule - once you surpass this and leave the zone and then try to return you may encounter problems at immigration and denied entry - presuming you have exceeded the 90 days in 180 day ruling

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Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:42pm

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Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:42pm

Stevec61 wrote on Wed Apr 6, 2022 9:43am:

If travelling between different countries in the Schengen/EU zone your passport does/should not get stamped, this should only happen when you leave the zone for a non-EU/Schengen zone country.
However, as you area non-resident, staying in the zone, albeit in different countries, will increase ...

...your total in the 90 in 180 day rule - once you surpass this and leave the zone and then try to return you may encounter problems at immigration and denied entry - presuming you have exceeded the 90 days in 180 day ruling

Thanks for that. 

I understand the 90/180 rule, hence having to return to the U.K. so frequently. As it happens I will only be in Spain for less than 2 months and will fly to Italy for 5 days in between before returning to the U.K.

I'm planning to travel to our holiday home on an approximate 2 month rotational basis from now and assume that will be within the rules?!

I'm grateful for all your replies.

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