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Arrival at the airport
Posted: Sun Dec 8, 2024 5:27pm
We are new holders of TIE cards.
When we arrive at Alicante Airport do we still follow the non EU Passport holders or use the other gate which has a smaller queue.
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Keith564
Non EU line, I'm afraid. The EU line is for holders of EU passports only as a citizen of the EU and not just a resident.
Make sure you show your passport and TIE so they don't stamp your passport. If they do then it is just a souvenir.
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2024 9:19am
marcliff wrote on Sun Dec 8, 2024 6:02pm:
Non EU line, I'm afraid. The EU line is for holders of EU passports only as a citizen of the EU and not just a resident.
Make sure you show your passport and TIE so they don't stamp your passport. If they do then it is just a souvenir.
Many thanks for your reply.
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2024 9:27am
Super helpful member
Your TIE only certifies that you are a resident in Spain, but does not provide you with citizenship. Thus, the reason you will have to use the non-EU line.
Chriskeith64 wrote on Sun Dec 8, 2024 5:27pm:
We are new holders of TIE cards.
When we arrive at Alicante Airport do we still follow the non EU Passport holders or use the other gate which has a smaller queue.
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Thanks
Keith564
I've wondered about this for a while now and then came across this website
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlai/2023/01/04/when-can-uk-citizens-use-eu-passport-lanes/
- Non-EU Family members of EU citizens, including Withdrawal Agreement family members
- If you are a UK citizen who holds a residence card as a "Family Member of A Union Citizen" then you are entitled to use the EU passport lanes as by its very definition you are treated as a beneficiary of the Free Movement Directive. (Ref. Article 3 of Directive 2004/38/EC and Article 2, Paragraph 5(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399)
Unless I'm mistaken it seems that UK citizens who hold residency cards (TIE) can use the EU lanes, but it all seems a bit ambiguous to me and I'm not sure I'd attempt it the next time I travel through the airport as most of the time the border control people still want to stamp my passport.
That's been my experience at least, but then its been a couple of years since I've been through Alicante Airport, perhaps things have changed in more recent times.
Regards
Gary
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