Re:The Unwelcome Mat - How Not to Attract Tourists
by phatbyte on Friday March 16, 2012 @07:38AM
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No true, I travel to the UK very often and I only show my ID, which works as a passport inside EU countries.
Re:The Unwelcome Mat - How Not to Attract Tourists
by rcj on Friday March 16, 2012 @07:37AM
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A German id card is enough to enter/leave the UK. No passport required. I would assume the same holds for other european id cards.
Re:The Unwelcome Mat - How Not to Attract Tourists
by Sharlin on Friday March 16, 2012 @09:08AM
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It holds for many European countries. The United Kingdom has separate passport-free travel agreements with most, but not all, Schengen countries (and with some non-Schengen countries as well.)
Re:The Unwelcome Mat - How Not to Attract Tourists
by merijnv on Friday March 16, 2012 @07:46AM
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To be fair, my travel outside of the Schengen has still been a lot more pleasant than the way the US border is described...
Re:The Unwelcome Mat - How Not to Attract Tourists
by john_flintstone on Friday March 16, 2012 @07:53AM
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Not if you're travelling from Ireland. You don't need to show any ID - though technically, if you're not an EU citizen you're supposed to join a different exit queue.
If you are inside the Schengen area, you only need to show your id card. Go to/from the UK, and you still need your passport.
Traveling between Schengen countries is more comparable to traveling between US states than from Europe to US or reverse, because the whole point of Schengen is a common system for protecting the "outer" borders.