You can't cURL a Border

Re:You can't cURL a Border by sksksk on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @09:35AM (#45811492)

Are you sure your passport wasn’t checked?

What you’re describing sounds like it was the customs check. Pre-brexit, if you were arriving from the EU, then there was no customs check since we were all part of the same customs union.

The usual flow is

immigration check -> baggage collection -> customs check

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Re:You can't cURL a Border by aprdm on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @10:41AM (#45812220)

Yeah wasn’t checked. I’m pretty sure it was a smaller airport than Heathrow. I definitely went through the wrong path out

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Re:You can't cURL a Border by ssdspoimdsjvv on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @01:22PM (#45826070)

Perhaps your passport was checked on departure instead of on arrival? At least that's how it worked when taking the Eurostar train.

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Re:You can't cURL a Border by strbean on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @01:05PM (#45813974)

Even if they did check his passport, he didn't have an EU passport so probably shouldn't have been allowed to skip customs.

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Re:You can't cURL a Border by sksksk on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @02:13AM (#45820235)

From a customs perspective, flying from one EU country to another EU is treated like a domestic flight.

If I (a British citizen) flew from London to New York, then on to Chicago; I'd expect to go through customs when I arrived at New York, but not when I arrived at Chicago.

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Re:You can't cURL a Border by strbean on Monday November 10, 2025 @06:12PM (#45882187)

Ah, good point.

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