Timeline for How does a country without exit immigration check know you have overstayed?
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| Jul 8 at 15:51 | comment | added | Tanya Kryvoruchenko | @GiacomoCatenazzi Understood - thank you. I think I've gotten an answer to my question (below). A few very helpful people explained how it works which is totally sufficient for me and appreciated. | |
| Jul 8 at 13:56 | comment | added | terdon | @TanyaKryvoruchenko perhaps there is a language issue here, but the first comment is simply pointing out that passport checks are not the only way that a traveler's exit from a country can be monitored. So the fact that your friend saw no checks doesn't mean that their exit went unrecorded. I honestly don't know what you see that makes you feel it is sarcastic or rude, but I really don't think it was intended to be. | |
| Jul 8 at 6:24 | comment | added | Giacomo Catenazzi | Just a note: the question is a bit generic (which are not ideal on this site): so do you care more about specific case (EU) or very general. Also note: we do not know all information countries exchange (we know they change much more than officially published, but hopefully just for security and not for simple immigration violations). Also note: for future reader: any precise answer will rot quickly: there are many changes around the world (also in Schengen area). | |
| Jul 7 at 16:09 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | @TanyaKryvoruchenko, that comment is not rude, it does not stop people from answering, it is what you can expect on this site. | |
| Jul 7 at 14:54 | comment | added | Kate Gregory | Nope @TanyaKryvoruchenko that's not how it works. If I had an answer I would answer. A comment is by definition not an answer. The intent wasn't to make you feel stupid but to provide information that may be helpful. | |
| Jul 7 at 14:52 | comment | added | Tanya Kryvoruchenko | @Kate Gregory, your comment doesn’t help me get an answer to the question. All it does is making me feel stupid for asking. If you have a good answer, I would appreciate you do answer, otherwise please do not bother commenting. For example, jcaron below took time to explain so that I understand, so as others that did take time to answer. Thank you. | |
| Jul 7 at 14:46 | comment | added | Tanya Kryvoruchenko | @Willeke, this comment is rude and sarcastic. The comment doesn’t help me get an answer to the question and is unhelpful. It only prompts more comments and clarifications. I don’t understand why person can’t just answer the question if they have something to say, it’s rude to make such comment. | |
| Jul 7 at 4:59 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | @TanyaKryvoruchenko, the first comment in this series, 'just because<>' is not rude or unfriendly, stop flagging it. | |
| Jul 6 at 15:49 | comment | added | Tanya Kryvoruchenko | @phoog He flew from Dusseldorf - DUS Airport. | |
| Jul 6 at 9:07 | comment | added | phoog | "He traveled by air. No check of passport on exit": which airport did he fly from? | |
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| Jul 5 at 23:34 | vote | accept | Tanya Kryvoruchenko | ||
| Jul 5 at 23:29 | vote | accept | Tanya Kryvoruchenko | ||
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| Jul 5 at 23:24 | comment | added | Mark Johnson | That then was a mistake. If there is a corresponding Irish/UK entry stamp (showing when that person left the Schengen Area), it will have no side effect. | |
| Jul 5 at 23:18 | comment | added | Tanya Kryvoruchenko | @Traveller - Yea probably you're right. | |
| Jul 5 at 23:16 | comment | added | Tanya Kryvoruchenko | @Mark Johnson - Nope, no exit stamp. Only entrance stamp. | |
| Jul 5 at 23:15 | comment | added | Tanya Kryvoruchenko | @phoog He traveled by air. No check of passport on exit. That's what he said. I don't think he is lying. I just spoke to him again. He doesn't have any exit stamps in his passport either. Only enter stamp. Possibly they do it through the airlines these days... | |
| Jul 5 at 17:27 | answer | added | user102008 | timeline score: 19 | |
| Jul 5 at 17:02 | answer | added | jcaron | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 5 at 16:54 | comment | added | Traveller | It’s not just airlines either. Ferries and cross border rail operators such as Eurotunnel also collect and transmit API data to Immigration authorities. | |
| Jul 5 at 16:37 | answer | added | Nicolas Formichella | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 5 at 16:02 | comment | added | Mark Johnson | Ask your friend to check their passport again, where an exit stamp for the Schengen Area should exist (France/Germany). A missing exit stamp could lead to problems when re-entering. For the UK/US, the transport firm (Airline etc.) will inform the immigration authorities of the exit. | |
| Jul 5 at 16:01 | comment | added | phoog | How did your friend travel from Germany to Ireland? In my experience, German airports are carefully designed to require anyone boarding a flight to Ireland (or anywhere else outside the Schengen area) to go through passport control. The US and UK don't do this (I don't know about Ireland), but they do record exits from airline passenger manifests. If they fail to record the exit, the traveler may have to show that they didn't overstay through other means. | |
| Jul 5 at 15:40 | comment | added | Kate Gregory | Just because you don't interact with an "exit check" does not mean the country has no way of knowing you have left. | |
| Jul 5 at 15:35 | history | asked | Tanya Kryvoruchenko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |