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Who flew to Spain on biometrics? How is Spanish customs? What is additionally asked for?
Who flew to Spain on biometrics? How is Spanish customs? What is additionally asked for?
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I flew, returned the day before yesterday. In Barcelona, they didn’t ask ANYTHING, neither there nor back. In Palma, too, only on the way back already at the exit of the gate. the girl asked where the visa was, she said that I didn’t need a visa, she called and asked someone on the phone if Ukrainians didn’t need a visa, and gave the go-ahead). But there were only two Ukrainians on the flight, me and my son.)
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answered 7 years ago
When will the already poor customs officers cease to be associated with passport and visa control??
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answered 7 years ago
I flew in July 2017. At the passport control, they asked why there were no visas (the passport was new, without marks).
Answered that in another passport. Offered to show, refused.
Nothing extra was asked.
Answered that in another passport. Offered to show, refused.
Nothing extra was asked.
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answered 7 years ago
You must have the entire list of required documents for crossing the Schengen border by Ukrainians with biometrics.
This list is publicly available online.
Asking something from others or not asking you personally is of little concern. If every twentieth person asks for a return ticket and confirmation of a place of residence with financial security, and you are the one, will it be easier?
This list is publicly available online.
Asking something from others or not asking you personally is of little concern. If every twentieth person asks for a return ticket and confirmation of a place of residence with financial security, and you are the one, will it be easier?
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answered 7 years ago
At the entrance, the Spanish customs never checked! On the other hand, if you drag a couple of legs of jamon, they may not let you out with them. Look at what you can take out from there.
For biometrics, there are open lists of documents that may or may not be needed at the border.
For biometrics, there are open lists of documents that may or may not be needed at the border.
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answered 7 years ago
Why is it impossible instead of moralizing to answer the question, if there is an answer?
I am aware that there is a list of documents. And there are many disagreements on this list. Medical insurance is not included in the list of mandatory documents, another question is that it needs to be issued primarily for yourself and it costs a penny, but nevertheless, many are asked to show it at passport control. And there are many such examples, the same money - someone claims that you need to take a bank statement, someone just a check from an ATM, and someone says that it’s enough just to have cards and cash, if there are questions, they will take you to ATM, etc. And instead of guessing - you can share your experience, for others it will be useful.
Many do not speak sufficient English, and it will not hurt to think in advance how to answer this or that question
Well, of course, L-ena, you probably know better what concerns me and what does not.
Thanks to everyone else for the replies!
I am aware that there is a list of documents. And there are many disagreements on this list. Medical insurance is not included in the list of mandatory documents, another question is that it needs to be issued primarily for yourself and it costs a penny, but nevertheless, many are asked to show it at passport control. And there are many such examples, the same money - someone claims that you need to take a bank statement, someone just a check from an ATM, and someone says that it’s enough just to have cards and cash, if there are questions, they will take you to ATM, etc. And instead of guessing - you can share your experience, for others it will be useful.
Many do not speak sufficient English, and it will not hurt to think in advance how to answer this or that question
Well, of course, L-ena, you probably know better what concerns me and what does not.
Thanks to everyone else for the replies!
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answered 7 years ago
kasper33221, you probably travel a little or go for the first time. Therefore, it seems to you that someone's experience in crossing borders can be useful to you. Believe me, it can't.
In November, at the airport, I personally witnessed how completely unsystematic and random (in my philistine opinion) from the queue of two Ukrainian planes at once, having missed a dozen people without any questions at all, some people were asked everything from the list. A girl standing next to me, who was just presenting an invitation from the German side, was also waiting for a special person who approached the border guard to call the one who was indicated in her invitation. Imagine - CALL! And a dozen people before this girl are now firmly convinced that the German border guards do not ask anything at all when crossing checkpoints at the airport.
I suggest you learn from the mistakes of others. But if you want to learn from your own - good luck!
In November, at the airport, I personally witnessed how completely unsystematic and random (in my philistine opinion) from the queue of two Ukrainian planes at once, having missed a dozen people without any questions at all, some people were asked everything from the list. A girl standing next to me, who was just presenting an invitation from the German side, was also waiting for a special person who approached the border guard to call the one who was indicated in her invitation. Imagine - CALL! And a dozen people before this girl are now firmly convinced that the German border guards do not ask anything at all when crossing checkpoints at the airport.
I suggest you learn from the mistakes of others. But if you want to learn from your own - good luck!
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answered 7 years ago
L_ena the question was not about crossing Germany. There are nuances. German services check citizens more carefully. And about Spanish And the experience of others can just help a person.
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answered 7 years ago
L_ena, I want to learn from the mistakes of others and avoid my own during the trip. Here's what I can come up with...
If it matters to you, I don't travel often, but not the first time.
Some take invitations with them, while others simply give the details of the host, address and phone number.
From what I have heard and read, in Spain the control is not as strict as in the same Germany.
And according to the experience of a friend, if we have already moved away from the topic of a specific country (Spain), in Norway they also called the person whose data she called - to whom she was going. They asked questions - where is he located, to which the man replied that he was at the airport, and asked whom he was meeting? I gave my first and last name, and that was the end of the questions.
If it matters to you, I don't travel often, but not the first time.
Some take invitations with them, while others simply give the details of the host, address and phone number.
From what I have heard and read, in Spain the control is not as strict as in the same Germany.
And according to the experience of a friend, if we have already moved away from the topic of a specific country (Spain), in Norway they also called the person whose data she called - to whom she was going. They asked questions - where is he located, to which the man replied that he was at the airport, and asked whom he was meeting? I gave my first and last name, and that was the end of the questions.
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answered 7 years ago
Lena is right. To study someone's experience in this case is a useless exercise.
1. There are no borders of Spain, Germany, etc., the requirements for entering the Schengen zone are more or less unified. If the border guard in Finland may require some documents, then the border guard in Spain may also ask for them.
2. Personal experience that someone was not asked for something - has a value of a little more than zero. Border guards look at a person as a potential migrant, and, accordingly, Vasya Pupkin's case differs from Natasha Ivanova's for many reasons. The fact that someone has a ride to cross the road to a red light does not make the passage to the red light the rule.
Read the list of required documents on the consulate website. This is the only source of knowledge in this case.
1. There are no borders of Spain, Germany, etc., the requirements for entering the Schengen zone are more or less unified. If the border guard in Finland may require some documents, then the border guard in Spain may also ask for them.
2. Personal experience that someone was not asked for something - has a value of a little more than zero. Border guards look at a person as a potential migrant, and, accordingly, Vasya Pupkin's case differs from Natasha Ivanova's for many reasons. The fact that someone has a ride to cross the road to a red light does not make the passage to the red light the rule.
Read the list of required documents on the consulate website. This is the only source of knowledge in this case.
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answered 7 years ago
Thanks, but I must have been misunderstood. I don’t want it to “roll”, I don’t specify “what they didn’t ask”, on the contrary, I’m interested in what they might ask and what they might ask to show additionally. That's all.
I'm not here for the sake of argument, but I want to have information - not only theory, but how others had it in practice.
I'm not here for the sake of argument, but I want to have information - not only theory, but how others had it in practice.
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answered 7 years ago
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