Joining E* at Rotterdam. As readers may recall, no Schengen entry stamp was >provided at St P. At Rotterdam my wife got to Dutch passports before me.
The officer was clearly confused about the lack of entry stamp and closely >quizzed her as to how she got here, whilst prodding at his computer. So it >seems the Dutch system can?t see entries via the French system. His
On Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:43:02 -0000 (UTC)
Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> gabbled:
Joining E* at Rotterdam. As readers may recall, no Schengen entry stamp was >>provided at St P. At Rotterdam my wife got to Dutch passports before me. >>The officer was clearly confused about the lack of entry stamp and closely >>quizzed her as to how she got here, whilst prodding at his computer. So it >>seems the Dutch system can?t see entries via the French system. His
EES progressing well then. Can't wait until they dump ETIAS on top of it
to create a mount everest sized pile of steaming beaurocratic crap that >brings airports and ports to a grinding halt.
Joining E* at Rotterdam. As readers may recall, no Schengen entry stamp was provided at St P. At Rotterdam my wife got to Dutch passports before me.
The officer was clearly confused about the lack of entry stamp and closely quizzed her as to how she got here, whilst prodding at his computer. So it seems the Dutch system can?t see entries via the French system. His colleague, who checked my passport was listening in, so he didn?t bother me with the same questioning. He just asked me the purpose of my visit, which seems a bit odd if you are leaving. Photos and fingerprints were taken.
UK government were displaying a sign, only in English, stating that if you don?t need a visa you still an ETA if travelling to UK with a small * and exceptions apply in small print. The most obvious exception, which wasn?t clearly stated was you don?t need one if you are a UK or Irish passport holder.
After Dutch and UK passports there?s a fairly comfortable waiting room,
with toilets but no catering or vending machines. Basically the airport
gate experience.
Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
Joining E* at Rotterdam. As readers may recall, no Schengen entry stamp was >> provided at St P. At Rotterdam my wife got to Dutch passports before me.
The officer was clearly confused about the lack of entry stamp and closely >> quizzed her as to how she got here, whilst prodding at his computer. So it >> seems the Dutch system can?t see entries via the French system. His
colleague, who checked my passport was listening in, so he didn?t bother me >> with the same questioning. He just asked me the purpose of my visit, which >> seems a bit odd if you are leaving. Photos and fingerprints were taken.
UK government were displaying a sign, only in English, stating that if you >> don?t need a visa you still an ETA if travelling to UK with a small * and
exceptions apply in small print. The most obvious exception, which wasn?t
clearly stated was you don?t need one if you are a UK or Irish passport
holder.
After Dutch and UK passports there?s a fairly comfortable waiting room,
with toilets but no catering or vending machines. Basically the airport
gate experience.
I?ll be doing a similar trip in July. Let?s hope they?re better organised
by then.
We like to moan about UK, but NL and even more so Belgium has a terrible graffiti problem on their railway infrastructure and rolling stock. Considerably worse than UK.
Recliner wrote:
Tweed wrote:
no Schengen entry stamp was provided at St P.
I?ll be doing a similar trip in July. Let?s hope they?re better organised
by then.
Meanwhile Greece is reported as "not bothering" with EES (at least for Brits). Is the only reason they can get away with that because they
don't share land borders with any Schengen countries?
Recliner wrote:
Tweed wrote:
no Schengen entry stamp was provided at St P.
I?ll be doing a similar trip in July. Let?s hope they?re better organised by then.
Meanwhile Greece is reported as "not bothering" with EES (at least for Brits). Is the only reason they can get away with that because they
don't share land borders with any Schengen countries?
Recliner wrote:
Tweed wrote:
no Schengen entry stamp was provided at St P.
I?ll be doing a similar trip in July. Let?s hope they?re better organised
by then.
Meanwhile Greece is reported as "not bothering" with EES (at least for Brits).ÿ Is the only reason they can get away with that because they
don't share land borders with any Schengen countries?
In message <10sv7gc$2o9q9$1@dont-email.me>, at 09:30:52 on Thu, 30 Apr
2026, boltar@caprica.universe remarked:
On Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:43:02 -0000 (UTC)
Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> gabbled:
Joining E* at Rotterdam. As readers may recall, no Schengen entry stamp was >>provided at St P. At Rotterdam my wife got to Dutch passports before me. >>The officer was clearly confused about the lack of entry stamp and closely >>quizzed her as to how she got here, whilst prodding at his computer. So it >>seems the Dutch system can?t see entries via the French system. His
EES progressing well then. Can't wait until they dump ETIAS on top of it
to create a mount everest sized pile of steaming beaurocratic crap that >brings airports and ports to a grinding halt.
And all of this, we were reassured by lying Leave campaigners, would
never happen.
Recliner wrote:
Tweed wrote:
no Schengen entry stamp was provided at St P.
I?ll be doing a similar trip in July. Let?s hope they?re better organised by then.
Meanwhile Greece is reported as "not bothering" with EES (at least for Brits). Is the only reason they can get away with that because they
don't share land borders with any Schengen countries?
Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> posted:
Meanwhile Greece is reported as "not bothering" with EES (at least for
Brits). Is the only reason they can get away with that because they
don't share land borders with any Schengen countries?
Why are you sure they don't share land borders with any Schengen country?
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