Questions tagged [passport-stamps]
Questions about the ink-pad stamps typically added to passport pages or visas upon entering or exiting a country.
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Can we still get stamps when entering the EU?
The new EU EES was supposed to start this month. Assuming it did, can anyone who entered EU since confirm or deny that we can still get a passport stamp if we ask for it?
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Partial entry stamp on US visa [closed]
I hold a multiple entry B1 visa. During my recent travel, a partial entry stamp was placed on the visa in my old passport and also regular entry stamp on my new passport. Could you please advise if ...
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No stamp on Schengen Visa sticker
My previous Schengen Visa stickers have all featured a stamp by the Embassy issuing the visa partially covering the sticker and partially covering the page the sticker is on. However, my latest visa ...
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How to depart with US passport from Indonesia without exit stamp from the US? [duplicate]
I was born in the U.S. and held dual citizenship with Indonesia. After returning to Indonesia during childhood, I recently obtained my first U.S. passport from the U.S. embassy here.
Given that ...
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Do officials look for previous country exit stamps at Canadian initial immigration screening on airport arrival?
Suppose someone arrives at a Canadian airport as a visitor, on an international flight, originating in country X. According to the immigration rules of country X, that person was supposed to receive ...
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Wrong exit stamp date from Greece
I have a massive problem and I feel so upset and desperate.
Basically, I always use the Schengen Calculator to make sure I’m not overstaying and based on the actual, correct dates, I should have 56 ...
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What does the small c-like character mean on this stamp in Schiphol?
I have an old stamp in my passport, as depicted below. My records says it should depict 23-Dec-2020. But there is a small c-like character, instead of 3 or any other digit, on the stamp right after ...
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Expelling stamp
I have a Turkish passport and my residence permit extension was rejected because my program is not full-time. That's why the authorities of Hungary stamped my passport that I should leave in 30 days. ...
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Why does border control interrogate their own citizens in some countries?
I am from a European background, and I find it normal that foreigners are checked by border control upon entering or exiting a country and may need visa stamps. It is the duty of the officers to ...
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What do these stamps mean for us?
My partner is a U.S citizen and we met whilst I was on holiday with my children a few years back, we’ve been a couple ever since.
He recently decided to come and see if he would be able to live here (...
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Am I allowed to attach to my passport a real border-control stamp originally on an entry permit (another piece of paper)
As per title, I have recently visited country B with
my passport of country A, which they did not stamp, and
an entry permit, which they stamped
I don't want to forget this trip in case sometime in ...
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Ink smudges on visa sticker
I have a valid Schengen visa and i wish to travel soon. However there seem to be a few ink residue dots from the opposite pages where the entry and exit stamps were placed. Will this be an issue? Most ...
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When might a UK border control officer decide not to stamp passport on entry?
I am not a UK citizen. I am a BRP holder who lives in the UK for work. Everytime I come back to the UK after a short international trip, the border control officer adds an entry stamp to my passport. ...
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My British passport was not stamped on leaving Italy, does that matter?
My British passport was stamped on entry to Italy on the 11th of October 2024, but when leaving Italy at the same airport on the 16th of October 2024, after the e-gates (explicitly marked as third ...
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Why are officers still stamping even though stamps are not applied when going through the automated emigration gates at BKK airport?
As I exited Thailand last month via BKK airport after some conference in Bangkok, I attempted to use the eGates at BKK instead of going through immigration officers. That didn't work and I was told to ...
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