Timeline for Travel between Germany and Poland by train
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| Jun 12, 2018 at 18:44 | history | edited | phoog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 28, 2018 at 21:15 | comment | added | Agent_L | Oh, crap, I just noticed that you're not US citizen. In that light your service in US military is definitely illegal without permit. I'd not enter Poland at all. Contact a polish consulate first, preferably one in USA, as they'll have more experience with this type of cases. | |
| May 28, 2018 at 20:49 | comment | added | o.m. | @Adam, I wonder if the are other Polish citizens in the US Army. They might now. | |
| May 27, 2018 at 19:10 | comment | added | Agent_L | @o.m. You hope so, I hope so, but for Adam hope is not enough. | |
| May 27, 2018 at 18:48 | comment | added | o.m. | @Agent_L, Poland is an eager NATO partner. But an international incident helps nobody ... | |
| May 27, 2018 at 18:06 | comment | added | Agent_L | @Adam If you're a Polish citizen and you are in Poland, you must use your polish citizenship. Look up "polish passport trap" on that. Also, double check Art 141 KK about foreign army service. There is exemption in § 3. but it says "on it's territory", so coming to Poland while serving US military might not be exempted. Both of those are worst case scenarios, but it's your jail time at stake here. | |
| May 27, 2018 at 15:45 | comment | added | o.m. | @Adam, the green card will be useless, the military ID will probably work. See my edit to the answer for the problem with that. | |
| May 27, 2018 at 15:43 | history | edited | o.m. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 27, 2018 at 13:06 | comment | added | Adam | Thank you Tom. I look pretty much Polish even though I haven't been there for over 30 years. Do you know if a military ID or a green card will suffice just in case I get asked for proof of ID? Those are the only two proofs I have for travel with me. I read an article where a gentleman was traveling with an Asian friend and she was asked for an ID but he wasn't. | |
| May 27, 2018 at 12:38 | comment | added | Tom | As long as you don't look arabic (it gets political there and depends on who checks you, so I'll leave that out) the probability of getting checked at the border when re-entering Germany is close to zero. I'm a German citizen travelling a lot on business and I've crossed into and out of Germany so many times the past 2-3 years I'd have trouble counting it. By plane, train and car. The only times I was ever even asked for a passport was on flights, and even there it was maybe once a year, despite flying in and out of the country almost weekly. | |
| May 27, 2018 at 12:29 | comment | added | Adam | Thank you for your replies. My unit knows that I would be traveling across boarders. My CO has been to Poland and it was his idea. I read conflicting forums though. One did state that you don't need a passport, as mentioned above. The other stated that you do need a passport to cross borders no matter what. I have been told by my unit that I can just use my military ID to cross boarders but just in case I do get checked I don't want to get detained. | |
| May 27, 2018 at 12:25 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | In most EU countries having an ID card is optional but very helpful when crossing European borders. You might want to look into getting such a card when in Poland. | |
| May 27, 2018 at 10:48 | history | answered | o.m. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |