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Passport control during travel from UK to Europe
Yes it is normal.
The airlines will inform the United Kingdom that you have left and immigration control when entering or leaving the Schengen area is done at the port of entry/exit.
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UK tourist visa - duration of stay
I secured a visit visa for my Dad Late in September 2023 and the visa was approved for 180 days and the flight booked immediately for 25th November for him to travel. He is currently in the UK.
The ...
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My visit visa was cancelled at the border - am I banned?
You can apply but you will be refused and at that point a 10 year ban for deception relating to the application described in your question will kick in.
Source: Re-entry bans
You won’t be going to the ...
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Can I re enter France with a demande de duplicata pour un titre de séjour?
I don't know if the document you have is enough but if all else fails, there is a procedure intended to cover force majeure cases and emergencies for people who are present legally but do not have a ...
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UK transit with USA residence card initially issued before 21 April 1998
The US started to issue only green cards with enhanced security features, such as digital printing, optical stripe and holograms, in April 1998. Machine-readability had been introduced on previous ...
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Can I apply for a UK tourist visa if I overstayed a Schengen visa 11 years ago?
UK has never been in the Shengen area, so this should be equivalent to asking for a visa to any other country not in the Shengen area (like eg. Morrocco or Vietnam)
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Can I apply for a UK tourist visa if I overstayed a Schengen visa 11 years ago?
You can always apply, and you can get a visa, provided you are truthful, tick the appropriate boxes if asked and don't hide any facts
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Should I explain a complicated situation when asked why I'm going to the UK, at the country I'm leaving?
As mentioned in the other answers, airlines only care whether you will be allowed to enter the destination country (since they would have to move you back), they don't need or care about the length of ...
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Should I explain a complicated situation when asked why I'm going to the UK, at the country I'm leaving?
At the exit passport check, you shouldn't need to get into the details and definitely don't need to volunteer anything you are not asked about but to go to the bottom of your question, if you are ...
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Should I explain a complicated situation when asked why I'm going to the UK, at the country I'm leaving?
As an EU citizen you have an alternative route which is completely legal and which allows you to avoid seeing a UK immigration officer, thus bypassing the potential stress of having to explain your ...
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Should I explain a complicated situation when asked why I'm going to the UK, at the country I'm leaving?
When you leave a Schengen country you will be asked by the airline (or possibly the ferry) to prove you are allowed into the country you are going to. The airline will not worry how long you are going ...
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I have 2 flights by Ryanair. Funchal-Stansted and Stansted-Bologna. Do I need to do passport control in Stansted? Or I can stay airside?
Yes, and it’s a disaster to queue to pass through passport control and then queue for hours to get back in. I have photos of the cattle truck lines. My advice... avoid transiting through Stansted ...
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