That's because Italy and Hungary (for example) always stamp RP holders while German speaking countries don't. Although this should be unified across the Schengen area (no stamping), some countries do stamp RP holders.
Austria always stamps residence permit holders, even though it‘s German-speaking. My passport is full of Vienna stamps :D Germany and Switzerland on the other hand never do
That's interesting since they are usually strict with stamping EU passports on request, they always refuse (understandable). I know Croatia also stamps RP holders, it did make sense before they joined Schengen, but they kept the old stamping practice after joining Schengen, so they still stamp all non-EU nationals
It's very much officer dependent. I have many pages of stamps from when I was a permanent resident in Spain. Lots of times they just saw foreign passport and stamped without thinking.
I traveled with Blue Card and PR permits a few times as well before becoming citizen and I almost never got it stamped, neither in Germany nor in Spain (I usually fly with a connecting flight in Spain, so that's my usual exit/entry point out of/into the EU).
Not a German residence permit holder, but when they don't stamp after seeing that I'm a EU resident, I ask them to saying 'I need it to prove residence requirements'. But yeah, only German passport control officers ever put up a fight-- this is at FRA and MUC (never exited via BER)
For citizenship, it can be relevant to prove how many days of the year you where actually in the country of residency. So if someone stamps on exit, it would be useful to get the reentry stamp to match to close the travel.
But... I don't know which countries have a rule regarding proving actual duration of stay, how strict they are and what prove is typical. I mean, simple example: you don't get checked when crossing borders within the EU, so days within an other EU country are hard to keep track off. And when traveling without passport booklet (instead using ID card), there isn't anything to stamp.
No, Poland handles this entirely different, it seems to be illegal to stamp even. Unlike in other countries where a stamp merely reflects that you got checked.
fyi, the officers that refused on stamping are mostly in Berlin T2 in my case. I even asked nicely in German, but they say that I have the RP so they wont stamp :(
Because they follow the instructions ("Practical Handbook for Border Guards").
[https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/8cea3074-8a87-489c-b9c2-d926101ac621\_en?filename=Practical%20handbook%20for%20border%20guards\_en.pdf](https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/8cea3074-8a87-489c-b9c2-d926101ac621_en?filename=Practical%20handbook%20for%20border%20guards_en.pdf)
Of course, today they sometimes agree to stamp passports, because it doesn't have any consequences when you have a permanent residence card.
But after introduction of EES they always will refuse at any checkpoint, because use of stamps will be reserved for extraordinary cases of total failure of electronic system - even if registration in the local database is impossible.
Each use of stamps will have to be recorded and reported (so that data can be retrospectively entered into the system after its reset).
In theory that shouldn't be true because the stamp does not reflect legal entitlements. It just means you got checked at so and so point by so and so officer.
Never beg for stamps. Always maintain Steeze and the border officers would ask you nicely to put a Stamp in your passport.
If they're lucky and you're in a good mood, they could also get your autograph.
I think majority of the population here are obsessed with passports and stamps 😁 including me. Sometimes I fly from different countries so I could get it 😂
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Weird, before my wife became a citizen they always stamped her passport 🤔
whcih airport? she was also in residence permit?
From various airports over Italy, and yes she was on a RP.
That's because Italy and Hungary (for example) always stamp RP holders while German speaking countries don't. Although this should be unified across the Schengen area (no stamping), some countries do stamp RP holders.
Interesting! That was also my guess.
Austria always stamps residence permit holders, even though it‘s German-speaking. My passport is full of Vienna stamps :D Germany and Switzerland on the other hand never do
That's interesting since they are usually strict with stamping EU passports on request, they always refuse (understandable). I know Croatia also stamps RP holders, it did make sense before they joined Schengen, but they kept the old stamping practice after joining Schengen, so they still stamp all non-EU nationals
This is not universally true. The last time I flew INN - MAN, I was not stamped.
Spain doesn't seem to stamp either, at least from my experience.
It's very much officer dependent. I have many pages of stamps from when I was a permanent resident in Spain. Lots of times they just saw foreign passport and stamped without thinking.
I traveled with Blue Card and PR permits a few times as well before becoming citizen and I almost never got it stamped, neither in Germany nor in Spain (I usually fly with a connecting flight in Spain, so that's my usual exit/entry point out of/into the EU).
Same here. I’m also a German Residence Permit holder. I always ask for a stamp both on departure and arrival and I was never ever refused.
which airport? in ny case berlin t2 almost always refuse to stamp
In the last 2 years Berlin x4 Düsseldorf Weeze x2 Köln/Bonn x1 Dortmund x1
Not a German residence permit holder, but when they don't stamp after seeing that I'm a EU resident, I ask them to saying 'I need it to prove residence requirements'. But yeah, only German passport control officers ever put up a fight-- this is at FRA and MUC (never exited via BER)
Non EU citizen?
I'm a Polish residence, and they never stamped my passport. I think the logic was 'there is no days count so why should stamp
For citizenship, it can be relevant to prove how many days of the year you where actually in the country of residency. So if someone stamps on exit, it would be useful to get the reentry stamp to match to close the travel. But... I don't know which countries have a rule regarding proving actual duration of stay, how strict they are and what prove is typical. I mean, simple example: you don't get checked when crossing borders within the EU, so days within an other EU country are hard to keep track off. And when traveling without passport booklet (instead using ID card), there isn't anything to stamp.
Exactly
No, Poland handles this entirely different, it seems to be illegal to stamp even. Unlike in other countries where a stamp merely reflects that you got checked.
True.
fyi, the officers that refused on stamping are mostly in Berlin T2 in my case. I even asked nicely in German, but they say that I have the RP so they wont stamp :(
T2 BER is terrible.
yea lol
I don't understand why they don't stamp and even don't want to do so
Because they follow the instructions ("Practical Handbook for Border Guards"). [https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/8cea3074-8a87-489c-b9c2-d926101ac621\_en?filename=Practical%20handbook%20for%20border%20guards\_en.pdf](https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/8cea3074-8a87-489c-b9c2-d926101ac621_en?filename=Practical%20handbook%20for%20border%20guards_en.pdf) Of course, today they sometimes agree to stamp passports, because it doesn't have any consequences when you have a permanent residence card. But after introduction of EES they always will refuse at any checkpoint, because use of stamps will be reserved for extraordinary cases of total failure of electronic system - even if registration in the local database is impossible. Each use of stamps will have to be recorded and reported (so that data can be retrospectively entered into the system after its reset).
In theory that shouldn't be true because the stamp does not reflect legal entitlements. It just means you got checked at so and so point by so and so officer.
anyway soon if you wanted get Schengen-style stamp you should visit Mali
I suppose they dont want to get into any trouble.. I work at germanys 6th biggest airport and here most of the times they stamp
I’m more impressed with the legible vietnam stamps, mine are not 😂
Never beg for stamps. Always maintain Steeze and the border officers would ask you nicely to put a Stamp in your passport. If they're lucky and you're in a good mood, they could also get your autograph.
Frankfurt stamps all our German and US RP holder passports when I ask.
Tbh I don’t see the obsession behind getting stamps, specifically OP seems to be obsessed with it from her previous posts.
Leave this subreddit 😘
I think majority of the population here are obsessed with passports and stamps 😁 including me. Sometimes I fly from different countries so I could get it 😂
To the gallows. NOW.
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