Passport to visit Paris ?

In a sheepskin covered variant.

Ali

 

Officially it is needed, as the UK is not part of the Schengen
agreement. Even Easyjet states that a passport is needed
(http://www.easyjet.com/EN/Planning/passportinfo.html)

Not quite the same, but over on the continent, most European countries
not in the Schengen agreement now accept ID cards as opposed to
passports. Occasionally even the UK accepts Euro ID cards when people
travel to the UK (although I believe that this depends upon the mood of
passport control people).

 

And Ireland:

http://www.eurovisa.info/SchengenCountries.htm

 

Talking of security. Whilst travelling to the US last week, it took me
over an hour to get through security controls. Coming back to France,
it took me 20 mins.

Fucking ridiculous it was.

 

errr, *cough*

 

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Back when I still had a German ID card I didn't a passport to travel to
the UK. These days I need to show my passport as I'm no longer a German
resident so I don't have a German ID card anymore.

 

Which is why I won't be flying to the States as a tourist until they
change their procedures. They can do without my small potential
contribution to their tourist earnings.

 

Every time I get to the check-in desk they ask for a passport. Whether
it's technically possible to do it with your driving licence I don't
know, but I can see it being a right hassle even if you can.

 

Sometime I don't think that either information is communicated to those
at the check-in desks or they make the rules up as they go along.

e.g. When I travel to Spain/Italy from CDG, I always use my ID card.
However when I travel from Orly (rarely, so this may not be indicative)
I'm frequently asked for my passport.

Nowadays, I tend to carry both when travelling as I CBA with all the
grief or hassle, should someone not know the rules.

So to the OP, I'd just carry the passport, as it will get you through
everywhere and is less grief.

 

Not driving licence. ID card. Whenever I fly to the UK (like every 6 weeks
or so) there's always 1 French person just travelling on a single sheet,
laminated ID card, not much bigger than a standard UK works ID, and it's
never a hindrance for them. I don't think it'd work so easily with a
driving licence but, as already said a passport is just a short cut anyway
and it is, theoretically, possible to travel around the world to every
country without one if you were so disposed and didn't mind the hassle at a
lot of the borders of trying to prove your identity to the particular
official's liking.

Dave

 

It's not - driving licence isn't acceptable identification in quite a
lot of countries. NL has ID cards and there is no substitute for
cloggies. Not carrying one will lead you to a fine. The nice bit is, the
plod have to have reasonable grounds to ask you - ie suspicion of
another offence. No random spot checks allowed.

As a Brit - my photocard driving licence wasn't good enough - despite
being EU approved - I had to carry my passport. Now I have a cloggie
proof of residence card, which should suffice.



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I'm not aware of a UK ID card at the moment, so that's the nearest
equivalent I could think of.

 

Why would Germans have a UK ID card (if such a fucking abomination ever does
become law....)...?

You're thinking UK, not EU, young sir.. Just make sure it doesn't become
UKIP, OK......?

Dave

 

I think the OP wanted to get out of the UK, to France, and back again.
IME, he'll need a passport to do this without a great deal of pain. The
only alternative form of ID I can think of is a photocard driving
licence (which nicely also has the euro flag on it), but I wouldn't try.

So, in short, what the **** are you on about?

 

I was replying in context to this particular part of the thread, not the
original (I think we've already established an answer to the original
question).....

In short(para numbers relating to those in this post only):

Para 1: ID, Brits = passport, Germans = ID card
Para 2: I use passport, mention driving licence (not mentioned in para 1)
Para 3: Not driving licence, ID card
Para 4: UK ID card
Para 5: only mention of ID cards was ref Germans who wouldn't have a UK ID
card what with being German.

See? Simple.

HTH

Dave

 

bit late here, but

a) I go to Paris all the time
b) I'm going later on today
c) I'll definitely be taking my Passport.

 

Feck £66 to take a £40 holiday
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