Reply To: Stamped out of Europe with incorrect date in passport

[ayearinmx]

Just as a data point, I was in Germany in June 2024 and the border guard couldn’t find my stamp. He wouldn’t let me progress (leave the country) until it was found. His colleagues couldn’t find it either. I admit, I have a LOT of stamps but they refused to let me through.
Thankfully I found it and all was well, after some snide Brexit comments on their behalf.

Second data point. Flying from Turkey into Slovenia. First off the plane and reach border patrol. Guard looked at my passport, saw all the stamps, and told me to go take a seat. The whole plane went through, and another 30mins passed. Finally another guard came out and asked a bunch of questions, and informed me I was at 82 days (my calculations had it at 85) and I needed to be careful.

So yes, countries are checking and yes it is a PITA.

In regards to the poster, if you think you’re going to be close to your 90 days, I’d book a turn-around flight to anywhere in Schengen, and at least it would stop the “Malta counter”. And if queried, you’d at least be able to explain it from a position of the clock being stopped, which I think is a lot easier than pleading that there was an error when you are over the 90 days