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

[LD27]

NorthernLass wrote:

@LD27, do you point out to these officials that even if you exceeded the 90 days, you have a right to enter the EU as the spouse of an EU national?

OH wasn’t with me in Zurich. At Frankfurt he wandered off ahead as he wanted to find the toilets and at Folkestone he was sitting in the car next to me. The issue always seems to be when I’m travelling without him, which does happen quite frequently.

I think we had a discussion before as to what would happen if I tried to enter a Schengen country without him and I was over the 90 days. As we don’t live in the EU, the rules are slightly different and unfortunately the house we now own in France is not in joint names (not sure it would make a difference). Some countries like Malta and Cyprus haven’t been interested in passport stamps, but the issues seem to be at German speaking airports including Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Zurich and smaller French airports.

What is interesting is that no airline in UK, eg BA, has shown the slightest interest in passport stamps. I travel frequently to France with or without OH. In theory, if I had almost reached 90 days or had passed it and I had no proof of onward travel, I assume I could be denied entry and put on the return flight back to the UK. If it were Bergerac, which is so small, I’d probably be detained in a shed in the car park!