Not sure which queue to join at Naples Passport Control

[rk1]

My Wife has an EU passport and I have a UK passport. My wife insists I can join the EU queue with her but I am not so sure. Does anyone have any experiences they can share?

[PeteM]

Never had a problem bringing my American husband through the EU queue – some places raise more of an eyebrow than others though.

[gustavo]

I take my wife on the EU queue as well and they stamp her passport.

[George K]

An EU passport holder can take any non-EU nationals with them through the EU queue. It is a stated and known benefit, I believe, so not just done on the good graces of border officials.

(I do it regularly – never had an issue)

[John]

Whichever queue looks faster. Obviously non-EU passengers take longer per person, but then very occasionally there are more officers doing all passports

[jek]

George K wrote:

An EU passport holder can take any non-EU nationals with them through the EU queue. It is a stated and known benefit, I believe, so not just done on the good graces of border officials.

(I do it regularly – never had an issue)

Do you know where it is stated? I looked but I could not find anything official except for the UK pre-Brexit.

[NorthernLass]

Apparently it’s covered in S9 of the Schengen Border Control code, but I think each country can set its own procedure so it’s probably one of those you just have to try and see what happens.
However, if the non-EU partner is exercising their freedom of movement rights, you would think they would need to be in the same queue with the EU partner to be able to do this?!

[stevenhp1987]

I’ve recently being going through the Non-EU queue with my wife (who is a UK/EU dual national).

Thus far it’s never been that much longer than the EU queue.

Many countries ask that we go up to the border agent separately though. They actively moan when we go up together and tell one of us to go back. I imagine they would not be too happy when I turn up at the border agent alone in the EU queue…

[PeteM]

stevenhp1987 wrote:

Thus far it’s never been that much longer than the EU queue.

I’d say you’ve been quite lucky – we’ve worked out we’ve saved about 8hrs of queuing this year so far by going via the EU queue – between a few trips to Madrid, Berlin and Brussels. Imagine it’ll only get worse.