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It would be a nice start if the EU could stop inking passports on the way in and out as well as computer recording it all. Such a waste of time and ink

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> if the EU could stop inking passports on the way in and out

I’m not sure what you’re referring to. Where are you traveling from? I never had my EU passport inked when traveling to the UK or US. Within the Schengen Area I never needed a passport.

I’m a US citizen and get stamped on the way in and out of Schengen area every time. I think they do the same for UK post-Brexit.

They need to track time in the Schengen zone for non-EU citizens, which is what the stamps are mostly for AIUI.

Common in/out the Schengen with my UK passport post Brexit - got lots of stamps. Though it varies by country

Every round trip from the USA to Ukraine gets six stamps for me. I’m going to have to renew about five years early on this passport. I’ll get the fat passport next time.

My UK passport has been stamped on every EU entry I've made since Brexit, except Ireland.

Like every other non-EU citizen when entering/exiting the Schengen area.

As an AU passport holder it's been like that for at least 30 years.

This is an odd complaint. It’s not a waste of anything to update a record on an official document. Indeed, it’s more frustrating when they don’t because now I can’t see my full travel history by looking at my passport. Yes that exists somewhere in a DB but I don’t have access to that.

Those pages are some of the most expensive square centimetres of paper in the world.

What?

EES is rolling out next year: https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen-borders-...

Well, the parliament blessed this idea in 2017, so any time in 2025, the entry exit system will be operational. Public sector timelines are like that.

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