Cxsjr From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 2318 times:
Hi folks,
I have a stamp in my passport, dating back to Dec 2002, done when I landed in Geçitkale in Northern Cyprus.
I want to travel to Santorini in Greece this year but I've heard there can sometimes be 'issues' if you have a Northern Cypriot stamp in your passport. I've since discovered that I should've asked them to stamp a separate sheet in my passport but it's too late for that now.
Does anyone know, is it still a problem, Greece now being part of the EU and all that or should I 'lose' my current passport and apply for a new one?
Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 2304 times:
Quoting Cxsjr (Thread starter): I want to travel to Santorini in Greece this year but I've heard there can sometimes be 'issues' if you have a Northern Cypriot stamp in your passport.
Don't show your passport but only your ID card at the passpot control, problem solved.
Lewis From Greece, joined Jul 1999, 3448 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 2281 times:
You can get to Greece from the UK with some other form of ID and even if you don't, I suppose nobody will even check for the stamp in Greece. I am not sure though if you cannot come into Greece because you have visited northern Cyprus, I have never heard it before.
Some people say that if you have a stamp from Northern Cyprus in your passport you will be unwelcome in Greece or The Republic of Cyprus. We have no evidence that this was ever the case and it certainly is not the case today. www.aboutnorthcyprus.com/index.php/f...ractical-north-cyprus-information/
TransIsland From Bahamas, joined Mar 2004, 2031 posts, RR: 11 Reply 11, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 2241 times:
Quoting Gkirk (Reply 9): Quoting Sabena332 (Reply 7):
Irrelevant. You can travel from the UK to Greece (and vv.) with your ID card only, a passport is not required.
Nope. You need a passport
I have no idea what a UK ID card is like, but with a German ID card, I can travel throughout the EU - Schengen or not. Even numerous non-EU countries are happy with the ID card only (Turkey, Tunisia, Switzerland, for instance).
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Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 2238 times:
Quoting Gkirk (Reply 9): Nope. You need a passport
You don't need a passport to enter Greece when you are holding UK (or any other EU) citizenship, see this link.
Quote: Passport valid for at least three months beyond length of stay required by all except:
(a) 1. EU/EEA nationals (EU + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and Swiss nationals holding a valid national ID card.
Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2216 times:
Quoting Banco (Reply 13): Patrick, WE DO NOT HAVE ID CARDS IN THE UK!!!!!!
Ok, ok, I didn't see reply #10 because I was writing my reply.
So you guys don't have any "carry-on" identification documents except passports?
What is when the police stop you and ask for your name, address, etc.? What do you show them? What do you show a bank when you want to open up an account there? Your birth certificate?
And does that mean that all British citizen who want to travel abroad (even to Germany or Ireland) need a passport?
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 18, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2211 times:
Quoting Sabena332 (Reply 18): What is when the police stop you and ask for your name, address, etc.? What do you show them?
Tell them to piss off and bother someone else unless they've got a damn good reason to stop us, usually.
Quoting Sabena332 (Reply 18): What do you show a bank when you want to open up an account there? Your birth certificate?
Yep. Plus passport, utility bills, something like that.
Quoting Sabena332 (Reply 18): And does that mean that all British citizen who want to travel abroad (even to Germany or Ireland) need a passport?
Not Ireland, as there's a long-standing customs union. But you do need some form of photographic ID to board a flight now, so usually people take a passport anyway.
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Myt332 From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2003, 9112 posts, RR: 74 Reply 20, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2195 times:
Quoting Sabena332 (Reply 18): What is when the police stop you and ask for your name, address, etc.?
A Driving licence but hell, we don't all have those and a provisional licence in the UK sometimes isn't even valid ID to get into a nightclub! Trust me on that one.
Cfalk From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2189 times:
Quoting Sabena332 (Reply 18): So you guys don't have any "carry-on" identification documents except passports?
Most countries will issue to you an official ID, credit card size, and just as official and hard to copy as a passport.
I understand that the US has been debating the introduction of just this sort of thing, but surprisngly you have a lot of people who are vigerously protesting the idea. C'mon guys, but drivers' licences and student IDs are NOT a satisfactory form of ID.
MD11Engineer From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 13343 posts, RR: 64 Reply 22, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 2183 times:
Quoting Cfalk (Reply 22): Quoting Sabena332 (Reply 18):
So you guys don't have any "carry-on" identification documents except passports?
Most countries will issue to you an official ID, credit card size, and just as official and hard to copy as a passport.
I understand that the US has been debating the introduction of just this sort of thing, but surprisngly you have a lot of people who are vigerously protesting the idea. C'mon guys, but drivers' licences and student IDs are NOT a satisfactory form of ID.
I think it would be acceptable if the ID card just showed your name, date and place of birth and a picture, but most continental ID's also include your adress, to be officially entered every time you change your residence, since most continental European countries have laws (dating back to Napoleon) that every citizen has to be registered at his place of residence.
FrancoBlanco From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 2164 times:
Quoting Banco (Reply 19): Tell them to piss off and bother someone else unless they've got a damn good reason to stop us, usually.
And if they do have a damn good reason, what do you show them? Your a**?
Sebastian
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25 Cxsjr: .... as an aside, what really pi§§es me off is when you tell them you don't have any utility bills as prrof of address to open said account because
26 Cornish: Getting back to Northern Cyprus (and yes I know I'm the last person who can complain about a thread getting off track ), I shall be off to Cyprus with
27 Cxsjr: Not sure how much more open it is right now? I thought there was a mention of reopening the border but it fell through; can't say for sure. I thoroug
28 AirxLiban: By and large I agree with Cxsjr - Kyrenia is really the only sort of touristy thing worth seeing that you can't see on the Greek side, at least in my
29 Cornish: Thanks cxsjr and AirxLiban. As for the border - my Dad goes out there about three times a year as he has a place out there. He's been over the border
30 HAVACI: Hi Mate, Lived in Lapta for a while (you might be familiar with that area) and then lived over in Gaziveren (near Guzelyurt) for a year or so. I went
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