Passport Stamps

NYCKILDARE

Hey,

Anyone know is there any way you can get your passport stamped with Europe? Like can you pay in certain countries.... I have an Irish passport

Thanks
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Utah

You can ask really nicely and they might do it. Got a few that way!

spintheglobe

I literally ask everywhere I travel and it does work in most countries - they might take a long look at you though

lonestargirl

When in Copenhagen last year the lady at exit passport control offered my 5-year old a stamp in his passport.

NYCKILDARE

By getting stamps in European countries does it invalidate the passport?

coylemj

NYCKILDARE wrote: »

By getting stamps in European countries does it invalidate the passport?

Your passport can only be invalidated by your home country revoking it which typically only happens if it's reported as lost or stolen.

Otherwise, what you're suggesting is a ludicrous and highly improbable scenario whereby you arrive in Peru and the immigration guy refuses you admittance to his country because you have a Malta stamp in your passport

Hopeful2016

NYCKILDARE wrote: »

Hey,

Anyone know is there any way you can get your passport stamped with Europe? Like can you pay in certain countries.... I have an Irish passport

Thanks
(Feel free to move post if it's in the wrong thread)

Be careful to leave sufficient space for necessary stamps for any non EU travel you might want to do before your passport expires. It's surprising how quickly the pages fill up in the likes of SE Asia etc where a visa takes up an entire page.

Antar Bolaeisk

coylemj wrote: »

Your passport can only be invalidated by your home country revoking it which typically only happens if it's reported as lost or stolen.

Otherwise, what you're suggesting is a ludicrous and highly improbable scenario whereby you arrive in Peru and the immigration guy refuses you admittance to his country because you have a Malta stamp in your passport

There are scenarios where that happens, having an Israeli stamp on your passport and then travelling to somewhere like Iran or Saudi Arabia can be a bit awkward.

I didn't realise Europe would stamp the passport if you ask, so going to do this on my next trip.

NYCKILDARE

Thanks for all the replies.. I heard that by getting European stamps on your passport (member of the EU) can cause it to be invalidated as it breaches the Schengen Agreement

K.Flyer

NYCKILDARE wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies.. I heard that by getting European stamps on your passport (member of the EU) can cause it to be invalidated as it breaches the Schengen Agreement

Passport Stamp

Also, whilst by law persons enjoying the right of freedom of movement are not to receive a passport stamp, in practice, upon request, a stamp may be given - see the gallery below for an example of an entry stamp being issued upon request by an EU citizen. 

Fred Swanson

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liam7831

Why would you want this done, as in stamped ??

Fred Swanson

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Thoie

I asked about getting a stamp at one point, and was advised against it by the official. He'd have done it if I wanted, but suggested that I shouldn't, as it could cause delays for me later on. His point was that if he saw a European passport with stamps on it, the oddity of it would raise questions in his mind as to why there were European stamps in an Irish passport, and he'd start checking to see if it was forged, or if there was something dodgy about me that would require further investigation.

Maybe he was just fobbing me off, but he'd have had it stamped and got rid of me in a quarter of the time it took him to explain.

Fred Swanson

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coylemj

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+1 That Checkpoint Charlie is just a bunch of chancers dressed up in US army uniforms looking to get cash from tourists for posing in selfies so I certainly wouldn't give them my passport to stamp.

There are other spots where you can get a passport stamp, I recall being in the Statue of Liberty and you could stamp your passport using a stamp that was chained to a desk.

But given the times that are in it, I'd agree that you shouldn't let anyone but an immigration official stamp your passport.

coylemj

NYCKILDARE wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies.. I heard that by getting European stamps on your passport (member of the EU) can cause it to be invalidated as it breaches the Schengen Agreement

If you are travelling between two Schengen countries, you will not meet anyone who can stamp your passport for the simple reason that there are no border controls.

UK and Ireland are not signed up to Schengen so their citizens are not bound by any of the Schengen rules, real or imagined.

liam7831

Who is ever going to see the stamps besides yourself and the customers officer ?

Story Bud?

Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »

There are scenarios where that happens, having an Israeli stamp on your passport and then travelling to somewhere like Iran or Saudi Arabia can be a bit awkward.

I didn't realise Europe would stamp the passport if you ask, so going to do this on my next trip.

Israel don't stamp your passport any more for this exact reason

If you have a stamp from an Arab country, you will not be refused entry to Israel, but you may be subject to extra security measures.

NYCKILDARE

Thanks guys for all the replies.. I'm going to start getting my new passport stamped from now on when I travel

ted1

NYCKILDARE wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies.. I heard that by getting European stamps on your passport (member of the EU) can cause it to be invalidated as it breaches the Schengen Agreement

Ireland aren't in the Shengen agreement

coylemj

NYCKILDARE wrote: »

Thanks guys for all the replies.. I'm going to start getting my new passport stamped from now on when I travel

It's already been pointed out and I will repeat it - it isn't necessarily a good idea to have a raft of EU stamps in your EU passport. If you show up at an EU passport desk and you're from Australia or the US, they would expect to see stamps from several European countries but an EU citizen with lots of such stamps may arouse unwanted attention and suspicion, I wouldn't do it if I were you.

The key when travelling nowadays is that you do not do anything draws attention to yourself, you want to merge with the masses and pass through border controls without a second glance. Having a load of unnecessary stamps in your passport is not the way to do that.

Collect postage stamps instead.

coylemj

coylemj wrote: »

It's already been pointed out and I will repeat it - it isn't necessarily a good idea to have a raft of EU stamps in your EU passport. If you show up at an EU passport desk and you're from Australia or the US, they would expect to see stamps from several European countries but an EU citizen with lots of such stamps may arouse unwanted attention and suspicion, I wouldn't do it if I were you.

The key when travelling nowadays is that you do not do anything draws attention to yourself, you want to merge with the masses and pass through border controls without a second glance. Having a load of unnecessary stamps in your passport is not the way to do that.

Collect postage stamps instead.

Well seeing as how other countries immigration don't look through you passport , just at the main page, I can't see how it could make any difference what stamps you have throughout your passport.
In Europe I mean, they only look at the main page , not stamps on other pages.

dingding

Traveling to the states you may have issues with the airlines security where you are screened before checkin. You could have the passport for up to 10 years. Travel to all parts of the world you can't imagine now. The advice about not standing out was great. You don't want to be raising suspicion. The passport is an important travel document not a scrapbook.

NYCKILDARE

Your probably right about travelling all over the world. I might just bring my old passport along with me and see if they'll stamp that then, would there be any problems with doing that?

ted1

coylemj wrote: »

It's already been pointed out and I will repeat it - it isn't necessarily a good idea to have a raft of EU stamps in your EU passport. If you show up at an EU passport desk and you're from Australia or the US, they would expect to see stamps from several European countries but an EU citizen with lots of such stamps may arouse unwanted attention and suspicion, I wouldn't do it if I were you.

The key when travelling nowadays is that you do not do anything draws attention to yourself, you want to merge with the masses and pass through border controls without a second glance. Having a load of unnecessary stamps in your passport is not the way to do that.

Collect postage stamps instead.

Pointed out by who? Random people on the internet that don't work on immigration

The kids always gets their book stamped.
I travel quite a bit with work to Asia, US and Caribbean . Immigration have yet to look at stamps , they look at passport, open page stamp and wave on