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09-10-2012, 06:17 AM
Sanctions for overstaying or staying without valid visa depends on each members country legislation. In Slovenia you can be fined from 800 to 1200 EUR.
But as i said before, it is pretty unlikely that anybody would bother if you are decent looking caucasian.
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09-10-2012, 06:29 AM
They don't stamp your passport but they do scan it if your flying in... it's in their computer system.
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09-10-2012, 06:47 AM
Me they just scan my passport and give it back, but i'm a EU citizen.
but I remember last year at the border of Croatia and Italy they didn't even ask for my passport
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09-10-2012, 07:04 AM
Regarding them wanting to know if you have a return ticket: I just entered the EU on a one way ticket and had absolutely no issues with this. I had one flight within the US before traveling international, so check in was for a domestic flight.. Not sure if that made a difference.
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09-10-2012, 07:09 AM
Quote: (09-10-2012 06:54 AM)pablohasan Wrote:
Quote: (09-10-2012 06:47 AM)Hairyballs Wrote:
but I remember last year at the border of Croatia and Italy they didn't even ask for my passport
you think croatia and slovenia? or on the sea border??
Oh yes I mean Croatia and Slovenia...
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09-10-2012, 07:46 AM
just don't try to leave from Germany and try not to use planes..i traveled all around Europe and out of the the eu.
i only have stamps from England and Germany.
The Germans almost held me because my permit was expired by one day..
no other country even cared
I am the cock carousel
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09-10-2012, 07:32 PM
I returned to Canada through Portugal after only 2 months in Europe (stamped 2 mths earlier in Italy)...the guy wanted to see my Euro passport on top of my Canadian passport...a lot could've been lost in translation, except the part about wanting to see my other passport, but I think the guy said I could've been looking at a fine without it (don't know how much or if he was possibly confused by the stamps in my passport as I was in Europe for several months a few months before that).
Edit: Reddit that Reddit thread it could possibly be because I rode right on the 90-day line between having left and returned to Europe (Being allowed in Schengen area 90 out of 180 days from when you get the stamp--I stayed 3 months, left for 3 months +/- a day, then returned for a couple of additional months).
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09-10-2012, 11:14 PM
Not worth sneaking around like an illegal immigrant. I'm about to get my permanent residence permit and it's been a huge boon to getting myself established with all the basic necessities (car, medical insurance, auto insurance, bank account, etc). Being off the grid works for the short-term, but not viable for the long-term.
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09-11-2012, 03:14 AM
phoenix101 i think it is pretty unlikely that anybody will fine you on the way out, because that means a lot of troubles for policeman and also local police. you will miss the plane, they will have to deport you somehow, etc...
But on other hand if you would be caught doing i don't know yelling in the streets at night, and they will find out about your overstay, i guess it is hard to avoid the fine.
In Slovenia i would do like that. Come to EU, go to Croatia to get exit stamp, get back without stamp. Before 3 months is over i would try to sneak out without getting stamped, which is very easy on road border crossing, and get back and make sure that i would get entry stamp on my way back. With this trick your stay prolonged for three more months and you were here legally in first three months.
But this is doable only in a country close to borders of schengen area.