Originally Posted by
BobbySteel
Yep you should be able to enter on a tourist visa regardless. Depending on country they may or may not scan it. You could always try your luck, but it depends whether you need to come in on the residence permit or not. Easiest is to just show up and get the normal tourist visa like you never had a residence permit at all.
Italy and points east of Germany probably easier than Germany/UK/France/NL/SE. I've anecdotally found the countries with the best economies have the hardest/toughest guards at immigration. Portugal/Greece/Spain/Italy among the worst.
uk is not even in the schengen zone.
however uk residence permit is in the eu uniform format and can be read (if the immigration officer thinks it might me conterfeit). there is a card reader but it's not on every desk.
schengen area countries shares a big database on resident permits. op's old employer has a legal duty to inform authorities about the premature end of employment, which i guess the RP will be cancelled afterwards.