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Mar 13, 2013 | 5:58 am

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No passport check in Germany

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Originally Posted by crystak

If anyone knows what the reasoning is or can direct me to another website it would be greatly appreciated. I'm inquiring about this in relation to a university project.

Thanks

In Germany there is no passport check in hotels when checking-in. In addition to that private people (like merchants, hotel clerks) are not allowed to see the passport or ID card. As it is stated in § 1 of the German "Personalausweisgesetz" they have no "Ausweisrecht" (right to ask you for the passport or ID card)

http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pauswg/__1.html

Only when merchants are selling tobacco and alcohol they are allowed to SEE but NOT TOP COPY the ID.

By the way: Congrats to that great topic. @:-)

Besides the legal approach it is a sign for a free country whether you need a passport or ID for anything in daily life or not.

E.g. in the non-democratic countries of China and Tadzhikistan the IDs are checked just for stepping on to a high-speed train.

So no security reason only to pressurize the population (and by that destroying the values of the declaration of independence).

Hope this helps.

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