Originally Posted by
allofthelights
What experiences do travellers have on using a non-EEA but visa-waiver passport (e.g. US, Australian, Korean) on intra-schengen flights? While ID (passport) will be checked upon boarding, does anyone have any experience with having their entry-stamp checked upon boarding as well?
I have an EEA passport and thus no personal experience, but I am asking for a friend who is legally able to stay in one Schengen country, but is beyond the 90 days period spent in the Schengen area. While I am aware of the legal issues and can understand if some of you advice against this, I'm interested whether boarding staff ever check these details.
I have lots of experience with this.
ID is most frequently but not always checked for such flights. I routinely fly between a variety of Schengen countries without having shown my passport to any person and without even having entered the details of my ID. This isnt always the case but it is most often not done on my flights between the Schengen Nordic countries and from the Schengen Nordic countries to other Schengen countries.
It is very, very rare that entry stamps are checked by airlines on departure for intra-Schengen trips. Actually it is so rare that it doesn't seem to have happened to anyone I know or to myself ever ... and I am in pretty good company when it comes to volume of intra-Schengen trips.
The only times I personally have observed a problem at an airport involving entry stamps on US passports for intra-Schengen trips was because some EU Schengen police or customs type had flagged down, on a racist basis, in the baggage claim area, the person who had come off intra-Schengen flights and the state agent wouldn't believe it or didn't care because free mobility amongst Schengen states is not a right in the way it is for (most) EU citizens. Does the person appear to be of a European ethnicity? If so, almost certainly no problems at all.
In other words, very, very low probability of there being a problem on intra-Schengen trips, especially if traveling with carry-on-only.