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Old Jun 16, 2014 | 3:57 pm
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Originally Posted by ESpen36
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..how would the exit officer know I hadn't overstayed without a stamp in the passport?
Couple of things here. Firstly, stamps in passports are only indicators. You could renew your passport, lose your passport, etc, while travelling. Yes, it could cause delay in an extreme circumstance, but otherwise, nobody cares. Secondly, all of Europe is connected now to the same border crossing database (SIS II), so regardless of where you cross, if your passport is scanned, you were logged.
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