Originally Posted by
Slobodansm
Customs officer will open your passport to the ID page since no custom officer is that mentally impaired (although there are some fine specimen out there) so as to believe what the cover says.
Actually some Schengen Zone customs agents merely wave people with EU passports through (at least they used to) -- certainly, one could get lucky and get through.
The hope is that now security and scrutiny have been stepped up a little.