Originally Posted by
fassy
Posted for Dr.Dre
well, no. TIMATIC is not above EU law, and nobody ignored EU law.
Simple fact is, airlines require you to provide sufficient travel documents which they can validate. This is a passport with visa attached, if needed. They don’t have to accept some papers which might or might not be good enough. They can’t make that call.
As in my example above, as German citizen I’m allowed to enter back into Germany... always. But airlines won’t let me board a plane, e.g. in the US for a flight bound to Germany without a passport as TIMATIC will say, I need a passport for travel.
Before leaving on a trip, check which documents to bring.
Indeed. This is the reason US consulates issue passport-replacing (temporary) passports to US nationals who lose or have stolen their US passports. As US nationals, they can't be denied entry to the US if they can make it to the US border.
But, in order to make it to the US border where they can demonstrate nationality, they need to fly to the US and the air carrier rightfully won't board them without a passport.