Originally Posted by
fast passenger
I finally signed up for Easypass a few days ago. The cops were nice and it took 5 minutes. I think they appreciated that I had the forms filled out already.
I tried it for the first time departing FRA this morning, I was able to pass through the automated gates successfully. However, I was summoned to the desk. The officer seemed VERY irritated and kept asking for my German ID card, which I don't have. After asking me for it repeatedly (rapid-fire style) she eventually handed my passport to her colleague who stamped it and sent me on my way with no explanation.
Was this the way it is supposed to work? Or did it not work and the officers decided to just process me manually to get rid of me?
This is normal. Even with automated passport contrôle, non-EU nationals have to have a manual exit stamp.
"After successful face recognition, registered travellers (RTs) from outside the EU - in contrast to the usual EasyPASS procedure - will see a special symbol and have to wait until a border guard opens the exit door.
RTs have to move forward to the monitoring booth, which is located directly behind the EasyPASS gate. An officer will then check the additional entry requirements and stamp the passport.
After that procedure the border check is completed.
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Similar procedure is in place at CDG apparently (without need for registration).