Is laziness about stamping passports common at the Bosnian-Montenegrin, Montenegrin-Albanian and Macedonian-Kosovan land borders?
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The concerned person, a Dutch citizen, is going on a bus tour in former Yugoslavia, travelling Germany-Austria-Slovenia-Croatia-Bosnia-Montenegro-Albania-Macedonia-Kosovo. They only hold a passport and not a national ID card.
By law, Bosnia, Kosovo and Montenegro are to stamp Dutch passports on entry and exit. Thus, at the Bosnian-Montenegrin border, the person should get both stamps, at the Montenegrin-Albanian border a Montenegrin exit stamp, and at the Macedonian-Kosovan border a Kosovan entry stamp.
In your experiences, is laziness/a lax attitude about stamping EU passports at these particular borders common? I know it's a common issue at the Croatian-Bosnian land border, and we're trying to establish whether the person should verbally ask the officers to issue one whenever they collect the passports from the bus passengers.
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The concerned person, a Dutch citizen, is going on a bus tour in former Yugoslavia, travelling Germany-Austria-Slovenia-Croatia-Bosnia-Montenegro-Albania-Macedonia-Kosovo. They only hold a passport and not a national ID card.
By law, Bosnia, Kosovo and Montenegro are to stamp Dutch passports on entry and exit. Thus, at the Bosnian-Montenegrin border, the person should get both stamps, at the Montenegrin-Albanian border a Montenegrin exit stamp, and at the Macedonian-Kosovan border a Kosovan entry stamp.
In your experiences, is laziness/a lax attitude about stamping EU passports at these particular borders common? I know it's a common issue at the Croatian-Bosnian land border, and we're trying to establish whether the person should verbally ask the officers to issue one whenever they collect the passports from the bus passengers.
customs-and-immigration borders passport-stamps balkans
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Does it matter? I've been in and out of Bosnia, with and without stamps, dozens of times. Nobody ever investigated whether I'd overstayed.
– phoog
Feb 6 at 21:31
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@phoog Just like with foreigner registration, you're fine without most of the time, but if you get the wrong officer, you're screwed (had an acquaintance get briefly imprisoned and deported from Serbia for not having an entry stamp at the exit checkpoint. They were Australian). So we'd rather everything is done as per the book.
– Coke
Feb 6 at 21:36
On Croatia-Slovenia border your passport can be stamped twice (on exit). So be prepared for weirdness on non-EU border control posts.
– M. Dm.
Feb 7 at 8:35
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The concerned person, a Dutch citizen, is going on a bus tour in former Yugoslavia, travelling Germany-Austria-Slovenia-Croatia-Bosnia-Montenegro-Albania-Macedonia-Kosovo. They only hold a passport and not a national ID card.
By law, Bosnia, Kosovo and Montenegro are to stamp Dutch passports on entry and exit. Thus, at the Bosnian-Montenegrin border, the person should get both stamps, at the Montenegrin-Albanian border a Montenegrin exit stamp, and at the Macedonian-Kosovan border a Kosovan entry stamp.
In your experiences, is laziness/a lax attitude about stamping EU passports at these particular borders common? I know it's a common issue at the Croatian-Bosnian land border, and we're trying to establish whether the person should verbally ask the officers to issue one whenever they collect the passports from the bus passengers.
customs-and-immigration borders passport-stamps balkans
edited Jul 14 at 0:55
Mark Mayo♦
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asked Feb 6 at 20:12
Coke
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The concerned person, a Dutch citizen, is going on a bus tour in former Yugoslavia, travelling Germany-Austria-Slovenia-Croatia-Bosnia-Montenegro-Albania-Macedonia-Kosovo. They only hold a passport and not a national ID card.
By law, Bosnia, Kosovo and Montenegro are to stamp Dutch passports on entry and exit. Thus, at the Bosnian-Montenegrin border, the person should get both stamps, at the Montenegrin-Albanian border a Montenegrin exit stamp, and at the Macedonian-Kosovan border a Kosovan entry stamp.
In your experiences, is laziness/a lax attitude about stamping EU passports at these particular borders common? I know it's a common issue at the Croatian-Bosnian land border, and we're trying to establish whether the person should verbally ask the officers to issue one whenever they collect the passports from the bus passengers.
customs-and-immigration borders passport-stamps balkans
customs-and-immigration borders passport-stamps balkans
edited Jul 14 at 0:55
Mark Mayo♦
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asked Feb 6 at 20:12
Coke
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edited Jul 14 at 0:55
Mark Mayo♦
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asked Feb 6 at 20:12
Coke
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edited Jul 14 at 0:55
Mark Mayo♦
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edited Jul 14 at 0:55
Mark Mayo♦
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edited Jul 14 at 0:55
Mark Mayo♦
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asked Feb 6 at 20:12
Coke
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asked Feb 6 at 20:12
Coke
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asked Feb 6 at 20:12
Coke
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Does it matter? I've been in and out of Bosnia, with and without stamps, dozens of times. Nobody ever investigated whether I'd overstayed.
– phoog
Feb 6 at 21:31
3
@phoog Just like with foreigner registration, you're fine without most of the time, but if you get the wrong officer, you're screwed (had an acquaintance get briefly imprisoned and deported from Serbia for not having an entry stamp at the exit checkpoint. They were Australian). So we'd rather everything is done as per the book.
– Coke
Feb 6 at 21:36
On Croatia-Slovenia border your passport can be stamped twice (on exit). So be prepared for weirdness on non-EU border control posts.
– M. Dm.
Feb 7 at 8:35
add a comment |Â
Does it matter? I've been in and out of Bosnia, with and without stamps, dozens of times. Nobody ever investigated whether I'd overstayed.
– phoog
Feb 6 at 21:31
3
@phoog Just like with foreigner registration, you're fine without most of the time, but if you get the wrong officer, you're screwed (had an acquaintance get briefly imprisoned and deported from Serbia for not having an entry stamp at the exit checkpoint. They were Australian). So we'd rather everything is done as per the book.
– Coke
Feb 6 at 21:36
On Croatia-Slovenia border your passport can be stamped twice (on exit). So be prepared for weirdness on non-EU border control posts.
– M. Dm.
Feb 7 at 8:35
Does it matter? I've been in and out of Bosnia, with and without stamps, dozens of times. Nobody ever investigated whether I'd overstayed.
– phoog
Feb 6 at 21:31
Does it matter? I've been in and out of Bosnia, with and without stamps, dozens of times. Nobody ever investigated whether I'd overstayed.
– phoog
Feb 6 at 21:31
3
3
@phoog Just like with foreigner registration, you're fine without most of the time, but if you get the wrong officer, you're screwed (had an acquaintance get briefly imprisoned and deported from Serbia for not having an entry stamp at the exit checkpoint. They were Australian). So we'd rather everything is done as per the book.
– Coke
Feb 6 at 21:36
@phoog Just like with foreigner registration, you're fine without most of the time, but if you get the wrong officer, you're screwed (had an acquaintance get briefly imprisoned and deported from Serbia for not having an entry stamp at the exit checkpoint. They were Australian). So we'd rather everything is done as per the book.
– Coke
Feb 6 at 21:36
On Croatia-Slovenia border your passport can be stamped twice (on exit). So be prepared for weirdness on non-EU border control posts.
– M. Dm.
Feb 7 at 8:35
On Croatia-Slovenia border your passport can be stamped twice (on exit). So be prepared for weirdness on non-EU border control posts.
– M. Dm.
Feb 7 at 8:35
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Does it matter? I've been in and out of Bosnia, with and without stamps, dozens of times. Nobody ever investigated whether I'd overstayed.
– phoog
Feb 6 at 21:31
3
@phoog Just like with foreigner registration, you're fine without most of the time, but if you get the wrong officer, you're screwed (had an acquaintance get briefly imprisoned and deported from Serbia for not having an entry stamp at the exit checkpoint. They were Australian). So we'd rather everything is done as per the book.
– Coke
Feb 6 at 21:36
On Croatia-Slovenia border your passport can be stamped twice (on exit). So be prepared for weirdness on non-EU border control posts.
– M. Dm.
Feb 7 at 8:35