very strange

[eula mackay]

i know within schengen states there are no border control. what im surprised is that my documents were not checked in dover before embarkation. my concern is that there is no proof when i left the uk. in uk airports we dont get stamped on the way out as our passports are scanned.

has anyone used dover port in the past and had the same experience?

[Arthur Little]

i know within schengen states there are no border control. what im surprised is that my documents were not checked in dover before embarkation. my concern is that there is no proof when i left the uk. in uk airports we dont get stamped on the way out as our passports are scanned.

has anyone used dover port in the past and had the same experience?

It's a longish time since I travelled to France by ferry, so cannot really remember whether my passport was checked or not at Calais. However, I DO know my wife and I had ours scrutinised recently at both St Pancras and Paris ... and vice versa ... prior to boarding Eurostar; moreover, Border Control at the French end, requested Myrna to complete an Immigration Form of some kind for returning to the UK. And it seems she will have to go through this palaver each time we travel to the Continent [or, at least until she has ILR] ... in order to keep the British Government happy!