Passport question traveling from england to amsterdam

[dkanthal]

Does an British citizen need a passport to enter Amsterdam? If a passport wasn't available, would any other article of information suffice?

[pinus]

You need a passport to travel from the UK to The Netherlands Once you are in The Netherlands, you do not need a passport to enter Amsterdam

[secretspirit]

No offence dkanthal, this is nothing personal, but why do seemingly half the population think you can or should be able to get into other countries without a passport????

[thewillow]

You could try a note from your mother.

[Drewhound]

It does seem a little naive but when we first joined the common market you could travel throughout the CM without a passport. An American or Canadian wouldn't think this was unusual

[SteveD]

Drewhound, it all depends on whether the countries concerned signed the Schengen Convention: "Which EU Member States are now signed up to the Schengen Convention? As of March 2001, 13 EU Member States are signed up to the Schengen Agreement. They are Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland and Sweden. Ireland and the United Kingdom never signed up to the Schengen Convention and have thus not ended border controls with other EU Member States, although they will participate, in the future, in those aspects of Schengen that entail cooperation between police forces and the judiciary. For this reason, EU citizens, as well as third-country nationals, still have to show their passports when travelling between the UK or Ireland and the rest of the EU (although not between Ireland and the UK, which together with the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man constitute a common travel area for which passports are not needed). Although Denmark has signed the Schengen Agreement, it can choose within the EU framework whether or not to apply any new decision taken under the agreement." For more information, lok here: http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/fsj/freetravel/fronti ers/wai/fsj_freetravel_schengen_en.htm

[thewillow]

Well said, SteveD - But will they pay any attention to you?