What passport?

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When I was in the US military a set of orders listing countries allowed to
travel in (and that had agreement with the US) was all that was needed to
travel.

One other thing to understand is that US citizens can go to Canada or Mexico
without a passport so travel throughout North America has
few requirements. After 9/11 I don't know if this is going to
change.

I suspect that in time all of the EU may let passport requirements ease for
inter EU travel of EU citizens

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From: "Donogh McCarthy" <donoghmc@hotmail.com>

> >>I suspect that in time all of the EU may let passport requirements

Not quite.

IF you happen to get into an EU country (using whatever type of passport) AND
you're a UK resident citizen, THEN you can get an ID card in that country,
which means you can travel in the EU without a passport. You can enter the UK
as well, as you have UK resident citizenship, it says so on your German ID
card.

> KHR wrote:

> > I suspect that in time all of the EU may let passport requirements

Proof of *identity* alone doesn't cut it, I'm afraid; you also need proof of
*citizenship*... which means that unless your ID card mentions what EU state
you're a citizen of, you still need your passport.

Of course, Swedish ID cards rarely if ever mention the citizenship of the
holder :-/

Later,