To corroborate what Beria said: I needed to carry my passport with me while traveling around Europe (except within Poland, where I carried my [national] student ID). And since I was advised not to get a residence permit (stay of less than one year, that's why), it was sometimes hasslesome to convince people that I was staying in Poland. This most notably happened, for Nemo's sake, in Italy, where I was detained at Fiumicino for around 10-15 minutes while immigration personnel tried to "clarify" my status.
But then again, in Southeast Asia, we need passports to travel even within the region anyway, so we're used to it. :P
Josh
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________________________________ From: Béria Lima berialima@gmail.com To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Badly organized tours
Oh Frederico, that is only for European citizens, my ID isn't valid in Europe. ;)
But then, I can travel almost all South America without a passport, while you need to carry yours here. ;) _____ Béria Lima
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On 10 July 2012 22:43, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Béria Lima, 11/07/2012 03:23:
Well, you need to care a valid ID with you all time, not necessarily
your passport.
But then, I lived almost 3 years in Europe and the only times someone asked for my passport was in the airports to get in and out. ;)
Well, you don't even need the passport if you're flying within Europe. It's hard to get used to <s>barbaric</s> foreign habits but after all we've survived Israel...
Nemo
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