[Foundation-l] Call for Wikimania Scholarship Applications

[Thomas Dalton]

On 27 March 2010 20:38, Tim Landscheidt <tim at tim-landscheidt.de> wrote:
> Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> No, British citizens with an identity card can enter the EEA
>>> and Switzerland without a passport in the same way that I as
>>> a German citizen do not need a passport to enter the UK.
>
>> http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Foreigntravel/BeforeYouTravel/DG_4016874
>
>> This official UK government page seems to disagree with you.
>
> This official UK government page seems to agree with me:
>
> | [...]
> | Entry requirements
>
> | Passport validity
>
> | You need a passport or a National Identity Card (see the
> | website of the Identity and Passports Service (IPS)) to en-
> | ter Poland.
> | [...]
>
> (from:
> <URI:http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/europe/poland?ta=entryRequirements&pg=4>)

So it does... perhaps the page I found hasn't been be updated since
identity cards were introduced in the UK (which was about 4 months
ago, and only on a trial basis).