Will I get a passport stamp if I go to Ireland from Germany on a U.S passport?

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Going to Ireland will look exactly like what this is: a visa run.

There are some LCCs (Wow, for example) with extremely cheap fares back to the USA. You may want to consider going back home for even a week as it’ll give the clearest indication you have a place in your home country to go back to.

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Yes, a US passport (like any non-EU/EEA passport) will be stamped when you enter Ireland or the UK. There will be no exit stamp when you leave; Ireland and the UK do not have exit controls. But even if your destination didn't give you an entry stamp (as if you returned to the US, potentially), the Schengen exit stamp is really what they'll be looking for, and you'll get that regardless of where you go to.

Incidentally, prepare for a bit of grilling when you enter Ireland or the UK. "I'm here to get around immigration restrictions, but I promise I'll leave in a week" is not exactly what an IO wants to hear. Bring documentation of everything, particularly documenting the absolute certainty that you're about to be issued a resident visa.

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