Can I use an Emergency Passport as proof of identification within Schengen before travelling back to the UK?

8/17/2015 2:01:44 PM

Yes, that’s more-or-less what emergency passports are for, even outside the EU or the Schengen area. An emergency passport is in fact a travel document, unlike national ID cards (which are however perfectly valid within the EU as well) or driver’s licenses (which are not intended to be used for that). (I write “more-or-less” because emergency passports are primarily used to come back to your country of origin, not necessarily to roam the world but they are valid travel documents; a travel document that’s only valid for a specific trip is typically called a “laissez-passer”).

There are some restrictions like not being eligible for the US visa waiver program or not fulfilling minimum validity rules in many countries but none of this is relevant within the EU. I once had the occasion to leave and re-enter Germany with a French emergency passport issued by the embassy in Berlin. I recall that the border guards seemed to look at it a little more carefully than usual (the threads binding it were a bit loose) but that’s it, no problem whatsoever.

(Another time, I also managed to fly with a driver’s license and a good story but I wouldn’t count on it working every time. If you have some form of Spanish residence card, you might want to take that with you. While it’s not supposed to replace a passport, it can be helpful to reassure any airline employee who might be nervous about letting you board your flight.)

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