Double nationality – leaving/entering Europe with ID card

8/21/2017 8:19:12 AM

Here are some update about the travel:

On the way in (France =>Russia). I always showed only russian passport and had no question about the second nationality.

On the out (Russia => France). During the checkin they asked me to prove that I can enter EU so I showed my greek ID card. They were not so happy about the fact that it had more than 10 years of emission but I told them that the Greek Id has no expiration. At the end they were not happy but finally let me checkin.
At the borderpass of Russia I showed only Russia passport.
At the borderpass of France I give them Greek Id card + expired Greek passport and Russian passport. The guy just opened the russian passport and put a stamp in it without looking my European documents.

7/3/2017 8:52:12 AM

So here are more informations. I called the French border control center. They told me that I should be able to pass the border but I may encounter a longer document control. They also added that I should avoid indirect flights.
Moreover, I found here in this link that we can travel with expired passport and valid Id card:
http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/expired-lost-passports/france/index_en.htm
It concerns The French documents and leaving from France, but there’s not the case of leaving France with Greek ID.

7/3/2017 1:20:37 PM

Your Greek ID card alone is valid for entering/exiting any EU/EFTA country, regardless of where you’re flying to/from.

Present your documents as follows:

  • At French exit control, your boarding pass, Greek ID card and Russian passport (the French usually require to see the papers for your destination before letting you out).

  • At Russian entry control, the Russian passport.

  • At Russian Exit control, the Russian passport (and Boarding pass+Greek ID Card if asked)

  • At French entry control, your Greek ID Card

You can leave your expired Greek passport at home

Proof: As stated in Timatic, the database used by airlines:

France: Passport Exemptions:
– Nationals of Greece with a national ID card.

7/2/2017 12:26:46 PM

No problem whatsoever. The site requires me to write more but that’s really all there is to it. You can enter every EU country, even countries that do not themselves issue ID cards (that’s the UK, Denmark, and Ireland, although Ireland recently introduced a “passport card”), with a valid national identity card issued by another EU country. It doesn’t matter if you are currently coming from inside or outside the EU.

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