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+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine.
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LongAgo
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+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts?
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punter99
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Sounds fairly normal. I've been stopped before, when I wasn't on the SOR, and asked about the reason for my journey. Did the e-gates work for you and were there any other checks, such as facial recognition, or fingerprints?
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LongAgo
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+xSounds fairly normal. I've been stopped before, when I wasn't on the SOR, and asked about the reason for my journey. Did the e-gates work for you and were there any other checks, such as facial recognition, or fingerprints? Hello punter99 There were no e-gates at the terminal. Just desk scan by border staff. No other checks were conducted. Thanks for your reply
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scotboy
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? +x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? +x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? Looks like all is well with you, was your shuttle trip a wee tester? The world is your oyster!!
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LongAgo
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? +x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? +x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? Looks like all is well with you, was your shuttle trip a wee tester? The world is your oyster!! It was a wee tester Scotboy. It is my intention to take a trip using e - gates very shortly. That should clear up any lingering doubts
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? +x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? +x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? Looks like all is well with you, was your shuttle trip a wee tester? The world is your oyster!! It was a wee tester Scotboy. It is my intention to take a trip using e - gates very shortly. That should clear up any lingering doubts Have recently returned from the continent. Post SOR notification. Had no problems entering/exiting France via the border guard scan machine. Upon return to the UK was able to use e - gates.
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Harry
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? +x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? +x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? Looks like all is well with you, was your shuttle trip a wee tester? The world is your oyster!! It was a wee tester Scotboy. It is my intention to take a trip using e - gates very shortly. That should clear up any lingering doubts Have recently returned from the continent. Post SOR notification. Had no problems entering/exiting France via the border guard scan machine. Upon return to the UK was able to use e - gates. If on a SOR the passport carries a tag, says nothing but refers to the fact you may have a sexual record. I was questioned 2 years ago going in and out of Spain, which was embarrassing. Also in 2021 I was taken aside to the police room in Athens. I entered both countries no problem, otherwise.
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punter99
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? +x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? +x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? Looks like all is well with you, was your shuttle trip a wee tester? The world is your oyster!! It was a wee tester Scotboy. It is my intention to take a trip using e - gates very shortly. That should clear up any lingering doubts Have recently returned from the continent. Post SOR notification. Had no problems entering/exiting France via the border guard scan machine. Upon return to the UK was able to use e - gates. If on a SOR the passport carries a tag, says nothing but refers to the fact you may have a sexual record. I was questioned 2 years ago going in and out of Spain, which was embarrassing. Also in 2021 I was taken aside to the police room in Athens. I entered both countries no problem, otherwise. Not quite. The passport doesn't contain any tag. The only notification would be on the computer system of the country you enter and it doesn't necessarily mention what the offence is, only that the person is "of interest".
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Harry
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? +x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? +x+x+x+x+x+x+xPost SOR anyone with 2023 foreign holiday travel border entry experiences to share? Thank you I had a couple of trips to Spain while on Sor, had no problems, that's when we were in EU they would just wave you through. i went to Greece recently and had no problems. How recently were you in Greece Scotboy? Post Brexit and still notifying? I was in Greece last week, not notifying since 2019. And finally Scotboy, we're you able to use the e - gates? No E-gate at Kos, no problems at Kos Passport Control,.......entered UK via E-gate at Glasgow, everything was fine. Just completed a cross channel trip. All went well continental side. Passport scanned. Absolutely no problem. Returning to UK no obvious problem. But was asked by the official, in a very friendly manner if I had travelled alone and enjoyed my trip. My first trip since coming off the register. I was the first one at the desk and was indeed travelling alone on what was virtually a shuttle trip. Am I being paranoid or was this just a regular interaction? Any thoughts? Looks like all is well with you, was your shuttle trip a wee tester? The world is your oyster!! It was a wee tester Scotboy. It is my intention to take a trip using e - gates very shortly. That should clear up any lingering doubts Have recently returned from the continent. Post SOR notification. Had no problems entering/exiting France via the border guard scan machine. Upon return to the UK was able to use e - gates. If on a SOR the passport carries a tag, says nothing but refers to the fact you may have a sexual record. I was questioned 2 years ago going in and out of Spain, which was embarrassing. Also in 2021 I was taken aside to the police room in Athens. I entered both countries no problem, otherwise. Not quite. The passport doesn't contain any tag. The only notification would be on the computer system of the country you enter and it doesn't necessarily mention what the offence is, only that the person is "of interest". I know that, but it is still a tag. Some immigration officers ignore it (as they did for me in 2022 and 2023 in Vietnam) others, like in Spain or Greece,, in my experience take a long look and discuss with colleagues, before letting me in.
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