It may sound legitimately blunt, but it is primarily about misunderstandings. Passport and ID card Photo: Snorre Tønset / news Your passport is both a travel document and identification. You can use that to document who you are in all situations and everywhere you travel. A national ID card with travel rights is valid as a travel document when you are traveling to the EU/EEA countries and Switzerland, as well as certain other countries. The UK is not a member of Schengen or the EU/EEA, which many houses miss. A passport or national ID card with travel rights are the only Norwegian travel and ID documents that are valid abroad. The ID cards are only valid in the EU/EEA countries and Switzerland. A number of countries have introduced temporary border controls in Schengen. An overview of temporary border controls in EU and EEA countries can be found on the European Commission’s website. TIP: The “Reiseklar” app from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives Norwegian citizens on a trip easy access to travel information, travel advice and, not least, travel registration. Families must be left behind It is particularly travelers to England who have taken a solid hit. In good faith, they have packed the new ID card and left the passport at home, without considering that the UK is not a member of Schengen or the EU/EEA. Once at the airport, they must therefore remain at the street when the plane heads for Charles the Third’s kingdom. Tine Kleive-Mathisen, marketing and communications manager at Torp airport in Sandefjord, tells of several frustrated passengers. Tine Kleive-Mathisen, marketing and communications manager at Torp airport. Photo: John-Andre Samuelsen / news – National ID cards are not accepted here. You must have a passport there, she tells news. The rules apply to both children and adults. – We have had families here who have been very distraught. Torp has departures to both London and Manchester. Kleive-Mathisen encourages travelers to check their documentation and which rules apply to the destination. Should you find out that you lack valid identification a couple of days before departure, an emergency passport is the solution. If you are going to the UK, a national ID card will not do. Then you will be left at the airport. Here from London. Photo: Dominic Lipinski / Pa Photos – The police at Torp are open until 10pm from Monday to Friday. They can issue emergency passports. It is especially after Brexit that people misunderstand the rules. – It is travelers to Great Britain who are the headache. Full control Andreas Edvardsen is on his way to Liverpool to participate in a birthday party. He has made sure that the passport is safely in his back pocket. Andreas Edvardsen is on his way to Liverpool, and has his documents in order. Photo: John-Andre Samuelsen / news – I always have my passport with me when I go on a trip. He thinks it’s a bit strange that people take the chance to travel abroad without a passport. – You have to follow along a bit, he says. The same is the opinion of Håkon Moen, who has the same city on the travel programme. Håkon Moen always has his passport with him when he goes on a trip. Photo: John-Andre Samuelsen / news – There is a bit of a lack of knowledge if you ask me. You have to check which rules apply in advance, he believes.
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Bringing the wrong ID at the airport
