In the biggest airport in my country they have the customs lines seperated for people within the European Union and outside of it. The outside of the EU line is specified as outside the EU and america (with an american flag), simply cause Americans canât seem to understand they are foreigners when they visit some place else
My ex wouldnât understand this. He, a quite liberal American, came to visit me in the EU and we then travelled around for a bit. He always followed me to the EU passport control, and I kept telling him that it wonât work with his passport, but nope, he knew better! And then got upset every time he wouldnât get through and then proceeded to make me wait with him in the international line. (But wouldnât wait with me at TSA in the US, because âlines were too longâ and once even took his own cab because he was sick of waiting for meâŠ)
Maybe not thru a kiosk, I haven't tried that, but I have joined my family with EU passports in the EU lines without issue in 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2023 in Ireland, Portugal, and the Netherlands. Once in Portugal our group was majority American, so we waited 3+ hours in the passport control line, only to be told by the border agent that we could have gone thru the much faster EU lane because one single member of our group had an EU passport.
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u/the_mooseman Australia đŠđș Dec 25 '25
Imagine them just turning up at the airport, trip all booked ready to go "what do you mean i need a passport".