Do I get a Spanish entry stamp when I leave Andorra?
Do I get a Spanish entry stamp when I leave Andorra?
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Steviesam

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1,389 posts

155 months

I am moving to Spain from France, and ideally I want a stamp to show my date of entry to Spain. This makes paperwork easier in residency applications.
If I don't get one I have to go around the houses for my Declaration of entry.

So I thought maybe drive into Andorra on my travels down and get a stamp when entering Spain from Andorra. Is that a thing?

Thanks

Phil.

5,640 posts

271 months

Car Bon is the expert in this and will no doubt respond when he’s back off the slopes thumbup

peter tdci

1,964 posts

171 months

Yesterday (00:58)
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Andorra isn't in the EU and neither is is it in the Schengen zone - so there must be some border control process. Having said that, one of my favourite travel YouTubers posted a video of a drive from Barcelona to Andorra and back via France ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBoaEmuvqg0 ). He did encounter a manned booth entering Andorra from Spain, but wasn't asked to stop (he was in a Spanish hire car), but I suppose that you could stop and ask for a stamp!

Edit - I sort of missed the O/Ps question about going from Andorra into Spain, but there is a snippet in the linked video where the poster drove past the Spanish border are which he said looked as though it wasn't manned.

Edited by peter tdci on Monday 19th January 09:21

Phil.

5,640 posts

271 months

Yesterday (12:48)
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river_rat

725 posts

224 months

Yesterday (13:55)
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I went into and out of Andorra on a coach from Barcelona airport - didn't see any officials, just sort of drove through with a brief stop - no stamp in passport (or even checked).

Might be different in a car though.

Steviesam

Original Poster:

1,389 posts

155 months

Yesterday (17:41)
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Phil. said:
Interesting. Seems you can request a stamp if you want one.

r159

2,475 posts

95 months

Yesterday (19:44)
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river_rat said:
I went into and out of Andorra on a coach from Barcelona airport - didn't see any officials, just sort of drove through with a brief stop - no stamp in passport (or even checked).

Might be different in a car though.
I went in on a coach and out in a car on a skiing holiday a couple of years ago, no stamps.