Laurence Dollimore
BRITS travelling to Spain have been warned to keep their passports on them at all times or risk being detained.
The warning has been made by the UK’s Foreign Office, which reiterated that police in Spain have the right to demand to see ID.
If you fail to provide a valid document, they can detain you.
Despite popular belief, a driver’s licence is not sufficient and only a passport or a high quality photocopy is acceptable.
The fresh warning comes ahead of a Manchester City clash in Madrid this month.
Police can also escort foreign visitors back to their hotels or accommodation and request to see their ID or original document.
“The police have the right to hold you at a police station until your identity is confirmed,” the Foreign Office warns on its website.
“Always take care of your passport, as obtaining a replacement is costly and time-consuming.
“Remember to keep a photocopy or scanned copy of your passport somewhere safe.”
A mugger’s dream. I was once offered a grand to “lose” my passport in Barcelona. A good photocopy seems essential.
Doubt UK passports are worth 100 these days
Police normally accept a high quality color photocopy. We keep these copies with car documents in glove box. We also have jpeg images on our iPhones.
Maybe Jon, but I bet a grand is better than paddling over the English Channel in a rubber dinghy. Lots of deluded folk still itching to enter Johnson’s God-forsaken island. Poor fools.
Rubber dinghys are also used to cross from North Africa to Spain, and from Turkey to Greece etc and many people have died trying, one so far crossing the Channel!
‘Lots of deluded folk still itching to enter Johnson’s God-forsaken island. Poor fools’. Wow are you ill? It seems like the only deluded folk is the weekly whinge pensioner from Malaga. Poor fool!
Rubber dinghys are also used to cross from North Africa to Spain, and from Turkey to Greece etc and many people have died trying, one so far crossing the Channel!
‘Lots of deluded folk still itching to enter Johnson’s God-forsaken island. Poor fools’. Wow are you ill? It seems like the only deluded folk is the weekly whinge pensioner from Malaga. Poor fool!