Biggles Wader
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Force Majeure can take many forms and there should be allowance for it in the procedures. You probably need to inform the relevant authorities fairly quickly though. Several months later won't earn any brownie points.
Checking out of France from UK
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Poignard
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eebygum
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Well allegedly my friend also had a ripped mainsail which meant he could not make an upwind course and his safest option was to continue across the channel… Hypothetically is it’s not just weather that could create a Force Majeure situation; it could be engine failure (and the safest port of entry in the wind conditions could be the Uk), it could be illness onboard (and the quickest route for medical assistance is back to the Uk), it could be …
So don’t focus on why the Force Majeure ; but the original question on what is the best route to rectify the position ?
Anyway unless anybody has any better ideas, I think he plans to make an enquiry with the French Consulate, which if fails he is going to feed his passport to the dog and get a replacement.
Sandy
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As it happens I'm sat at Roscoff ferry terminal waiting to check out. On arrival I was closely questioned why I had no exit stamp from my last visit to the EU, departed A Coruna back in August when the Customs post was closed.
Personally, it would be a disaster if I had gone over the 90/180 days and got a refusal to enter Schengen mark in my passport.
We all have different levels of risk
Personally, it would be a disaster if I had gone over the 90/180 days and got a refusal to enter Schengen mark in my passport.
We all have different levels of risk
Sandy
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An update from yesterday's post.
Trundled along to the checkpoint and saw that one of the Douanes on duty had been involved in the mornings questioning so joined the queue for them. Handed over my passport, they scanned it, looked intensely at my face as they do, and handed it back. I had to ask if they would stamp it! At that point they recognised me from the morning and with lots of laughter my passport was stamped. The clock has been stopped!
The take away from this is border staff will challenge you of your documentation is not in order.
Trundled along to the checkpoint and saw that one of the Douanes on duty had been involved in the mornings questioning so joined the queue for them. Handed over my passport, they scanned it, looked intensely at my face as they do, and handed it back. I had to ask if they would stamp it! At that point they recognised me from the morning and with lots of laughter my passport was stamped. The clock has been stopped!
The take away from this is border staff will challenge you of your documentation is not in order.