roaringgirl
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Hi, can anyone point me at the appropriate regulations, so I know what I have to do when we arrive?
Thanks
Thanks
Passport requirements when arriving in Sweden directly from UK
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Aeolus
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roaringgirl
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It says that we can only enter Sweden via a passport control site. That doesn't seem right as I could just get the train from Denmark and then hop on the boat (or say I had)...
lpdsn
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My experience of Sweden is that the government will probably have all the rules you're looking for on a website with an English language version. Just a matter of searching for it. Failing that, give them a call and ask, it's not Greece.
roaringgirl
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I tried looking for the info and failed, that's why I'm asking.
knuterikt
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Think you will find what you need here https://www.tullverket.se/en/private/travellingtosweden/pleasureboats.4.7df61c5915510cfe9e75b85.html
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roaringgirl
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Thanks, I'm cool for customs, I'm not sure what to do about passport control.
lpdsn
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Last resort is to ring the phone number on Knuterikt's link and ask them if they can forward you to the right place to ask questions about passport control when arriving on an EU yacht.
roaringgirl
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Yep, I have a last-resort. What I want is a first-resort, that I can hopefully organize in advance. I called the Swedish Border Police today, but they didn't pick up...
lpdsn
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Maybe Thursday is their day off. The Swedish Navy used to get absolutely plastered on a Tuesday night in Karlskrona making Weds morning the ideal time to invade.
BelleSerene
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Seriously arriving in Sweden direct from the UK? That's quite hard to do. I am researching the passage myself but will have stopped in Holland and Germany (Kiel Canal) on the way. To arrive direct from the UK you'd have to go over the top of Denmark, without stopping anywhere there either.
Their rules for arriving from Schengen are here: https://www.kustbevakningen.se/glob...information-on-procedures-for-notificationpdf
and somewhere I found the entry-exit form which I'm sure you can pick up on arrival but it's here: https://polisen.se/siteassets/blanketter/polisens-blanketter-272-17.pdf
They do require a crew list in duplicate, one copy to be kept on board and the other given to them.
KnutErik's link shows me that my own intended first Swedish stop, Ystad at the South end of Sweden, isn't a customs port - so I am hoping that as I won't be carrying debarred produce I'll be OK although I would intend to call the phone number on the Kustbevakningen link above, in advance. Any advice gratefully received.
[Edit:] It's seems clear to me from KnutErik's link that you can register your arrival by phone, and that you don't have to enter Sweden at one of the customs entry points, so long as you're not carrying proscribed goods:
I have no personal experience of this - just been researching it for myself too.
Their rules for arriving from Schengen are here: https://www.kustbevakningen.se/glob...information-on-procedures-for-notificationpdf
and somewhere I found the entry-exit form which I'm sure you can pick up on arrival but it's here: https://polisen.se/siteassets/blanketter/polisens-blanketter-272-17.pdf
They do require a crew list in duplicate, one copy to be kept on board and the other given to them.
KnutErik's link shows me that my own intended first Swedish stop, Ystad at the South end of Sweden, isn't a customs port - so I am hoping that as I won't be carrying debarred produce I'll be OK although I would intend to call the phone number on the Kustbevakningen link above, in advance. Any advice gratefully received.
[Edit:] It's seems clear to me from KnutErik's link that you can register your arrival by phone, and that you don't have to enter Sweden at one of the customs entry points, so long as you're not carrying proscribed goods:
Notification may be made verbally. If the time of arrival at the customs office falls outside normal opening hours, notification must be made by telephoning the Swedish Customs National Communications Centre, +46 (0) 8–405 05 70.
I have no personal experience of this - just been researching it for myself too.
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roaringgirl
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It doesn't look that hard to do, it's just 500nm east from Edinburgh.
I now have an email from the Swedish border Police:
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Dear Sir.
Today I have been in contact with both the Marine Police and the Coast Guard here in Gothenburg.
According to them there is no general Border Check when you arrive to Gothenburg Port or no duty to report upon arrival, as you do not have a commercial boat.
And you do not have to present passports/documents beforehand - at a port authority office.
However, sometimes there are random checks performed by the Coast Guard – but you seem to have all your paperwork in order.
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and one from Customs:
“If the pleasure boat is only carrying goods which those on board are not obliged to report, the boat may be taken directly to a place other than an area with a customs office. In this case the commander does not need to notify Swedish Customs.”
So I'm sorted
I now have an email from the Swedish border Police:
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Dear Sir.
Today I have been in contact with both the Marine Police and the Coast Guard here in Gothenburg.
According to them there is no general Border Check when you arrive to Gothenburg Port or no duty to report upon arrival, as you do not have a commercial boat.
And you do not have to present passports/documents beforehand - at a port authority office.
However, sometimes there are random checks performed by the Coast Guard – but you seem to have all your paperwork in order.
==================================
and one from Customs:
“If the pleasure boat is only carrying goods which those on board are not obliged to report, the boat may be taken directly to a place other than an area with a customs office. In this case the commander does not need to notify Swedish Customs.”
So I'm sorted
BabaYaga
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Passport control is carried out by the police. This site (which I have only found in Swedish)
https://polisen.se/om-polisen/polisens-arbete/granspolisen/resor-inom-eu-granskontroller/
says that persons traveling by pleasure craft directly from another EU member state need not to call at a passport control site when entering Sweden.
Any visitor from a EU country should be able to prove that he/she is a EU citizen though, by carrying a passport or a national ID card.
dunedin
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We did Scotland to Sweden last year, but via a first stop in Norway.
Sweden seems quite relaxed. And U.K. to Sweden is within EU (currently), but into Schengen.
Scotland to Norway of course is going out of EU - but also into Schengen.
I made up a DIY but official looking Schengen Crew List. This was useful as the Norway border police were clearly bored and met us within 20 minutes of arrival in Norway to check our paper (we were visible on AIS and only pleasure boat arriving that day, possibly week).
To be pedantically correct filled in a U.K. form for leaving EU, though not sure what use it is, as no equivalent retun form needed if return via an EU country.
Schengen Crew List might be handy if going direct to Sweden. But probably never checked.
johnalison
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I have been to Sweden more than half a dozen times and never met authority of any kind. Clearly, one wants to stay within their law, but they are pretty easy-going.
BTW, there is a great chandlers' in Ystad, or at least, there was a few years ago, in an old engine shed, full of bits of old ships, and all the new stuff you might need. Shut on Mondays.
BTW, there is a great chandlers' in Ystad, or at least, there was a few years ago, in an old engine shed, full of bits of old ships, and all the new stuff you might need. Shut on Mondays.
