Spain kicking out British Yachtsmen!

[lustyd]

Don't know much about Gib then....

I know enough to know you don’t understand most of what you just posted about. Calling a currency the pound doesn’t make it a UK pound even if it does have a tied exchange rate. We don’t accept Gib notes in the UK. Writing British on a passport doesn’t make that passport the same document and each gives different rights. Of course the government is small, so is the Isle of Man one, it’s still a government though.

 

[capnsensible]

I know enough to know you don’t understand most of what you just posted about. Calling a currency the pound doesn’t make it a UK pound even if it does have a tied exchange rate. We don’t accept Gib notes in the UK. Writing British on a passport doesn’t make that passport the same document and each gives different rights. Of course the government is small, so is the Isle of Man one, it’s still a government though.

I spent around 15 years altogether living, working and running my business in Gib. Afraid that you dont seem to know much at all......

I say again I have a Gibraltar issue passport. My second. Trying to tell everyone that it gives some kind of different rights is simply....crap.

Sorry wings, but you are way out.

 

[lustyd]

You don't half talk some daft B*llocks Capn. As you have amply demonstrated, living somewhere for 15 years does not qualify you to speak authoritatively on the subject.

 

[capnsensible]

You don't half talk some daft B*llocks Capn. As you have amply demonstrated, living somewhere for 15 years does not qualify you to speak authoritatively on the subject.

Well, wings tell me where to look on my passport for these different rights. You will struggle.

You really dislike being wrong on these things, dont you. I'm ready to help you out if you would prefer to understand. As always.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I know enough to know you don’t understand most of what you just posted about. Calling a currency the pound doesn’t make it a UK pound even if it does have a tied exchange rate. We don’t accept Gib notes in the UK. Writing British on a passport doesn’t make that passport the same document and each gives different rights. Of course the government is small, so is the Isle of Man one, it’s still a government though.

That is true. The Falklands have much the same status as Gibraltar (UK Overseas Territory), and Falklands pounds, although tied to sterling are NOT legal tender in the UK - the canteen at BAS kept a sharp eye on the inmates trying to pass them!

Similarly, before my late wife had UK citizenship, she had. BN(O) passport, which was identical to a British passport, except for the line stating citizenship. It most definitely did NOT give her the same rights as a full British passport, but the differences only mattered in the UK (no right of residence) - for overseas travel it was just the same.

 

[lustyd]

Well, wings tell me where to look on my passport for these different rights. You will struggle.

You really dislike being wrong on these things, dont you. I'm ready to help you out if you would prefer to understand. As always.

Quite the contrary, you always believe you're right and refuse to be told any different despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. If the passports are identical and hold identical rights then you're suggesting that any British person will have full access to Schengen, or even full and free access to Gibraltar. If the currency were the same I could use Gib notes in a local pub in the UK, I can't, I would need to exchange them for UK currency first.

 

[capnsensible]

So if you had a Gib passport, you could freely wander all around the Schengen countries without a care in the world? interesting.

Pete

It's amazing how some people dream these things up. And are even prepared to try and tell someone who has had two succesive passports issued there that they know best......

 

[capnsensible]

That is true. The Falklands have much the same status as Gibraltar (UK Overseas Territory), and Falklands pounds, although tied to sterling are NOT legal tender in the UK - the canteen at BAS kept a sharp eye on the inmates trying to pass them!

Similarly, before my late wife had UK citizenship, she had. BN(O) passport, which was identical to a British passport, except for the line stating citizenship. It most definitely did NOT give her the same rights as a full British passport, but the differences only mattered in the UK (no right of residence) - for overseas travel it was just the same.

Afraid that's different toaGib one then.

 

[capnsensible]

Quite the contrary, you always believe you're right and refuse to be told any different despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. If the passports are identical and hold identical rights then you're suggesting that any British person will have full access to Schengen, or even full and free access to Gibraltar. If the currency were the same I could use Gib notes in a local pub in the UK, I can't, I would need to exchange them for UK currency first.

That's silly. As I keep telling you, it's a uk passport. That's why Gibraltar joining Shengen to have a free flow border. Of course any British citizen can go to Gibraltar. Its British. But you will now have to get your passport stamped as you cross into Spain. Something I did hundreds of times without hassle. And now there is.
Plenty on line tohelp you understand. Probably best to do some research, eh?
Ill even post some pictures when I get there on Wednesday to show you what it looks like.

 

[capnsensible]

Lots of UK outlets will take Scottish and Gib notes. Lots wont. Simply one for one at a bank.

 

[lustyd]

Lots of UK outlets will take Scottish and Gib notes. Lots wont. Simply one for one at a bank.

Scottish yes, Gib no. Scottish are British bank notes and do not need to be exchanged. Gib and IoM are NOT British notes and do need to be exchanged. Lots of places take Euros and Dollars, that does not mean it's the same as local currency

 

[capnsensible]

 

[lustyd]

Well clearly that's not the same, real British passports are blue ?

 

[Clancy Moped]

Well clearly that's not the same, real British passports are blue ?

Black.

 

[Iliade]

'Passport Blue'

'The Home Office would not specify the shade of this blue, although a spokesman said it was close to, if not exactly, a blue numbered as 5395C in the Pantone classification.' {www.bbc.co.uk]

Brings this to mind:
The dress - Wikipedia

But perhaps more redolent of this: