british airports checking passports when leaving

lindsay.nelson · Post by **lindsay.nelson** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:17 pm

i heard that the british airports have begun checking passports again for passengers leaving. does anyone know the details about this?

VictoriaS · Post by **VictoriaS** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:05 pm

Yes, many are.

Victoria

goldfish · Post by **goldfish** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:18 am

i took a flight out of heathrow last thursday and yes they were checking passports on the way out. don't know what they were looking for though, it seemed to be quite a cursory glance.

SYH · Post by **SYH** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:48 am

goldfish wrote:i took a flight out of heathrow last thursday and yes they were checking passports on the way out. don't know what they were looking for though, it seemed to be quite a cursory glance.

was your boarding card printed from home or office and you checked in electronically????

goldfish · Post by **goldfish** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:11 pm

no, i did an olde fashioned checkin so had normal boarding pass. the did the usual at the checkin counter, then after security then looked at passport again.

lindsay.nelson · Post by **lindsay.nelson** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:18 pm

do you think they are looking for people who overstayed their visa?

hmm · Post by **hmm** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:29 pm

I was checked as well, at more than one occasion. didn't ask any questions or anything. so don't know why. I thought it was normal

Mr Rusty · Post by **Mr Rusty** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 5:42 pm

lindsay.nelson wrote:do you think they are looking for people who overstayed their visa?

Yes, and people who never had a visa, and failed asylum seekers. They can add them all into the "removal" figures to make their stats look better.

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british airports checking passports when leaving

british airports checking passports when leaving