Didn’t know about this financial rule for entering Schengen area for our 90/180

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Just reading the Spanish news and discovered THIS. I knew if you applied for a visa there were financial requirements but not for our routine travels & it applies all over Schengen countries it appears at different amounts required. Most of us will never be stopped and asked I guess
 
royandsharont said:
Just reading the Spanish news and discovered THIS. I knew if you applied for a visa there were financial requirements but not for our routine travels & it applies all over Schengen countries it appears at different amounts required. Most of us will never be stopped and asked I guess
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Is that for each person?
 
Scare story from some hack... apparently a UK tourist re-entering Spain had been asked to prove he had the financial wherewithal.
Maybe maybe not.
But any border agent anywhere in the world might ask to see return ticket and/or evidence you'll not be a burden on their State.
Non Story.
No rule
 
Land in a MH at Santander and say you will be in France in 24 hours. Rule satisfied.

Itinerary at your discretion. :LOL:

The article does not mention Debit Cards which might be supported by £000s in ones account.
 
It's been the case since we left the EU and it applies to all 3rd party nations.
So not a scare story. Just the standard regulations.
As explained on the UK government website.
www.gov.uk

Entry requirements - Spain travel advice

FCDO travel advice for Spain. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk

"At Spanish border control, you may need to:
  • show a return or onward ticket
  • show you have enough money for your stay
  • show proof of accommodation for your stay, for example, a hotel booking confirmation, proof of address if visiting your own property (e.g. second home), or an invitation from your host or proof of their address if staying with a third party, friends or family. The Spanish government has clarified that the “carta de invitation” is one of the options available to prove that you have accommodation if staying with friends or family. More information is available from the <Broken link removed>"
..and elsewhere on this and other forums.

We have made five trips in the last two years to France , Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. We always carry bank statements for both of us proving sufficient funds. We have never been asked to prove this but if we were then we have the means to prove what we now have to. Which previously we did not.

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I guess so Catpirate.

As for those who don’t believe it to be true I think we already know it to be true if applying for a 180 day visa.

Also I know it is true for arrivals here, if people cannot prove they can support themselves then Border Guard detain them and send them back on the next flight, it’s even been filmed on documentaries.

When I lived in Spain in 2010 I recall they had changed the rules for visitors which reduced their length of stay to 3 months, unless registered, & then you had to provide proof of funds, medical insurance etc, so why is it doubted now in this article.
 
I thought nearly every country in the world had similar requirements.
I didn't know what the amout was, €100 a day is quite a lot two of us on a 6 wek trip that's €8,400. Not a problem for us oldies. Also as long as you have credit cards that will cover it you are OK.

Never heard of European countries doing checks but Thailand sometimes has purges on the young backpackers and refuses them entry if they can't prove they have sufficient finances for their stay.
 
Lenny HB said:
I thought nearly every country in the world had similar requirements.
I didn't know what the amout was, €100 a day is quite a lot two of us on a 6 wek trip that's €8,400. Not a problem for us oldies. Also as long as you have credit cards that will cover it you are OK.

Never heard of European countries doing checks but Thailand sometimes has purges on the young backpackers and refuses them entry if they can't prove they have sufficient finances for their stay.
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Whatever you tell border control about your credit card limit, or what is in your bank account backing your debit card, how do they verify that?

Also if you say you are only staying for 3 days what can they do to check that?

All a load of nonsense methinks.
 
nicholsong said:
Whatever you tell border control about your credit card limit, or what is in your bank account backing your debit card, how do they verify that?
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Not down to them to check, its down to you to prove you have the funds.
 
Lenny HB said:
I thought nearly every country in the world had similar requirements.
I didn't know what the amout was, €100 a day is quite a lot two of us on a 6 wek trip that's €8,400. Not a problem for us oldies. Also as long as you have credit cards that will cover it you are OK.

Never heard of European countries doing checks but Thailand sometimes has purges on the young backpackers and refuses them entry if they can't prove they have sufficient finances for their stay.
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Funnily enough Thailand is bringing in a new online entry thing from the 1st May , you have to load your covid pass, travel insurance with guaranteed minimum cover in dollars plus some money. I only know this because for a brief moment last week we thought about meeting darling daughter there for a last minute trip. Cancelled the idea as we thought we didn’t want to be the guinea pigs at Bangkok airport this weekend! The money amounts had to be in dollars but all our paperwork is in pounds and it had to be processed online in advance.
 
carolyn said:
Funnily enough Thailand is bringing in a new online entry thing from the 1st May , you have to load your covid pass, travel insurance with guaranteed minimum cover in dollars plus some money. I only know this because for a brief moment last week we thought about meeting darling daughter there for a last minute trip. Cancelled the idea as we thought we didn’t want to be the guinea pigs at Bangkok airport this weekend! The money amounts had to be in dollars but all our paperwork is in pounds and it had to be processed online in advance.
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Interesting we have just booked flights to Thailand our daughter is having another baby & I'm getting dragged along this time. :cry:

Not had any info about it, you have always had to have proof of money but they rarely ever check until a few years ago used to have to have 10,000 Bhat in cash, we didn't reliase and never had any cash with us, it was only ever enforced with the backpackers ocassionly.

Flights aren't until August so plenty of time to sort it out.
 
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Lenny HB said:
Interesting we have just booked flights to Thailand our daughter is having another baby & I'm getting dragged along this time. :cry:

Not had any info about it, you have always had to have proof of money but they rarely ever check until a few years ago used to have to have 10,000 Bhat in cash, we didn't reliase and never had any cash with us, it was only ever enforced with the backpackers ocassionly.

Flights aren't until August so plenty of time to sort it out.
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I’m sure it’s easy but we just didn’t want to be the first ones! It was only a very brief moment of madness, she happened to say she was going and I looked at it.

It’s all on the gov.U.K. website on what you need for when you travel to Thailand. It takes you to the official website for their travel dept. I think it’s very new.

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I wonder how many non residents are stopped around the Calais area and asked for proof of funds ... Or anywhere in Europe for that matter?
 
royandsharont said:
Just reading the Spanish news and discovered THIS. I knew if you applied for a visa there were financial requirements but not for our routine travels & it applies all over Schengen countries it appears at different amounts required. Most of us will never be stopped and asked I guess
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The article says 100 euros a day equivalent to 10% of the Spanish minimum wage. Is the minimum wage really 1000 euros a day?
 
slowdriver said:
It's been the case since we left the EU and it applies to all 3rd party nations.
So not a scare story. Just the standard regulations.
As explained on the UK government website.
www.gov.uk

Entry requirements - Spain travel advice

FCDO travel advice for Spain. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk

"At Spanish border control, you may need to:
  • show a return or onward ticket
  • show you have enough money for your stay
  • show proof of accommodation for your stay, for example, a hotel booking confirmation, proof of address if visiting your own property (e.g. second home), or an invitation from your host or proof of their address if staying with a third party, friends or family. The Spanish government has clarified that the “carta de invitation” is one of the options available to prove that you have accommodation if staying with friends or family. More information is available from the <Broken link removed>"
..and elsewhere on this and other forums.

We have made five trips in the last two years to France , Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. We always carry bank statements for both of us proving sufficient funds. We have never been asked to prove this but if we were then we have the means to prove what we now have to. Which previously we did not.
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The only real concern there is the return ticket. I don't like to book a return as I don't want to commit to my return date. I suppose you could say you are moving on to another country?
 
We had no checks other than having our passports checked and stamped when we arrived in Santander, by, ferry, just three weeks ago.
 

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