Spain visitors need 3 new documents?

[mikebeaches]

According to an article that's just appeared on MSN Travel, UK visitors to Spain now require three specific documents:

1. Proof of where staying
2. Proof of sufficient money
3. Proof of return or onward travel

MSN

And now also according to the UK Government website:

Additional documents required by tourists​

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 Spanish Ministry of Interior.

Entry requirements - Spain travel advice

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

www.gov.uk

Anybody had experience of any of this? Assuming you are travelling by road, you won't have any border controls if arriving in Spain via France, for example.

 

[Lenny HB]

I thought it had always been the case with most countries but hardly ever enforced.

 

[pampam]

Ive had to fill those forms in in lots of countries, it might be a bit like a locater form, im in tenerife at moment and didnt have to fill anything like that in

 

[mikebeaches]

I thought it had always been the case with most countries but hardly ever enforced.

Location details certainly required at the height of the pandemic, but we weren't required to produce any of the three sets of documents highlighted when we flew to Spain in May.

But as you say Lenny, perhaps they just don't bother... ?

 

[slowdriver]

Its been requirement for a while. I just carry the necessary proof of funds, and return ticket (plus health cover)
As far as the address info is concerned I have always assumed that a couple of campsite bookings during my stay are sufficient. I have never been asked for any of the above.

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[busby]

I don't book a site or a return ferry but have not been asked for any if these details ever.BUSBY.

 

[Littlewheels]

Not difficult to book a Ferry at the cheapest time possible but have no intention of being on it but there’s your proof of exit.

 

[Northernraider]

Thats the same info the border guard between Bulgaria and romania told me .. the stupid bit being i was in a camper van so obviously not using a hotel etc ..no reservation or hotel booking. He never asked to see proof of funds etc though.

He kept me hanging around for a while then said " ok i let you in this time"

Im convinced he was after a backhander

 

[JockandRita]

Im convinced he was after a backhander

But he wisnae gettin wan, wis he Tam?

I can't remember the last time I was asked to show documents.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[ElliesBoss]

Don't Schengen countries have that requirement already? Accept they don't police it thoroughly.

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[BriannYe]

Don't Schengen countries have that requirement already? Accept they don't police it thoroughly.

Yes they do. We have to prove all the requirements to get a Schengen visa for my wife. However on all our travels we have never been asked to show it

 

[bobnick]

Since we got rid of our villa rarely do i dook a return ticket or know where i am staying.

 

[bobnick]

Son is in Romania as i type. Talking to him he says he had to show nothing other than his passport at Mank airport to enter Romania.

 

[TeamBandS]

Does anyone know what proof of sufficient funds would be?? A credit card? A fist full of euros? Copy of a bank statement? Proof of a pension (if old enough)???? I have heard that if you want to settle in a country that ask for forms of proof that you have enough money to not be a drain on the state but to cover a holiday??