Well, you need to care a valid ID with you all time, not necessarily your passport.
But then, I lived almost 3 years in Europe and the only times someone asked for my passport was in the airports to get in and out. ;) _____ *Béria Lima* *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* On 10 July 2012 22:00, Alhen <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess you should have your passport with you at all times? Isn't that > required? > > Alhen > > @alhen_ > alhen at wikipedia, wikihow, wikispaces, and most places. > Promotor de Wikimedia Bolivia > 00-591-79592235 > > > > > > 2012/7/10 Deror <[email protected]> > >> The conference tours suffered from lack of organization from the >> beginning. The tours were poorly organized, badly publicized, not properly >> described etc. >> >> I have signed up to the NARA conservation lab tour. The description of >> which included two meeting points - a block apart from each other (one on >> Pensilvania ave and one on constitution avenue) both of which were wrong - >> the group met elsewhere resulting in a delay trying to find the >> participants. >> >> The tour description listed that a photo ID is required and an official >> one - government one. I thought a driving license (sufficient for driving >> in the US) with a photo ID suffices but no. After having passed security >> checks (checking bags and detectors as in airport) And having to wait a bit >> longer, I was informed that only a passport is acceptable, and denied >> entrance to the tour, thus waiting a full hour and a half (traveling and >> waiting) due to the fact that the tour organizer is clueless. >> >> I am not blaming the security staff there- they have their regulations, >> and need to follow them. But how hard would it be for the organizers to do >> simple basic homework and ask what is required for a foreign tourist to >> enter. >> >> And I was not the only wikipedian disallowed from entering, Osama was >> also kept out. >> >> My recommendation to you all - if this tour is any indication - do not >> bother to go on any other tours. >> >> Deror >> >> Sent from my iPad >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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