The 90 days rule - Page 3

The stamping of passports is for the travellers benefit. Your passports micro chip  will most likely  have been scanned. 

The point people were making was that Nothing had been done and they were Waved through. we need to Make sure it’s done ,  also, I think We need a stamp so we Know it’s noted,as it’s the only physical Proof we would have 

The gov.uk website has been updated with regards to entry requirements and states the following:

"Check your passport is stamped if you enter or exit the Schengen area through Spain as a visitor. Border guards will use passport stamps to check you’re complying with the 90-day visa-free limit for short stays in the Schengen area. If relevant entry or exit stamps are not in your passport, border guards will presume that you have overstayed your visa-free limit. You can show evidence of when and where you entered or exited the Schengen area, and ask the border guards to add this date and location in your passport. Examples of acceptable evidence include boarding passes and tickets.

At Spanish border control, you may need to:

• queue in separate lanes from EU, EEA and Swiss citizens
• 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.

If you are resident in Spain your passport should not be stamped. You should proactively show your proof of residence - such as the ‘TIE’ (la tarjeta de identidad de extranjero) - as well as your valid passport at Spanish border control. For further information, see our Living in Spain guide."

Entry requirements - Spain travel advice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

I kept my original boarding cards with baggage tags for this very reason as my passport was not stamped when I left Spain. I have just been to Germany and had my passport stamped on entry and exit, so hope that this will also count as proof that I left Spain and that I am not still in the country.

Exactly. They don’t need border guards when they’ve got ex Pats lol

Have to say I am surprised have travelled many times since Brexit and my passport has religiously stamped at both Alicante and Murcia airport's