Theeaa
Traveller
0 comments
Posted 12 years ago
Hey,
I need some help figuring out which country to have as my country of residence. I'm from the UK, but I have been living in Norway for a year. BUT by the time I go interrailing, I will have moved back to England (but only been back for a week or so).
I would guess this means I should use Norway, but I don't know what I could use as proof that I've been living in Norway, as obviously there isn't a visa or anything in my passport..
Help?
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
Officially you have to buy a Norwegian Interrail Pass. As Norway was your country of residence for the past six months or longer. But like you said: you need a kind of proof - and within Europe it is often hard to get, especially as you don't need a visa or something for other European countries.
Now, as you don't have such a proof and you are back in the UK with your UK passport, it should be fine to purchase an UK Interrail Pass.
If the staff in trains will check your Interrail ticket and your passport and they see a Norwegian Interrail pass combined with an UK passport without any proof, they won't understand you and declare your Interrail pass as not valid.
So UK Interrail pass (country of residence is the UK) with your UK passport is the solution.
Keep in mind that you can not travel for free in your country of residence.
It depends on where you live in the UK - there are a lot of low-cost airlines leaving the UK, then simply start your Interrail trip somewhere else in Europe. For example fly to Italy, stay there some days and then start interrailing.
If you are in London, there are cheap buses to Paris for example:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/london-to-paris[/u]
Rule country of residence: [u]https://rail.cc/en/how-to-interrail[/u]
And if you like the railcc project, buy your official Interrail pass at our railcc shop. Delivery is free in standard service. :)
[ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
Thank you, Peter :)
nltrainer
Traveller
1405 comments
[quote]Hey,
II would guess this means I should use Norway, but I don't know what I could use as proof that I've been living in Norway, as obviously there isn't a visa or anything in my passport..
Help?[/quote]
Then you are clearly wrong/illegal-though not much about that will happen. NO is NOT in the EU and IF you overstay the normal tourist-allowed stay of 90 days whithin 180-you NEED to have registered somewhere and thus have proof of you living there.
Problems MAY arise if staff want to check everything and see that as a Brit you state to stay in NO-they have the full right of you to prove that is the case. And can forfeit your precious IR-card and charge you at full fare all the trips you have made that far-showing on your route-describer annex. I do not say it will, but these are the dire consequences that may arise.