Are passport stamps still a thing?

[Anonymous]

Recently went thru Heathrow, are actual passport stamps/stamping no longer a thing?

[Anonymous]

We got stamps when leaving St Pancras International train station and when leaving CDG, but not when entering Heathrow.

[Anonymous]

Not if they have electronic gates

[Anonymous]

I think it depends on the day and the airport.

My flight home from the EU was cancelled last month, so over the course of 24 hours I have an exit stamp (thought I’d be leaving), an entry stamp (after the cancellation), another exit stamp (next day’s flight out), and finally a stamp at the layover airport.

[Anonymous]

We got stamps from CDG, St. Pancras and Belgium St. Peter’s station and we would not have gotten Heathrow but the agent added at the last minute if we wanted a stamp instead of digital and no asked for a stamped passport so we got LHR going back to the states.

[Anonymous]

My dd and I got stamps in Jamaica because she’s under 13 and I had to go through passport control with a real person when we entered the country. My dh and ds did it electronically and they did not get stamps. They were bummed!

[Anonymous]

The only recent ones that I have are Malaysia, Japan and Singapore. All 3 countries are sort of old-school and bureaucratic like that, so I guess it makes sense. But otherwise my travel is primarily Europe and my passport looks empty and sad.

[Anonymous]

Got stamps in 5 African countries last month .

[Anonymous]

Yes. I’ve visited 10 countries in the last year and have stamps from all of them. In the UK we got stamps entering through the channel tunnel and leaving from Heathrow.

[Anonymous]

I used to travel a lot and remember still days about 15 years ago and earlier when my passport used to run out of free pages due to visas and airport entry/ exit stamps. Now fewer airports stamp than not, and I don’t face this issue anymore. So in my experience, yes, in many countries, it’s no longer a thing.

[Anonymous]

I can’t remember the last time I got a stamp although a lot of my travel is to Heathrow where I just use the scanners. I might have gotten a stamp in the Bahamas last year. Not in Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Italy or the UK in the last 18 months.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the country. I can't use the electronic gates because I travel with a child. I got stamps in Germany but not in the UK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Recently went thru Heathrow, are actual passport stamps/stamping no longer a thing?

I haven't had a stamp in ages. It's all digital.

[Anonymous]

Czechia still stamps

[Anonymous]

Greece still stamps.