Can a Portuguese national ID card be used for travel from the UK to Germany?
Next month I am going on holiday to Germany. I am a Portuguese citizen who lives in the UK and I am travelling with my Portuguese passport. However, my sister's passport has expired and she has only her Portuguese national ID card (cartão de cidadão). Would she be able to leave the UK and travel to Germany with her national ID card, or would she need her Portuguese passport?
Best Answer
Yes, this is fine.
An EU ID card is valid for entry into any EU member state - Wikipedia specifically states that the Cartao de Cidadao is a "valid travel document within all of Europe".
The only disadvantage of using an ID card is that you may not be able to use the e-Passport gates, so you may have to wait longer at passport control (this is definitely the case in the UK).
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