Why do some Smart Gate passports need to be stamped?
I just had a short visit to Italy on a New Zealand passport. At both entry and exit immigration checks NZ passports were shown as eligible for Smart Gate.
However, at entry, instead of using the smart machine, I was directed to a human officer, albeit bypassing the queue, to get my passport stamped.
At exit I was directed to a separate group of Smart Gates, after passing which, again, there was a human officer who put an exit stamp.
Why so? Why use Smart Gate if stamps are needed? Why are they needed for NZ passports if Smart Gates work with them just fine?
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