ID card rollout begins

[Ian Batten]

On 26 Sep 08, at 1009, Mark Lomas wrote:

> "If your visa is from a country fully applying the Schengen rules,  
> it automatically allows you to travel to the other Schengen  
> countries as well [1]. Moreover, if you have a valid residence  
> permit from one of those Schengen countries, it is equivalent to a  
> visa [2].

But not, crucially, a passport.  So:

1.  Country-X passport plus a visa for a Schengen country is  
equivalent to a Country-X passport plus a visa for any other Schengen  
country.

2.  Country-X passport plus a residence permit for a Schengen country  
is equivalent to a Country-X passport plus a visa for any other  
Schengen country.

In both cases you're travelling on your Country-X passport, bolstered  
by visas or visa-equivalents.  What you're not doing is travelling on  
your residence permit: you still need your Country-X passport.

ian