Does the UK track when you leave the country?

The coalition government committed in 2010 to reintroducing exit checks. From 8 April 2015, we will collect information on passengers leaving the UK as we do for those entering. Exit checks will provide us with vital information that confirms a person's exit from the UK.



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Passport records do not include evidence of travel such as entrance or exit stamps, visas, or residence permits.

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From November passport holders will no longer have their passports stamped as the process becomes digitised. Following Brexit UK holidaymakers have been required to have their passports stamped whenever they've entered or left the Schengen Area.

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From 8 April, exit checks will take place at all airports and ports in the UK. Information that is included in passports or travel documents will be collected for passengers leaving the country on scheduled commercial international air, sea and rail routes.

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What appears on their screen is basically all the information they have about you. All your travel history to and from that country. The consular officer's note when you were interviewed. Everything written in your passport, including identifying details and any travel history it contains.

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The airlines computer system may use the information to flag to staff to carry out a manual documentation check to make sure that you have a suitable visa in your passport for the destination you are travelling to, in addition to meeting any other conditions for travel (eg, return/onward ticket).

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