Here's one I cant find on the search engine..

Oooooops, sorry for typo..

That should be "Schengen"...

Cheers.

my entry stamp into Shengen will be null and void too, I guess

Your guess is not correct. The old passport will of course be void but not the entry stamp as such. Reason: The Australian embassy/consulate can't declare anything void another organization such as the Schengen authorities has legally issued. I'm however pretty sure that this will be discussed here wildly in just a minute :-

Thanks mate.

So, OK and fair enough that the Ozi consulate cant cancel a visa issued by another organisation.
BUT, the passport the Schengen Visa was stamped in will be cancelled so I'm a bit confused as to what I must do so as to make my departure from Schengen hassle free.

Do I have to,

1... Do the right thing and seek out how I get another stamp in my new passport.. Obviously the Schengen authorities will have information on when I entered the Zone and, having my new and old passport to prove "it is me", then I'm thinking / hoping the process of getting another stamp will be easy and painless.
I'm just wondering where I should go to sort out this little problem, if this is the way to go.

2.. do nothing and hold on to my old passport as proof of entry ?
I'm pressuming the Ozi consulate will damage/cut my used passport in some way rendering it useless to use however.

Thanks.

so I'm a bit confused as to what I must do so as to make my departure from Schengen hassle free.

Ask the consulate in The Hague. or the authorities back in Aus. before you leave.

Quote from the Netherlands embassy in the UK (it's as good as any other Dutch embassy's website)... http://www.netherlands-embassy.org.uk/home/index.php?i=160

Documents to submit for a short stay tourist visa

You will always need a passport or official travel document accepted by the Schengen countries. All passports should be valid for at least three months after departure from the territory of the Schengen countries and contain a blank visa page ().*

Ie, you need to get a new passport first. Or will the passport still be valid from a date point of view, you've just filled it up?

Carry the old passport too. But really nobody cares.

You may be in a computer for one country. No single mainframe for Sch, I read on here.

So don't worry about it.

stay as long as you like.

When I enter the Schengen Region through Amsterdam I will only have one single blank page left in my passport.
I'll have to apply for a new Australian passport through our consulate in The Hague. No real problem, a 10 day process period and its all done..

If you are heading back to Australia afterwards, the Australian embassy will likely ask you to apply for a new passport when you get back home. If you are continuing your travels, then you may have to show your used passport (which you'll get back) when you leave together with your new one.

The information I have got from the Ozi Consulate's web site in The Hague is that there is no problem getting a passport re-newed there..

It takes 10 days processing so long as I provide all relevent info and I.D and so, since I will have a current passport ( 5 years old, and valid till 2016, with the chip inside ) to produce, then it would seem it is as painless as getting it made up in Oz.

I can even choose to have a 32 page or 64 page passport made up at the same cost as getting one done in Oz.. That being $226 (32 page) or $340 (64 page).

The only hiccup is that they urge us Ozi's to make sure we have the appropriate sized photos, as The Netherlands use different sized photos for thier passports.
I will have the photos taken here in Oz before I depart.. All good.

I have three blank pages in my passport right now but, I will be touring through a few Asian countries before arriving in The Netherlands. I expect to have one full page and a few spare spots on half used pages remaining when I walk up to the immigration folk at Amsterdam airport.

I may be coming home from The Netherlands via India and so the Indians require 3 spare pages before they will consider placing a sticker / visa in a passport, or so the Indian web site says..
Im simply trying to prepare myself.

Cheers guys.

Edited by: frugaldugal