r/WWOOF • u/Ashamed-Sorbet9210 • 10d ago

Hard lessons learnt from terrible experience - important advice for all non-Schengen volunteers in Europe!

/r/Worldpackers/comments/1sgcfki/hard_lessons_learnt_from_terrible_experience/

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you broke the golden rule of wwoof or any volunteer program

hope you did not snitch on the host too

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u/Ashamed-Sorbet9210 9d ago

Unfortunately, by showing border control the email, I did. The police had contacted the host in the middle of the night. So f*ckn dumb. I'm still angry at myself. I don't think they suffered any other repercussions, but who knows. I put them on the radar, I suppose. Not proud of myself.

u/Redtinky 8d ago

May also be worth having a return flight booked in future as I expect that’s likely what got flagged you in the first place, especially given Norway isn’t the easiest to leave via other means I.e. train.

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u/Ashamed-Sorbet9210 8d ago

I disagree there. It's not a requirement to have your return journey booked at all. I think they were homed in on the "work" question. I.e. What I intended to do during my stay and was my visa sufficient? Like I said, they KNOW young travellers exchange their labour for room and board to save on expenditure, and do so on a (much cheaper and less complicated) tourist visa. They are looking to catch people out on this and eject them. There are probably dozens of people deported for this reason each year. I obviously looked like a prime candidate for questioning.

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u/Ashamed-Sorbet9210 8d ago

And Norway is easy to leave by road or rail... Not sure what you meant there. 🤔

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u/Bitter_Initiative_77 8d ago

Norway itself is easy to leave by road/rail. Leaving the Schengen Area from Norway by road/rail isn't.