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I am an Indian student in France on a 6 month visa for an Internship. Currently I don't have my passport with me as I have applied for UK visa and am not hoping to receive it back in next 10 days. I was wondering if I can travel to Germany without my passport in hand.

The documents I can carry are a photocopy of my passport's identity page, Residence proof here, proof of Internship in France,Indian national identity card, receipt from UK embassy stating my visa application.

Please note that I do NOT have a photocopy of French visa page.

Ali Awan
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According to the law, you are not allowed to travel to Germany without your passport. Foreign citizens are required to have a valid and approved travel document both to enter and to stay in Germany (AufenthG ยง 3). In your case as an Indian citizen, only passport is an approved travel document and a copy does not suffice.

In practice, there are no regular id checks on the French/German border and unless the bus company requires you to present a valid id document, no-one will likely notice that you don't have your passport with you.

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