As an Interrail Pass Holder, you are obliged to have a valid ID card or passport with you when traveling. This ID card or passport also needs to match the information on your Pass, such as your country of residence.
However, if the country you live in does not match the country indicated on your ID card or passport, then you must be able to prove such residency by means of official residence documents issued by the government. Such residency document must clearly prove that you, as a Pass holder, are registered in the country where you effectively live at the moment of the start of your trip.
Residency can also be proven through official documents or official governmental online sources*. Such documents vary per country. In case you do not hold any of the means of proof as indicated, you must select the country indicated in your ID card or passport.
*This only includes the digital versions of residency permits. E-residency permits or documents are not accepted as proof of residency. As e-residency is a non-location-based online residency, E-residency documents do not reflect the country in which the person is effectively residing. Therefore, these are not valid documents to prove where you physically live and you cannot use them to prove your residency while using your Pass.
Examples of accepted proof of residency documents:
- Austria: Aufenthaltstitel
- France: Titre de sejour / Titre de long sejour
- Germany: Blue card / Meldebestätigung / Aufenthaltstitel / Meldezettel
- Great Britain: TIER 1,2,3,4 visa / Ancestry visa / Certificate of Right of Abode / eVisa
- Italy: Permesso di soggiorno
- The Netherlands: Basisregistratie personen (BRP)/ Verblijfsvergunning
- Spain: Tarjeta de residencia (with NIE on it) / VISA with NIE on it
- Switzerland: B permit