checks when departing from the UK for a destination outside the Common Travel Area by air, rail or sea. Instead, airline/rail/ferry companies obtain passengers' travel document information at check-in or on departure and transmit the information electronically to the UK Border Force. However, from time to time spot checks are carried out by the UK Border Force (in this case, travel documents are not stamped). North America Canada Canada no longer routinely stamp passports upon entry. With effect from 2 April 2012, Border Services Officers of the Canada Border Services Agency will only stamp passports in the following circumstances: Seasonal agricultural workers Persons authorized to extend their stay in Canada Visitors arriving under a Parent/Grandparent super-visa Persons attaining permanent resident status at a port of entry Diplomatic visitors accredited to Canada arriving for the first time Persons issued a visitor record, limiting the duration of stay in Canada At the specific request of the traveler arriving at an international airport equipped with a Primary Inspection Kiosk Cayman Islands Costa Rica Costa Rica does not apply exit stamps, only entry stamps placed into a passport. Cuba Cuban Government by policy does not stamp US Passports. French overseas departments and collectivities When arriving in and departing from the French overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique and the French overseas collectivities of Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, French Border Police officers stamp travellers' travel documents according to the following rules: Travellers flying directly from metropolitan France to Guadeloupe, Martinique or Saint Pierre and Miquelon only undergo border checks by the French Border Police at the departure airport in metropolitan France and not on arrival in the French overseas department/collectivity. However, as third-country nationals (who do not benefit from one of the exemptions in the right-hand column above) are required to receive a passport stamp, the French Border Police will give them an information sheet when they leave metropolitan France informing them that they should present themselves to the French Border Police at the arrival airport to receive a passport stamp. On the other hand, travellers flying directly from Guadeloupe, Martinique or Saint Pierre and Miquelon to metropolitan France undergo border checks by the French Border Police both on departure and on arrival, when their travel documents will be stamped accordingly. Whilst the rules for stamping travel documents of travellers arriving in and departing from the French overseas departments/collectivities mentioned