Passport Needed?

zildjian1

Hi,
I'm wondering can anyone help me....tomorrow morning im flying from dublin to eindhoven with Ryanair...
the trouble is...i have mislaid my passport....
will i be able to travel with an Irish Drivers License/Garda ID...?

MarkoP11

You need a valid passport

Pfungstadter

Not sure about drivers and garda, but if Ireland did issue National ID cards they are goog enough to travel with in the EU. I think we should have them, not compulsory, but they'd be handier than carrying your passport everywhere (especially when you go out) which doesn't exactly fit in your wallet.

Kinetic^

zildjian1 wrote:

Hi,
I'm wondering can anyone help me....tomorrow morning im flying from dublin to eindhoven with Ryanair...
the trouble is...i have mislaid my passport....
will i be able to travel with an Irish Drivers License/Garda ID...?

Get your arse down to the passport office with your tickets, anything you'll need to get a new passport and any other travel details.

They might get you 1 by the end of the day.

maxheadroom

Pfungstadter wrote:

Not sure about drivers and garda, but if Ireland did issue National ID cards they are goog enough to travel with in the EU. I think we should have them, not compulsory, but they'd be handier than carrying your passport everywhere (especially when you go out) which doesn't exactly fit in your wallet.

Not true, as Ireland is not part of the Shengen zone.

meditraitor

Keyser Soze 69 wrote:

Get your arse down to the passport office with your tickets, anything you'll need to get a new passport and any other travel details.

They might get you 1 by the end of the day.

They process them in Balbriggan, give them a call, they can be very obliging, although a day is a bit short notice,

tk123

I was checking out the passport bit on oasis for my mum yesterday - she has to prove she's been using her married name for 2 years to renew her passport..even thou they issued the last one 10 years ago:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: - Anyhoos I came across this :
"*An urgent application made in person is one where an Irish passport is required on the same day. Proof of travel (i.e., airline tickets, etc.) is required where an urgent application is made in person and you must pay the full normal cost of the appropriate passport together with an additional 50 or 25 euro fee as appropriate."

morlan

He's travelling within the EU. Can't he just use a drivers license?

Tarabuses

No

Pfungstadter

In the Schengen area you "Don't need anything" but it's recommended to carry ID. You only need a valid ID card from any EU country to enter any EU country. Trust me, I often fly to Germany and most Germans only bring theit National ID card.

morlan

Tarabuses wrote:

No

Rooted this out for the record.

The only acceptable forms of photo-ID on Ryanair flights are A valid passport A valid Government issued National Identity Card issued by a European Economic Area (EEA) country. Only the following countries of the EEA issue National Identity Cards which are acceptable for carriage Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Cyprus Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland.

A valid European Economic Area (EEA) driving Licence with photo Presented by an EEA national is ONLY acceptable for travel on internal Flights within the UK, internal flights within Italy and UK-Republic of Ireland-UK routes.

Stark

Ryanair will only accept passport or driver's licence for travel. They won't accept Garda ID as it's "an Age card, not an ID card" :rolleyes: I was stung for that when travelling from Dublin to Cork before. Aer Arrann will accept Garda ID though.

You'll need a passport if you're travelling somewhere other than the UK/Ireland, otherwise you won't get past passport security when you arrive at your destination.

lostinsuperfunk

From http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=pid&quest=photoid

All passengers must present valid photo identification at check-in for all flights. The only acceptable forms of photo-ID on Ryanair flights are:

* A valid passport
* A valid Government issued National Identity Card issued by a European Economic Area (EEA) country. Only the following countries from the EEA issue National Identity Cards which are acceptable for carriage: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland.
* A valid European Economic Area (EEA) driving licence with photo presented by an EEA national IS ONLY ACCEPTABLE for travel on domestic flights i.e. internal flights within the UK, internal flights within Italy and UK-Republic of Ireland-UK routes.

If the OP doesn't have a national ID card from one of the countries listed above (unlikely as the missing passport is Irish), then s/he must have a passport to board a Ryanair flight from Ireland to the Netherlands. An Irish driving licence is no good unless you're flying to the UK (and possibly within Ireland, although it doesn't explicitly say that above).
I don't know what the legal requirements are, but those are Ryanair's rules, and in my experience Ryanair are very fond of their rules.

Hopefully the passport has been replaced by now!

Victor

If you are Dutch (you don't say), go to the Dutch Embassy on Merrion Road / Aylesbury Road.

You are more likely to have a problem with Ryanair than with "security".

robinph

On returning from Amsterdam one time my friend had lost his passort and KLM would not let him checkin without a passport, so like th good buddy that I am I left him there and I went to get on the plane. Just as the plane was starting to board though he came running along to the gate as he had managed to pursuade checkin to make a call to Bristol airport where we were flying to, the copper there got out his phone book and looked up his name in that to prove he existed and then faxed the checkin staff back to say that he would let him into the UK.

All the airline is bothered about is getting charged by the destination airport for transporting someone that wont get allowed entry at the other end, as I think they then have to fly them back again afterwards as well. If you can get some proof that you will be allowed into the Netherlands when you get there then you may be able to pursuade the airline to check you in. But I guess that would only work if you are Dutch returning home and not if your going on holidays.

murphaph

robinph wrote:

On returning from Amsterdam one time my friend had lost his passort and KLM would not let him checkin without a passport, so like th good buddy that I am I left him there and I went to get on the plane. Just as the plane was starting to board though he came running along to the gate as he had managed to pursuade checkin to make a call to Bristol airport where we were flying to, the copper there got out his phone book and looked up his name in that to prove he existed and then faxed the checkin staff back to say that he would let him into the UK.

All the airline is bothered about is getting charged by the destination airport for transporting someone that wont get allowed entry at the other end, as I think they then have to fly them back again afterwards as well. If you can get some proof that you will be allowed into the Netherlands when you get there then you may be able to pursuade the airline to check you in. But I guess that would only work if you are Dutch returning home and not if your going on holidays.

You reckon Ryanair would give a stuff about what dutch immigration might say? They'd rather sell your seat again to some bloke on standby!

Lennoxschips

The passport office do indeed do fast processes if you can prove you are on a flight to somewhere sometime soon. When I was last in Cork for a week I renewed my passport and they did it in two days for me. All I had to show them was a printout of the e-mail confirmation sent from Aer Lingus online booking.

The Dutch can be very picky about paperwork, so I'd get one quick.

Hagar

Ryanair are only interested in finding ways to deny you passage after you have already paid for it so they can re-sell it a premium rate to some other traveller on the day. They will gladly pocket the airport taxes that have been paid by you but are not due to the airport as you didn't travel.

Metrobest

I assume you're Irish? Go down to the passport office with proof of travel and they'll issue you a new passport this afternoon.

You've absolutely no chance of getting on the plane or past passport control in Eindhoven without a valid Irish passport.

BendiBus

I flew out of Amsterdam without a passport once. No problem getting through there or on arrival in Dublin. Although I did have a letter from the Amsterdam constabulary noting my passport had been stolen.

BuffyBot

Ryanair are only interested in finding ways to deny you passage after you have already paid for it so they can re-sell it a premium rate to some other traveller on the day.

As the Eindhoven route (anytime I've encountered it) is generally lightly loaded in comparison to other Ryanair routes, that's seems like nothing but some unfounded speculation...

mackerski

maxheadroom wrote:

Not true, as Ireland is not part of the Shengen zone.

You are mistaken. A National Identity Card from any EU country is accepted for traffic throughout the EU (and to certain other countries).

Dermot

Victor

mackerski wrote:

You are mistaken. A National Identity Card from any EU country is accepted for traffic throughout the EU (and to certain other countries).

Might be accepted, but seeing as we don't have one ....