ESTA country of birth puzzler

frost

Applying for ESTA on behalf of someone born in Northern Ireland but who has Irish citizenship and is traveling on her Irish Passport. Without getting political ;-) , what country do they expect to be put into the Country of Birth field? They only offer UK and Ireland, no option to put in N. Ireland.

This person's Irish passport shows Place of Birth simply as the county in N. Ireland where they were born. I.e., it just says "Down".

emeraldstar

frost wrote: »

Applying for ESTA on behalf of someone born in Northern Ireland but who has Irish citizenship and is traveling on her Irish Passport. Without getting political ;-) , what country do they expect to be put into the Country of Birth field? They only offer UK and Ireland, no option to put in N. Ireland.

This person's Irish passport shows Place of Birth simply as the county in N. Ireland where they were born. I.e., it just says "Down".

Well, the last time I checked Northern Ireland was in the UK so for Country of Birth she needs to select "UK". I'm sure if you look they don't have separate entries for Wales, England and Scotland either; they all come under the umbrella of the United Kingdom. Not sure what's so confusing tbh!

frost

emeraldstar wrote: »

Well, the last time I checked Northern Ireland was in the UK so for Country of Birth she needs to select "UK". I'm sure if you look they don't have separate entries for Wales, England and Scotland either; they all come under the umbrella of the United Kingdom. Not sure what's so confusing tbh!

Yeah I was confused because NI isnt part of GB, but IS part of UK. My excuse is Im not a local ;-)

rockonollie

Place of birth doesn't change regardless of what passport you use.........I travel on a US passport, but my place of birth is always going to be Ireland