travelling with Irish and Korean passport

net86

Hey. Does anyone know the rule about travelling with two passports?

Im applying for an Irish passport for my daughter who already has a Korean passport.

I have been told that she should enter and exit Ireland on her Irish passport and then enter and exit Korea on her Korean passport.

But I have also been told that she should use the same passport for the total journey (as there would be no Irish arrival or departure stamp on the Korean passport if I use her Irish one)

Does anyone know?

seamus

Afaik there are no international rules about travelling on two passports and in general it's not an issue.

The general rule is to always use the same passport for entering and exiting a specific country. So enter and exit Ireland on the Irish passport, enter and exit Korea on the Korean one.

I don't think the Korean officials would check a Korean passport for an exit stamp from Ireland - the person is a Korean passport holder and therefore has a right to enter Korea regardless of where they're coming from. Where they've been and how they ended up back in Korea is irrelevant to immigration, only customs care about that.

Some reading here which may be of interest though:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_nationality_law#Current_policy

Louche Lad

How confident are you that you've been told right? I'm not in any way an authority on passports, but it sounds odd to me that one would be required to show one particular country's passport when leaving that country.

Here's a random blog entry about this sort of situation, and it suggests to me she'd need to show her Korean passport when travelling to Korea, and Irish when travelling to Ireland: http://www.stylehiclub.com/cruising-flying/step-step-guide-to-traveling-with-two-passports/

net86

thats what I thought as well.
Korean immigration haven't been much help either. They have just said that they think she would have to use the same passport for the total journey. Because Korea would look for entry and exit stamps on her Korean passport. So if I used her Irish passport to enter Ireland there would be no entry stamp on her Korean passport. Which can apparently cause problems when coming back into Korea

braddun

citizens have to enter with own countrys passport

so leave korea with Korean passport and arrive with irish passport


some counties require use their passport if citizen, eg usa require you to show passport heading to usa on plane

net86

I just rang Korean immigration and they said I cant do that.
When you leave Korea they stamp your passport. They said if she enters and leaves Ireland on the Irish passport there will be no arrival stamp on the Korean passport. And apparently this will cause problems when returning to Korea with the Korean passport as it will have no stamp about where she has been.
Seems a bit ridiculous to me

Del2005

net86 wrote: »

I just rang Korean immigration and they said I cant do that.
When you leave Korea they stamp your passport. They said if she enters and leaves Ireland on the Irish passport there will be no arrival stamp on the Korean passport. And apparently this will cause problems when returning to Korea with the Korean passport as it will have no stamp about where she has been.
Seems a bit ridiculous to me

A country which is still technically at war wanting to know where it's passport holders are going after they leave the country doesn't sound too ridiculous to me. Also with the amount of people going off to join Jihads and other terrorist organisations you need to know where people have been when they return.

killbillvol2

It all sounds a bit of a mess. Just to clarify/muddy the waters, there's no exit stamp from Ireland for some reason.

Batgurl

Bring both - use Korean to exit korea, use irish to enter Ireland.

If there is any hassle on return to Korea show them both passports. It's not illegal to have two passports and as an irish citizen she can't apply for a visa on her Korean passport.

As a Korean citizen they can't deny her entry to her country and you will have satisfied their records by showing them where she has travelled.

US, AU and HK friends do this a lot when travelling to avoid immigration queues. They bring both and pick the shorter queue.

coylemj

Present the Korean passport when entering Ireland to establish right of entry, when the official hands back the Irish passport, ask him/her to stamp the Korean passport. There is no exit passport check when leaving Ireland so either way, she won't be able to get an exit stamp on either passport.

net86

thanks everyone! Ill bring both with me and see what happens