Going back through Passport control after passing security question

SeSHo

Hi Everyone,

I want to accompany my parents when they are leaving dublin and be with them while they are waiting for their flight. I will purchase a cheap ticket and pass through security. As far as I know it's ok that I will go back through passport control.

My question is, would that cause me any "legal" issues? or be considered as any sort of weird action where passport control might give me hard time for example?

Did anyone try this before? thanks!!!

Nigel Fairservice

I have seen people that missed flights escorted from the departures area. Seems like a lot of hassle though and might come across as a bit odd. If they are of reduced mobility you can book airport assistance.

helimachoptor

I’ve had to do it a couple of times due to bringing the wrong passport, never been an issue

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122146230#Comment_122146230

Bringing the wrong passport to the airport really seems like the kind of mistake anyone should really only make once 🤣

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058351928/going-back-through-passport-control-after-passing-security-question

Just book airport assistance. Its a terrific service.

What you are thinking of doing looks suspicious as hell and could land you in hot water.

VanHalen

Back just after COVID our luggage didn’t arrive back with us and I was convinced it was marooned in the baggage reclaim area with all the other unclaimed luggage in T1. After waiting a week for it to appear I purchased a Ryanair one way ticket to Kerry (€12) to get me airside. Luggage wasn’t there unfortunately but I was able to get to passport control easy enough and exit - no questions asked. This is easy in T1 but not sure if it’s doable in T2.

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122146288#Comment_122146288

No it wouldn't land them in hot water. What the hell.

Many times people have gone through security etc., only to miss their flights, get emergency call to go home etc. The only annoying thing is you'd have to say to an airport staff member that you're looking to leave and go back.

helimachoptor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122146274#Comment_122146274

not when you travel as much as I do tbh

errlloyd

Are you just asking about leaving the airport without boarding your flight? That's pretty easy. I have done it before when a flight was so delayed that I was going to miss the meeting I was travelling for. In Terminal 1 I think the stairway down to security is near the escalator up to Burger King. In Terminal 2 there is a particular gate number you can go to, I can't remember which.

Passport control won't give a ****. There is no way for them to know how you got there.

stargazer 68

I've done it at terminal 1. Forgot my passport. Staff at the gate told me how to get back out. No one escorted me out, just pointed me in the general direction. Went back through passport control, asked me for my passport. Don't have it, going home to get it and he just laughed and off you go!

No issue at all.

.Donegal.

In terminal 2 at least there’s passport machines . You don’t have to deal with any person , just scan your passport and stand still while it scans you face. After check in you can walk freely between both terminals. Even if anything is said to you, you can say you were helping your elderly parents as they were nervous and scared of getting lost. I doubt they’ll give a ****. During the pandemic lots of people were buying tickets just to go and drink in the bar for the day and nothing came of that.

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122146331#Comment_122146331

Had a similar experience coming back from China.

No it wouldn't land them in hot water. What the hell.

I didnt say WOULD, I said COULD.

About 70% of the time security at Dublin is very lax and it is not difficult to get airside. About 30% of the time they compensate, and all you need is the wrong manager to be having a bad day and you could be left waiting for hours to be let out.

thomas 123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122146343#Comment_122146343

Special branch spotted - sketch boys.

VG31

You can exit to passport control beside gate 217 in Terminal 1. Link to Dublin Airport's street view: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bxhFCbNXTE57ku316

I don't think there's any exit in Terminal 2 but you can just walk over to T1.

whomitconcerns

I went through one morning, got to gate realised forgot phone, ran back got phone outside security from gf no issue with passport control, upstairs again back to security, ended up in same queue, he called me forward as he remembered me and skipped a lot of the queue..I was very very late for my flight

endofrainbow

Just book airport assistance for them ?

mulbot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122146370#Comment_122146370

This is nonsense, I've worked up in the airport over the years, airport security isn't one bit lax,passengers don't see what goes on behind the scenes there regarding the level of camera tracking there. Anyway, there's no chance of being in "hot water" once you're there legally. And you won't get Airside at all unless properly documented

ax530

I've sat at gate and missed flight, turned around walked out way I came in. Feeling it was T1 felt strange walking wrong direction but no staff assistant needed.

Think airport assistant best bet as they would take them on trolleys get to board first EFT

Zico

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122146370#Comment_122146370

If you were detained in Dublin airport it wasn't because you were going back through passport control without taking a flight or because some manager(?) was having a bad day.

Rows Grower

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122146742#Comment_122146742

Dublin airport is not as efficient as you seem to think it is, a couple of days ago an elderly lady with dementia was held in the arrivals area against her will for over 2 hours. Her outbound flight failed to land and returned to Dublin and even though the lady and her friend had special assistance escort them off the plane she was for some inexcusable reason kept from her travelling companions including her carer who had been on the same flight and with whom she was in phone contact with. I won't be making any further comments on this particular case as I've a feeling it will be subject to legal proceedings.

tohaltuwi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122146815#Comment_122146815

Not to do with the specific case that is before the courts, but I know from using assistance regularly at Dublin Airport there can be unacceptable delays waiting to get through to land-side and people regularly do get detached from their family members who are told to proceed ahead without their disabled loved ones. I mostly travel alone, but I have observed this happen a number of times. One of the assistance staff told me there aren’t enough staff deployed to assist at T1 arrivals, and that they focus mostly on assistance for departures. Actually similar happened in Glasgow just today (domestic flight from Island) but even the pilots couldn’t get off the plane because of the delay, long story which I won’t go into.

I’ve not witnessed the same issue in T2, it’s to do with poor management of T1 arrivals. T2 gets the most major international long haul, where T1 is mainly EU & Ryanair, with less investment. I can exactly see how a pax could on an occasion be left in that “hold” area in arrivals.

tohaltuwi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122146331#Comment_122146331

For domestic flights you don’t need a passport except of course with Ryanair which has a passport rule for all flights, and they have done the Kerry run on and off. I’ve done Kerry & Donegal in the past and always find they give you an odd look going through without a passport, they need to see proof of your flight ticket instead. Also Aer Lingus to UK doesn’t require a passport, I’ll be returning through T2 from Glasgow in a couple of days without a passport so expect maybe a raised eyebrow, but have my drivers license and proof of flight.

Depending on OP’s parents’ personal situation I’d book assistance, any form of disability, physical or otherwise, “qualifies”, including age-related issues. I have bad MS and I could not travel without the service. If one of them is ok with using phone I’d get them to text to ensure everything was going smoothly. Coming over to Glasgow my assistant at Dublin Airport got me water, many of these assistants are very protective of you and make sure of your well-being as they understand you can be extra vulnerable to all manner of things.

ted1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122146343#Comment_122146343

That’s even worse. There zero excuse for it happening more than once.

As you leave the door you just check your passport.

ted1

Just tick the assistance box. There is no added costs.

SeSHo

Thank you everyone for all ur insights and experience..

I thank God my parents are physically fine so they dont need the assistance, its just this would be their first time abroad in an English speaking country so I just wanted to accompany them until they board as a form of comfort not more..

I'll anyhow give them good instructions, they speak english but maybe im just a bit too worried or over protective of them..

Again, thanks everyone