Travel on Drivers Licence

joejoem

Hey Im flying to London at the weekend and I read on the Ryanair website that they will accept an eea drivers licence. I would assume that my provisional licence will suffice for this? Does anyone have any experience with this?

John R

No reason it shouldn't. It is for identification purposes not driving qualifications.

Gandhi

As far as I remember there is no passport control between Ireland and England. You should just walk right through.

Bluehair

Gandhi wrote:

As far as I remember there is no passport control between Ireland and England. You should just walk right through.

Ryanair still require photo ID to travel though (as do all airlines), your provisional driving licence will be fine.

joejoem

Cheers!

vector

yes drivers licence will do for ryanair

however when you come back into ireland isin't there a guy at a desk that you must pass ater the EU and non-EU line, the guy glances at your passport

(if you want to go to the the uk and you have no papers then get the ferry from dublin/rosslare/ringaskiddy)

John R

vector wrote:

yes drivers licence will do for ryanair

however when you come back into ireland isin't there a guy at a desk that you must pass ater the EU and non-EU line, the guy glances at your passport

(if you want to go to the the uk and you have no papers then get the ferry from dublin/rosslare/ringaskiddy)

The law is that Ireland and the UK is a free travel area, no passports are required. Nor is any specific form of identification. They can require you to provide proof that you are who you claim to be and are allowed detain and question non-EU persons for immigration purposes or anyone until they can verify their identity but there is no legal requirement to show a passport.

People that have entered Illegally (non-EU without visas, etc.) cannot be deported to the UK but must be dealt with as if they had arrived directly. That is why the airlines are not overly concerned, they are not forced to take illegals back FOC.

The method of entry, train, car, walk, plane, ferry has no effect on the regulations or requirements apart from any restrictions the carrier may demand in their contracts.

Irish immigration police are also at the ferryports and it is not unknown for them to stop cross-border buses entering Ireland to intercept illegal immigrants.

Bluehair

John R wrote:

The law is that Ireland and the UK is a free travel area, no passports are required. Nor is any specific form of identification. etc. etc.

Yes, yes all true but so the OP doesn't get confused Ryanair require photo ID to travel so bring your driving licence.