Andy From Sligo wrote: » God, I have an existing out of date UK passport from the 90's if I havent chucked it out at some stage - so the form has to go back to belfast then not Dublin, right I didnt know that. the wife has dual nationality , kids have Irish passports - its just me the odd one out (odd being the right word) not good being a passenger in a car for long journeys, dunno how I would be on a trip from sligo to Belfast drive whats that about 2 and half hours drive is it?- thats why I wanted to go to knockairport only about 30 mins and a hour flight to luton and no long car travel in UK getting from another airport to see the rest of the family in Luton.
Mint Sauce wrote: » Getting a GB Passport is quick and easy as well Andy if you have had one previously. I did mine last year, on line part done in about 15/20 minutes, print off the forms to verify your identity, gives you a whole list of who can confirm it, including Nurses, Publicans, Clergy, Government Officals, etc etc, send the forms off to Belfast, and will have back in the next week or two. My Irish Passport took 5-6 weeks to renew, but this was just before the On Line option was launched. Do you have any other right to Irish Passport such as parents, etc, etc. Should not cost a €1000 if so. Other than that, fly with another Airline, and from/to a different Airport.
jester77 wrote: » The online application only takes a few days. I had to renew mine last week, took a photo with my phone and filled in the form on a Sunday evening. Took less than 15 mins to complete. Had my passport 4 days later on the Thursday. I'm living in Germany so you would probably get it even quicker in Ireland.
dingding wrote: » Looking at it from a UK perspective under the current scheme, say a person wants to enter the UK to carry out an illegal act, they just have to fly into Dublin, and enter the UK through Dublin Port - Holyhead with no checks. The open boarder with the UK would need the same rigour to be applied at Irish airports as UK airports and ports. The irish driving license, the pink type must be one of the easiest documents to forge with no security features. They could also change in Dublin and fly into the UK but they they may be picked up at one of the airports. Say they fly to bristol, the driving license will get them on the plane, only checked by airline and no checks in the UK.
coylemj wrote: » Definitely not. You cannot have an open border between Schengen and non-Schengen countries. The agreement known as the Common Travel Area would be scrapped if we signed up for Schengen so everyone would need a passport to fly to GB and even to cross the border into NI.
dingding wrote: » With Brexit is there a case for Ireland to join Schengen.
ted1 wrote: » Its outside the Schengen areahttps://www.google.ie/amp/s/europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/eu-citizen/indexamp_en.htm
Andy From Sligo wrote: » killbillvol2 wrote: » Eh, it is a foreign country? well ..... technically yes .. but hey , we are all after all in europe (at the moment)
killbillvol2 wrote: » Eh, it is a foreign country?
Andy From Sligo wrote: » looks like i will have to go passport route then - will negate getting/looking for cheap flight over to UK , but then I suppose at least I will have a passport for the future should I want to fly to spain or france or somewhere . Blimey, our neighbours (UK) and part of europe (at the moment for another 6 months anyway) and you need a passport like its some foreign country
zoe 3619 wrote: » Is it your first passport or a renewal? I recently renewed a uk passport-all done on line in a few minutes,including uploading photos of myself from the phone. Came very quickly by courier and cost around a hundred euro.
Andy From Sligo wrote: » well thanks - thats different to what I read when i was reading it up before on the internet, it was talking about going up to the UK embassy in dublin and proving who you are etc... that was a few years back I read that. Must have changed it. With your info I will read up again on it
Deagol wrote: » My impression is you are trying to make a short story long.. To get a UK passport you just need to fill in the online downloadable form, get it and a couple of photos signed by a garda and send it off. It's done in Belfast and you get it back a couple of weeks later. Cost is a little of 100euro last time I did it as far as I remember.
Andy From Sligo wrote: » hmm, still a couple of hundred euro and apply in person in dublin , think I checked it out before - I am not trying to make a problem, i asked did anyone know of a workaround of going with ryanair without a passport or know why they wannt a passport when the others will just accept a drivers licence
RossieMan wrote: » Just get a UK one then? You seem to be trying to make a problem were there isn't one.
El Tarangu wrote: » Would it not be easier to just get a passport - is there some reason that you don't want/can't get a passport?
goingnowhere wrote: » Aer Lingus do operate Knock Gatwick however
