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UK to Dublin via Amsterdam. Would I need a Visa?

  • 19-10-2020 05:31PM
    #1
    irelandjnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭


    I was told to check if I need a Visa. 3 hours layover at airport. Changing airlines. Flying home. Presume I don’t need a Visa. Do I?


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  • #2
    elperello
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    What passport do you have?


  • #3
    irelandjnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭irelandjnr


    elperello wrote: »
    What passport do you have?

    Irish.


  • #4
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,331 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    You don't need a visa.

    Why UK to Dublin via Amsterdam?


  • #5
    irelandjnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭irelandjnr


    elperello wrote: »
    You don't need a visa.

    Why UK to Dublin via Amsterdam?

    God knows. Can’t find direct flight.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    irelandjnr wrote: »
    God knows. Can’t find direct flight.

    you can't find a direct flight from London to Dublin??

    I flew Stanstead to Dublin 2 weeks ago. I'm sure Heathrow and Gatwick have daily departures to Dublin?


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  • #7
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,126 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Deleted User wrote: »
    you can't find a direct flight from London to Dublin??

    I flew Stanstead to Dublin 2 weeks ago. I'm sure Heathrow and Gatwick have daily departures to Dublin?

    The OP said the U.K. rather than London.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Marcusm wrote: »
    The OP said the U.K. rather than London.

    apologies :rolleyes:


  • #9
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,063 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    irelandjnr wrote: »
    I was told to check if I need a Visa. 3 hours layover at airport. Changing airlines. Flying home. Presume I don’t need a Visa. Do I?

    Who told you to check?


  • #10
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    irelandjnr wrote: »
    God knows. Can’t find direct flight.

    What part of the UK are you trying to get to?


  • #11
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,063 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    GerardKeating wrote: »
    What part of the UK are you trying to get to?

    According to the thread title, the OP is starting from somewhere in the UK.

    The proposed route is UK-Amsterdam-Dublin.


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  • #12
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,740 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Amsterdam is a common enough hub for regional airports in the UK. Friend of mine flew Leeds, AMS, Inverness as only useful option last year
    The london airports are focused on international rather than regional and amterdam has sorta filled the gap


  • #13
    440Hertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 651 ✭✭✭440Hertz


    Amsterdam is in the EU. You don’t need a visa as an EU national any more than you would for a trip through Galway, just your Irish passport or passport card.

    Globally, the list of countries Irish passport holders need visas for for short travel / tourism etc is a fairly short one.

    Just out of curiosity: who told you to check if you need a visa?!


  • #14
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,296 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    I've done Dublin-Amsterdam-Edinburgh routing a couple of times at peak travel times (eg 6 Nations weekend booked late) and it's been fine. Definitely no via required in either direction.


  • #15
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,331 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    It's possible that the person who advised the OP to check re. a visa was unsure of the OP's nationality.
    Maybe thinking they were on a visa in the UK.
    They may have been trying to be diplomatic.


  • #16
    440Hertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 651 ✭✭✭440Hertz


    I've seen Dublin used similarly btw for intra UK flights. Most regional and even quite small UK cities are (normally) connected to Dublin, so you can say go from Leeds/Bradford to Dublin to say Southhampton and stick with cheap airlines.


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