Visa required for travelling to Ireland, Dublin from England?

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I am a british citizen living in England...so im guessing i just need my passport when i board the plane? im travelling via good old ryanair!!!

Answer 1

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It depends on the passport you hold. The fact that the U.K. and Ireland form a Common Travel Area without border control and that British and Irish citizens do not need a passport for travel by law [if not flying on Ryanair] does not exempt foreigners from holding a passport and the required visa for Ireland. You will need an Irish visa unless your country is listed on the attached website.
http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/home/index.… ..

Edit: [based on your additional details]
Yes, as British citizen flying on Ryanair you will need a passport
http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/what… ..
Visa are only required from non-EU citizens, but there are also some exemptions.

Flying on any other other company you would just need any type of government picture ID.
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/catego… ..

Answer 2

No providing you are a Irish Citizen! You just need your passport :)

Answer 3

No, these countries are part of a compact agreement allowing for travel between each country with only an id- you wont even need a passport (the person below is incorrect).

Answer 4

If you are Irish, British or European, you don't need a visa. Travelling by ferry, you just need photo ID - driver's licence, for instance. Most airlines require a passport.

Answer 5

What nationality are you? Irish & British citizens in theory need only provide ID on request, EU nationals must carry a passport or national identity papers and some non-EU nationals don't require visas for short stays in the Republic of Ireland and/or the UK but some do.

Chances are if you required a visa for a short holiday in the UK then you'll need one for the Republic of Ireland as well.

Answer 6

If you are an EU citizen, then no visa will be required for the trip, just your passport.

If you are from outside of the EU then you will need to obtain a visa.

Just to clear up a bit of confusion - the agreement allukcats is referring to is the Schengen agreement, wherby individuals from member countries can travel freely. Ireland and the UK are not part of this agreement.

Britain and Ireland have a common travel agreement between them, which applies to Britishand Irish citizens only, individuals from any other country are not covered by this.

Answer 7

If you're a British national, you don't need a visa to travel to another EU country.

If you're not a British national, contact the Irish Embassy in the country you're in to find out more.

What's with the thumbs down? I'm only telling it as it is!

Answer 8

Ryanair brought in a new rule not too long ago that says you have to have your passport not just an id but thats all you'll need

Answer 9

no visa or passport to go over the border so come up north it's cheaper sorry have your passport to get on the plane no visa needed (just the plastic one and plenty on it )

Answer 10

If you are white British born and bred in the UK really you don´t need anything but RyanAir won´t let you on the plane without ID. If you run into Irish Immigration officers doing spot checks a white face and UK accent usually would suffice. If your ancestry is not native white or you sound a bit foreign it is always best you carry your UK passport as a driving licence does not prove your nationality.


THE ONLY FORMS OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS ACCEPTED ON RYANAIR FLIGHTS ARE:

* A valid passport – ( see below - */and ** below)
* A valid National Identity Card issued by the government of a European Economic Area (EEA) country. (Only the following EEA countries issue National Identity Cards acceptable for carriage on Ryanair flights: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland)
* A valid German Government issued Kinderausweis travel document
* A valid Italian Certificato Di Nascita which has been endorsed as "VALIDO PER L'ESPATRIO" valid for travel and signed by "IL QUESTORE". It is the passenger's personal responsibility to ensure that this document meets the requirements of immigration and other governmental authorities at the destination airport - see ** below.
* A valid UN Refugee Convention Travel Document – (issued in accordance with Article 28(1) of the 1951 UN Convention, by a Government in place of a valid passport.)
* A valid Convention Travel Document – (issued in accordance with Article 27 of the 1954 UN Convention for Stateless Persons, by a contracting state in place of a valid passport)

* It is acceptable for children under 16 to travel on the valid passport of the parent with whom they are travelling, if they are included on that passport.

** When a child is listed on the valid passport of the parent with whom they are travelling the accompanying adult’s travel document details must be duplicated in the child’s document details section during the online check-in process.

RYANAIR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL YOUR RESERVATION WITHOUT REFUND AND TO DENY YOU BOARDING IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS AND ADVANCE PASSENGER INFORMATION

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Travel by coach and ferry to Ireland from Holyhead.

http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/what…

Answer 11

ryanair is one of the only airline companies that make you have a passport to travel, most other airlines don't! but unfortunately they are all starting to get a bit funny with just photo id! but no visa to travel to european country, except for turkey, you pay a tenner for a visa at the airport.

just be mindful that when leaving any irish airport now, you have to pay a ten euro airport tax to leave the country, and its per person! just another one of brian cowens bright ideas to try and make money for the country!

Answer 12

You are an EU citizen. No visas. Just a passport, and that's only because Britain decided to opt out of the Schengen agreement which requires no passports in the EU.

Been to Dublin millions of times.