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Originally Posted by Chris
There is a common travel area within the entire British Isles and you do not need a passport in order to fulfil immigration requirements, but if you’re using an airline, rather than a ferry, both immigration and the airline itself may demand to see photographic ID.
I spent a couple of years traveling to and from Dublin once a fortnight on Aer Lingus. Both the airline and the Glasgow and Dublin immigration desks were happy with my driving licence.
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Originally Posted by jonbxx
Yeah, some airlines will only accept a passport as ID - Ryanair comes to mind. Others are OK with photo ID (British Airways, Aer Lingus for example) Best check with your airline...
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Thanks, it seems that different airlines have different rules then. I take it that the ferry don't require a passport, but will presumably want photo ID?
Does anyone know how long it takes on a ferry? It might be easier for me, depending upon how long it takes. I've only ever been via British Airways and don't recall them ever needing a passport, but assumed that this was because both countries were in the EU.
I was once told that, technically, you don't even need a passport to travel to any other EU country, but in practice this is likely to cause problems. If countries are going to circumvent the freedom of movement rules, it makes a mockery of them and makes the whole thing pointless!