Are you sure? I thought they stopped that, even for those with treaty rights, but I’m not certain
Passport is obligatory for everyone.
It’s here, untill Dec2025
You cannot use an EU, EEA or Swiss national ID card to enter the UK unless you: have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, or Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man’s settlement schemes…have an EU Settlement Scheme family permit, or the equivalent from Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man…In these cases, you can continue to use your national ID card to enter the UK until at least 31 December 2025.
Peter wrote:
Passports (no ID cards possible) have been mandatory all the years that I remember.
Prior to Brexit as an EU or Swiss Citizen national ID cards were allowed as far as I remember.
And it appears they still work for some as per @Ibra s post.
Airlines seem to inform their pax that passports only are allowed. As they do not have the means to check the provisions given under the regulation cited, I suppose that is what they will want to see.
Apart, there are advantages using passports. In many places, automatic entry scanners are in use which are massively faster than the queues in front of immigration officials, but they also require the use of a passport, not an ID. We have them at ZRH and i’ve also seen them in Sofia. Not sure if the UK uses them for entry.
Extremely limited applicability there… Indeed I can fly to Alderney without a PP (but will draw attention from the “security contractors”).
Just to close out this story: I recieved a full refund from Finnair, but not an apology for their booking system failing to warn about this trap. A few simple words on entering a UK passport expiry date would have done. The UK Passport office had an appointment early the next week and I received my new passport 2 days later. A contract security guy said “things were running much more smoothly” since half of them are at home on strike. What you can’t do is get a same day passport or a next day appointment, so I’d have been screwed anyway.
“things were running much more smoothly” since half of them are at home on strike
That would be because, with 50% of Border Force on strike, the average BF IQ will approximately double, the average BMI will halve (improving general mobility, and vehicle MPG), and enabling the rubber boats to be boarded without risk of sinking.
