Until a couple of years ago you didn’t need a passport to go to the UK. One just had to show our identity card.
Btw you need a visa for Egypt.
Until a couple of years ago you didn’t need a passport to go to the UK. One just had to show our identity card.
This is really digressing but I don’t think so. The ID card option was available UK-Ireland, I think, until about 30 years ago.
Peter wrote:
Until a couple of years ago you didn’t need a passport to go to the UK. One just had to show our identity card.This is really digressing but I don’t think so. The ID card option was available UK-Ireland, I think, until about 30 years ago.
Irish Passport Card can still be used to enter the UK, I think UK BF has already confirmed it a few times. Even after Brexit.
A group of us came to the UK 2018 and all we needed were our ID cards. And we did show them to border force officials in the UK.
Irish passport card can definitely be used to enter UK (from anywhere, not just from Ireland), I understand. ID cards from EU countries aren’t accepted any more, unless the holder has pre-settled or settled status in the UK. My European colleagues tell me that it is not as uncommon as you might think that a lot of EU citizens do not have a passport, unlike in the UK when virtually everyone has one (or at least they did before it became nearly impossible to renew). There isn’t a official ID card for British citizens.
As I was saying, the fly-in was great!
Wing pic with nice coastline:
