heathrow airport immigration
Jun 14, 2015, 11:09 am
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I was, of course, referring to air traffic. Thanks for catching me out.I do not know why Heathrow does the immigration inspection + biometrics on DUB-destined transfer pax. It seems to me that there's no need for biometrics at the gate. I can see that biometrics could be necessary for UK-originating pax in case they changed their mind before boarding the aircraft and wished to exit the terminal. However it may be that part of the CTA agreement requires London to inspect passports for Irish-destined pax.
Jun 21, 2015, 10:08 pm
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Jun 22, 2015, 10:27 am
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It's horrible for the OP to queue for 2 hours at LHR, but I feel it's some form of payback for the appalling treatment everyone gets when arriving in the USA, where 2 hours is not at all abnormal. And the rudeness of the staff is legendary. Finally, if the OP had shouted at a US Immigration person, he'd have been arrested - in the UK it seems that by doing this he got another channel manned. Go figure.
Jun 22, 2015, 1:37 pm
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For passengers who are refused entry, citizens of the USA are (by far) the largest nationality.
Jun 22, 2015, 2:04 pm
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Bearing in mind DUB mixes all arriving passengers and does a passport check on UK-originating traffic.
Jun 24, 2015, 8:28 am
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Jun 24, 2015, 8:42 am
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(well they can be both)Nonetheless you still need some kind of ID in practise.
I still don't see how it is useful to have biometrics at the gate.
Jun 24, 2015, 8:55 am
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The CTA also includes the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, none of which are part of the UK.
Driving licences are often used, but I know people who've simply declared "I'm British". Keeping hold of your boarding pass to show that you've come on a flight from the UK can be useful (though of course that doesn't prove you are a UK citizen).
Driving licences are often used, but I know people who've simply declared "I'm British". Keeping hold of your boarding pass to show that you've come on a flight from the UK can be useful (though of course that doesn't prove you are a UK citizen).
Jun 24, 2015, 9:03 am
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Although they can still get a fancy cover for their passports.
Okay well, that does seem like a fair enough reason to do the whole immigration+biometrics at our end, if we think it's leaky at the Irish end.
Last edited by Calchas; Jun 24, 2015 at 9:08 am
Jun 24, 2015, 3:40 pm
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