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Old Oct 18, 2016 | 1:21 pm
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Originally Posted by TCG
Sorry to post on an old thread, my questions are a little more specific to holding a USA passport in case it mattered.

As of posting Oct 2016 Is it still true that on a USA-LHR->DUB itin, one needs to get a passport stamp into the UK at heathrow, and then another stamp at dublin?

Further, How much time does this process take at heathrow? Will 75 Minutes be enough at LHR?

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75 minutes will be possible if you are on a single ticket, arriving and departing the same terminal and any bags are checked through, but it's cutting it fine. However again assuming a single ticket, the airline will put you on the next available flight free of charge if you misconnect because of immigration delays.

The challenge with a connection like this is you could easily land 30 minutes early, or equally feasible is 30 minutes circling over the Home Counties as you wait for a landing slot.
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