US Passport, born in Ireland, can use EU-citizen Passport Control?
Oct 18, 2018, 1:26 pm
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A few days after I posted this, I followed my wife's itinerary to Dublin. I possess a US passport, which like hers, denotes that my birthplace is Ireland. Unlike my wife, I do not hold an EU passport, in fact for reasons I wont go into here, I am no longer a citizen of Ireland.
Upon reaching the Non-EU passport control booth, lo and behold the officer said exactly the same thing to me; when I pointed out that I was no longer an Irish citizen, he said it doesn't matter, the fact that I was born in Ireland is all that was needed.
Oct 21, 2018, 11:21 pm
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What was the flight trip routing?
well, maybe to bring it back as the OP
A few days after I posted this, I followed my wife's itinerary to Dublin. I possess a US passport, which like hers, denotes that my birthplace is Ireland. Unlike my wife, I do not hold an EU passport, in fact for reasons I wont go into here, I am no longer a citizen of Ireland.
Upon reaching the Non-EU passport control booth, lo and behold the officer said exactly the same thing to me; when I pointed out that I was no longer an Irish citizen, he said it doesn't matter, the fact that I was born in Ireland is all that was needed.
A few days after I posted this, I followed my wife's itinerary to Dublin. I possess a US passport, which like hers, denotes that my birthplace is Ireland. Unlike my wife, I do not hold an EU passport, in fact for reasons I wont go into here, I am no longer a citizen of Ireland.
Upon reaching the Non-EU passport control booth, lo and behold the officer said exactly the same thing to me; when I pointed out that I was no longer an Irish citizen, he said it doesn't matter, the fact that I was born in Ireland is all that was needed.
Perhaps having a prima facie legal claim to Irish citizenship is sufficient to be admissible into Ireland?
Oct 22, 2018, 11:51 am
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This will become more difficult to administer in the future, as children who are presently 13 years or younger do not have a prima facie legal claim to Irish citizenship just by being born on Ireland.
Oct 22, 2018, 12:23 pm
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Yes, but presented non-Irish passports of persons born as Irish cirizens in Ireland do have birthdates that can be quickly used to determine if the persons were born before or after the relevant date some 13 years ago.
Oct 22, 2018, 12:36 pm
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I believe it is a "thing" for the Garda.
While it is not a similar experience, I used a non-EU British Passport (i.e. no right to abode) entering DUB immigration. Because of my experience at LHR, I had the landing card ready and used the non-EU line. The Garda processing me torn off my landing card and simply visually inspected the Passport photo against me. And then the Garda let me go without scanning and stamping the passport.
While it is not a similar experience, I used a non-EU British Passport (i.e. no right to abode) entering DUB immigration. Because of my experience at LHR, I had the landing card ready and used the non-EU line. The Garda processing me torn off my landing card and simply visually inspected the Passport photo against me. And then the Garda let me go without scanning and stamping the passport.