Irish passport

Francophile

The British passport is red and the Irish one is green unless they have recently changed it.

Sigur_2

Mine are both red. LIKE ULSTER!

Old_Git

Sigur wrote: »

Mine are both red. LIKE ULSTER!

is there a hand on either :rolleyes:

Actually I thought the red represented the EU wine lake

Teerah

Francophile wrote: »

The British passport is red and the Irish one is green unless they have recently changed it.

well, dont know how recent you mean but have had my irish one since 2000 and its red.

Anyone used the passport express service and can tell me how long it actually takes?

System

bjo wrote: »

If you were born in India or Pakistan or China and Japan or the West Indies
or Belfast or Derry or even Co Kerry you can easily get an United Kingdom passport.
To get an Irish passport you need to be born in Ireland or to be off irish
parentage.

The security guy who works in our Belfast Office and who comes from Donegal but doesn't have any passport was told that he had to become a British citizen to get a UK passport. He was actually asked by an official (Australian) in the British embassy how he got into the UK without an Irish passport. :laugh:

motorguy

Teerah wrote: »

well, dont know how recent you mean but have had my irish one since 2000 and its red.

Anyone used the passport express service and can tell me how long it actually takes?

For the UK one? Allegedly 2 weeks, but i'll tell you better after this wednesday. I guess the advantage for me was they check it for you before it goes off, so theres no (?) risk of getting it sent back due to an error.

suki1964

Cheaper entry to Turkey on an Irish passport.

bjo_2

Pam17 wrote: »

The security guy who works in our Belfast Office and who comes from Donegal but doesn't have any passport was told that he had to become a British citizen to get a UK passport. He was actually asked by an official (Australian) in the British embassy how he got into the UK without an Irish passport. :laugh:

If he booked a flight from Derry City airport to UK and showed his driving licence as ID he would be alright. So much for your security guy.
You can travel easily from Ireland to UK and vice versa.
Been going on for years otherwise England would have had no motorways.

bribrian

bjo wrote: »

If he booked a flight from Derry City airport to UK and showed his driving licence as ID he would be alright. So much for your security guy.
You can travel easily from Ireland to UK and vice versa.
Been going on for years otherwise England would have had no motorways.

Last i heard Derry City Airport was in the UK..............

steveymp

bjo wrote: »

If he booked a flight from Derry City airport to UK and showed his driving licence as ID he would be alright. So much for your security guy.
You can travel easily from Ireland to UK and vice versa.
Been going on for years otherwise England would have had no motorways.

Yep I live next to it and its definately in the UK;)

So you would fly from UK to UK:D

Having said that I have flown from Dublin to the UK without the need of a passport