On 29 Dec, 17:49, Martin wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:09:44 +0530, "William Black"
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> >"bigbrian" wrote in message
> >news:20dcc12c-9a62-4163-9d2c-79535b1b9d41@d4g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> >> On 29 Dec, 15:37, Martin wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:54:23 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
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> >>> >JuanElorza wrote:
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> >>> >>As an Irish Citizen, you do are a member of the Schengen zone. So yo=
u
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> >>> >>not need a visa, so you don't need a currently valid passport.
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> >>> >Ireland, unfortunately, is not in the Schengen zone.
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> >>> and Juan isn't yer average man in the street.
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> >>> Martin
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> >> As a follow up to my original message, I've contacted the German
> >> Border Control Police at Dusseldorf Airport, who say they don't have a
> >> problem - on arrival I'll have to complete a form for an emergency
> >> passport and pay a fee.
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> >> I then contacted BA and spoke to someone in passenger handling who
> >> said that their primary concern is that they can be fined for allowing
> >> someone to travel if that person is subsequently refused entry at
> >> their point of arrival because of inadequate travel documents. I gave
> >> them the telephone number of the guy I spoke to and BA got the same
> >> response that I had, so they've told me that, if the German
> >> Immigration people don't have a problem then neither does BA.
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> >Congratulations.
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> >Get it in writing.
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> Exactly what I thought.
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> >And I wish you good luck getting through security and immigration control=
> >without =A0a valid passport.
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> ditto.
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> I await an article in the Mail or Express about how anybody can travel wit=
hout a
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Some years ago I managed to fly from Amsterdam to Heathrow very
successfully without any kind of passport, valid or not. It didn't
make the press as far as I know.
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