Need help travelling to Paris

patricia quinn

travelling to paris next tuesday and my passport up next july....does your passport have to be in date a certain length of time like spain a passport has to be in date for six months does this apply to france

Cookie_Monster

how long you going for, if it a week or two should be fine.

you could ring the French embassy to double check

Ham'nd'egger

Have you checked your carrier to see what they require, Patricia?

foggy_lad

You do not need your passport to travel to france but may need at least photo id for your carrier. Most airlines will accept driving licence or work id.

ardmacha

You do not need your passport to travel to france but may need at least photo id for your carrier. Most airlines will accept driving licence or work id.

This is dangerous nonsense. It is a disgrace that someone would troll this forum by posting such misleading information which may wreck someone's trip. You absolutely do need a passport or National ID card to go to France. There are no further requirements if you are an EU citizen, passports are valid for travel in the EU right up to the date of expiry, Spain included. If the OP is not an EU citizen then different rules will apply.

http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/justice_freedom_security/free_movement_of_persons_asylum_immigration/l33152_en.htm

foggy_lad

foggy_lad wrote: »

You do not need your passport to travel to france but may need at least photo id for your carrier. Most airlines will accept driving licence or work id.

Ireland isn't part of the Schengen Agreement so you do need a passport.

Ryanair is pretty strict:
http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/what-travel-documentation-do-i-need-to-travel-on-ryanair-flights

French Embassy:
http://www.ambafrance.ie/article.php3?id_article=784

emanresu

patricia quinn wrote: »

...does your passport have to be in date a certain length of time...

If you have a European Passport: No.
If you don't have a European Passport: At least 3 months valididty required.
http://www.ambafrance.ie/article.php...784#sommaire_1
http://www.consulfrance-vancouver.or...sseport_en.htm

GerardKeating

foggy_lad wrote: »

You do not need your passport to travel to france but may need at least photo id for your carrier. Most airlines will accept driving licence or work id.

No Airline accept work ID any more and few (if any) accept Driving Licences either.

RyanAir even require passports for internal flights.

schemingbohemia

patricia quinn wrote: »

travelling to paris next tuesday and my passport up next july....does your passport have to be in date a certain length of time like spain a passport has to be in date for six months does this apply to france

That's not correct (it may have been at one stage but certainly isn't now).

See from the passport website

http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=253

"All EU citizens have the right to enter and reside in the territory of any other Member State of the Union for a period of up to three months simply by presenting a valid passport or national identity card: no other formality is required. Member States cannot set additional conditions concerning the minimum validity of duration of the identity card or passport."

Foggy lad - don't post something if you don't know what you're talking about, what if the OP had taken your advice?

Riskymove

schemingbohemia wrote: »

Foggy lad - don't post something if you don't know what you're talking about, what if the OP had taken your advice?

tbf he's hardly lying on purpose, I can only presume he did actually believe that to be the case and was trying to be helpful

he wouldn't be the first person to be wrong about something

schemingbohemia

Riskymove wrote: »

tbf he's hardly lying on purpose, I can only presume he did actually believe that to be the case and was trying to be helpful

he wouldn't be the first person to be wrong about something

I'm sure he wasn't lying on purpose.

Who's forcing him to post? Don't know = don't post

if it's something inconsequential or an opinion then fine but not when someone might end up having their holiday ruined because of it.

Riskymove

schemingbohemia wrote: »

I'm sure he wasn't lying on purpose.

Who's forcing him to post? Don't know = don't post

if it's something inconsequential or an opinion then fine but not when someone might end up having their holiday ruined because of it.

I understand that, but most people who have something wrong dont realise it until its pointed out:pac:

therefore they don't know that they don't know:pac::pac:

I.S.T.

schemingbohemia wrote: »

http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=253

"All EU citizens have the right to enter and reside in the territory of any other Member State of the Union for a period of up to three months simply by presenting a valid passport or national identity card: no other formality is required.

But airlines, Ryanair for example, can impose additional rules. They will not let you travel without a passport.

ardmacha

he wouldn't be the first person to be wrong about something

No. We've all made mistakes. But if someone comes on to this forum and incorrectly says that it is quicker to drive via one place rather than the other that is not a major issue, the only consequence being a five minute longer drive. In this case this type of advice could wreck someone's holiday. It is reckless to post something so important without some basis for the information.

But airlines, Ryanair for example, can impose additional rules. They will not let you travel without a passport.

This also is not quite true either. EU citizens can travel on Ryanair with a valid National Identity Card.

http://www.ryanair.com/ie/questions/what-travel-documentation-do-i-need-to-travel-on-ryanair-flights

Cookie_Monster

ardmacha wrote: »

This also is not quite true either. EU citizens can travel on Ryanair with a valid National Identity Card.

http://www.ryanair.com/ie/questions/what-travel-documentation-do-i-need-to-travel-on-ryanair-flights

but since we don't have one a passport is the only alternative.

ardmacha

but since we don't have one a passport is the only alternative.

Not everyone in Ireland, or reading Boards.ie, is an Irish citizen.

Riskymove

ardmacha wrote: »

Not everyone in Ireland, or reading Boards.ie, is an Irish citizen.

true, a point regularly overlooked.

It is reckless to post something so important without some basis for the information.

that i agree with, a link to something official is always best

Carawaystick

Even Irish citizens can get a national id card if they wanted one and lived in britain.
There's no guarantee transport companies would recognise it if you tried to use it though.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/23/id_card_travel_confusion/