Forms of ID for traveling into NI

breathn · 19-09-2015 05:03PM #1

I'm Irish and take the bus a fair bit to and from NI but the bus driver said there have been a lot of random checks for ID going in and out of NI recently.

He said the NI police usually board and walk through checking ID with people passing back into ROI. Which I think is a bit weird.

What forms of ID should each Irish person carry by law of Ireland and NI to prove they're allowed travel between ROI and NI?

Thanks

Atlantic Dawn · 19-09-2015 11:56PM

State issued ID so either a driving license, Garda Age ID, social welfare card with pic or passport will be fine.

Marcusm · 20-09-2015 08:12AM

No ID is required and in order to detain you, the PSNI would have to have reasonable grounds for suspecting that you were in the country illegally.

LXFlyer · 20-09-2015 01:12PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

State issued ID so either a driving license, Garda Age ID, social welfare card with pic or passport will be fine.

I have never carried any ID when visiting NI.

No ID is required by law to be carried if you are an Irish or British citizen.

keithclancy · 21-09-2015 09:28AM

lxflyer wrote: »

I have never carried any ID when visiting NI.

No ID is required by law to be carried if you are an Irish or British citizen.

In principal yes, in reality if you don't look or sound like you are from the UK/Ireland you can have a problem.

coylemj · 21-09-2015 12:43PM

lxflyer wrote: »

I have never carried any ID when visiting NI.

No ID is required by law to be carried if you are an Irish or British citizen.

That is technically correct when travelling within the common travel area but in order to prove that you are a Irish or UK citizen (and therefore not required to produce id), you would need to produce ID.

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Forms of ID for traveling into NI

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