Going to Cork next year March - Licence issue

lemzip · 27 Jul 2011 at 22:40

Hi

My British passport ran out last year. I am going on a stag do to Ireland next March. My South African passport ran out 4+ years ago

My drivers licence is valid however my place of birth on the licence is South Africa (dual nationality) for obvious reasons.

Now you need to prove you are a British Citizen and well, this obviously doesn't say British on it and clearly says South Africa so I assume this will not be accepted when i try to travel however it does not clearly state that it needs to show British but how else are they going to tell so common sense tells me i still need my passport?

Cheapest option, it does say that a ''work id'' will be accepted....really?

thanks

pingwing · 27 Jul 2011 at 22:49

Next MARCH?!?! 2012? Get a new passport, it'll take a few weeks and Ireland wont care which one you get, though you dont get unconditional length of stay with the SA one... (being British in Ireland gets you uber rights of you're pretty much one of us but we might throw potatoes at you, so sort of the same as being Irish over here)

Failing that fly to Belfast with your driving license and get the train down (legally not allowed to do proper boarder checks unless the Southern Irish have some good reason to turf you out so you get round it-ish), or fly easy-jet over as you can board their flights with a driving license.

Anyway no airline accepts work ID, only gov issued ID's are allowed now (passport, driving license or national id card) Ryanair are TERRIBLE at this sort of thing and insist on a passport, other airlines are a little different.

Last word of warning Cork airport is build on a typical Irish foggy moor and quite often gets delays for fog (an Irish scandal was had over the dealings of selling the sight)

lemzip · 27 Jul 2011 at 23:10

meh, thanks for the info, didnt want to be paying out the passport cost.

we going on the 16th then back on the 18th...what a waste of cash when the tickets are £140 as its st patricks.

so thats £240 + 120 bed + 20 breakfast + drinking and other eating cash = £500

Danthus · 27 Jul 2011 at 23:12

Shame you have so little time to get organised and save really.

Viper² · 27 Jul 2011 at 23:14

Cork is awesome, but spending that much on a 2-day visit is quite silly.

lemzip · 27 Jul 2011 at 23:19

yeah, could go on a nice hols for that

pingwing · 28 Jul 2011 at 00:04

Yeah the passport renewal is £77.50 which is a bum to pay for 2 days in the Republic...

What are you paying £140 tickets for there?? Flights over can be as little as a quid (iv flown for a few quid to Dublin via Luton and Stanstead out of necessity before) and st paddys day is a big free day anyway... (admittedly iv done it in the north the last few times but its broadly the same of dress in green and be sick green)

If you really need to make it cheap get the ferry over, that's always £25 per passenger (lack of people wanting to sit on a boat across one of the deepest roughest channels).

Plus Cork was really nice from what I remember, met a few girls from Cork with the second hottest Irish accents (winner being some where towards co. Mayo but not quite that far)

bsoltan · 28 Jul 2011 at 00:42

If you're flying I thought you had to have a passport? Easyjet did anyway, maybe other airlines are different.

Philtor · 28 Jul 2011 at 01:53

Bring a bag of Spuds and you'll be grand. They love teh purdies down there!

EdwardTeach · 28 Jul 2011 at 02:12

Don't be such a cheapskate!

Philtor · 28 Jul 2011 at 02:31

EdwardTeach said:
Don't be such a cheapskate!

Ok ok, 2 bags of purdies and a packet of Bikers?

Fuzz · 28 Jul 2011 at 07:47

Aww diddums, you want to go abroad and you have to spend £77 quid for ten years worth.
Yet you can afford a £500 trip.
AND it's next year...

Weird thread is weird