United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 42838
Immigration Controls: Republic of Ireland
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Introduced
31 March 2025
Last action
8 April 2025 · Answer
Status
Answered
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Subjects
Immigration
Source updated
8 April 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help ensure that UK Border Force eGates are configured to permit entry to holders of Irish passport cards travelling from outside the Common Travel Area.
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31 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help ensure that UK Border Force eGates are configured to permit entry to holders of Irish passport cards travelling from outside the Common Travel Area.
Source: Commons
8 April 2025
Answer
Irish nationals can travel to the UK on either an Irish passport or associated passport card. In line with other identity cards, Irish passport cards cannot be used at eGates and there are no plans to change this.If an Irish national wishes to use their p...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-31/42838
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1790785
- uk · wq-1790785 · source updated 8 April 2025