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MapisM

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Sorry folks for a silly question, but I'd rather ask here than browse the web and waste hours to separate the wheat from the chaff.
As an IT citizen, will I still be able to enter the UK on Dec 18th with just the ID card, or is there any brexit-related risk that they will require the passport instead?
TIA!
 
MapisM said:
Sorry folks for a silly question, but I'd rather ask here than browse the web and waste hours to separate the wheat from the chaff.
As an IT citizen, will I still be able to enter the UK on Dec 18th with just the ID card, or is there any brexit-related risk that they will require the passport instead?
TIA!
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if you come to the uk without a passport you can have,
a house,
car,
free health care.
and benefits. ;)
 
hullabaloo said:
if you come to the uk without a passport you can have,
a house,
car,
free health care.
and benefits. ;)
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Thanks for the hospitality, but you'll forgive me if I wouldn't be interested to stay anyhow.
Down here, on top of all that, I can also enjoy the Med sea and weather... :rolleyes: :p
 
Could you enter with just an ID card even before the lunatics took over the asylum? Not being part of Schengen, my understanding was that a passport was always required (for us visiting you as well as vice versa).

Pete
 
prv said:
Could you enter with just an ID card even before the lunatics took over the asylum?
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Absolutely.
I did that regularly in the last years, and even if it's been a while since my last visit, a friend of mine who flew to London just a couple of weeks ago confirmed me that the ID card was still fine.
I'm just hoping that this ain't going to change before Dec 18th because I just flew back home and forgot the passports on the boat - where I was not planning to return before my trip to the UK, grrrr....! :(

PS: coming to think of it, I'm almost sure to have visited the UK the first time during my uni years (i.e. 40 years ago or so, even before Schengen) with just the ID card.
I suppose that was courtesy of some bilateral agreements, already back then.
 
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You mapsm can use the ID card as long as we are in the eu - it is an eu rather than a uk domestic rule. Prv you can use an ID card to travel to eu, if you can persuade a carrier to take you but as a uk cit I presume will need a passport to come back to the uk (or face a lot of hassle persuading border force you are entitled - once you do that they can’t stop you).
 
I can honestly say that I have never heard of this, a passport has always been required to enter legally into the UK (and every other country I have ever visited/lived). Every day is a school day here lol.:ambivalence:

Ok just read up, it's a National identity Card, we don't have those but it's ok. :encouragement:
 
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MrB said:
I can honestly say that I have never heard of this, a passport has always been required to enter legally into the UK (and every other country I have ever visited/lived). Every day is a school day here lol.:ambivalence:
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Not for EU citizens travelling to other eu countries.
 
travelled lots of times to the UK and from UK to other countries and back to my base in UK using the greek ID card (has a pic on it)
Only issue I had with that was that they sometimes insisted in finding the expiry date of the ID card. Hard to explain that you don't really expire as a citizen hence no expiration date on the doc (mind all was in greek at the time...)
Once I remember I travelled using my barclays card as an id (with a bit of hassle at gatwick though) but I'm talking 80s 90s.

you should be OK, but be prepared for some possible delays on arrival, should be ok exiting the country though :D

V.
 
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visiting-the-uk-after-brexit

"EU, EEA and Swiss citizens can continue to travel to the UK for holidays or short-term trips, without needing a visa.

You’ll need to show a valid passport or a national identity card if you’re a citizen of either:

an EU country
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland"

...

"What you’ll need to enter the UK will not change until at least 2021.
During 2021 we will stop accepting national ID cards for entry to the UK for EEA citizens. We’ll announce the date for this change in advance to allow travellers good time to plan their trips."
 
The best proof of UK citizenship would be to load up your hand luggage of as much duty free booze and fags as you think you can smuggle back in. Far more secure than any ID card.
 
sorabain said:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visiting-the-uk-after-brexit

"EU, EEA and Swiss citizens can continue to travel to the UK for holidays or short-term trips, without needing a visa.

You’ll need to show a valid passport or a national identity card if you’re a citizen of either:

an EU country
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland"

...

"What you’ll need to enter the UK will not change until at least 2021.
During 2021 we will stop accepting national ID cards for entry to the UK for EEA citizens. We’ll announce the date for this change in advance to allow travellers good time to plan their trips."
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Many thanks, that sorts my short term problem, I reckon. :encouragement:
For the future, we'll just have to avoid forgetting to grab passports! :rolleyes:

Btw, since I already received a couple of invitations to catch up in London during our trip (many thanks, folks!), just to save the hassle to anyone else who might think along the same lines, actually we are not really going to stay in London.
We are just going to overnight in Luton while on our way back from a trip to Iceland, so it'll be just a touch and go, this time.
But we will have to pass custom obviously - hence this post.
 
Luton? London? Not surprised you want to get out quick. Wales can be found on the other side. All together more civilised and cultured. :encouragement:
 
I did raise this with Mapism - Luton maybe slightly less stylish than Milan or Rome.

https://www.airlinequality.com/airport-reviews/luton-airport/

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowU...3-Luton_Airport_Transfers-London_England.html

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/aug/30/luton-rated-britain-worst-airport-five-years-row

Just as well the UK is " open for business"

Last time I was there I was stopped by customs on the way out (!) and asked if I had any cash with me.

I answered yes. She seemed delighted. Got one. How much she asked? About £15 I replied - mentioning it was a trick question as pretty much anyone would have SOME cash on them even if only a pound coin. She looked suitable deflated!
 
MapisM said:
Sorry folks for a silly question, but I'd rather ask here than browse the web and waste hours to separate the wheat from the chaff.
As an IT citizen, will I still be able to enter the UK on Dec 18th with just the ID card, or is there any brexit-related risk that they will require the passport instead?
TIA!
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You'll be fine P.

Just bring lots of lovely Euros with you - our ailing High Streets need you (and S of course) to spend, spend, spend! :D:encouragement:
 
jrudge said:
I did raise this with Mapism - Luton maybe slightly less stylish than Milan or Rome.
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Agreed. Luton is the shittiest airport in the UK I've ever had the misfortune to use and has nothing whatsoever to recommend it. I hate going through it. Of course if you are accustomed to turning left at the roundabout to the private jet terminal you might not agree with that!
 
Blimey folks, you are kinda scaring me.
I wasn't too worried when swmbo booked a flight package which forced us to have an annoying stay in a hotel near an airport, but I wasn't aware that it could be that bad!
Is Jack the ripper still around, and active around Luton?!? :ambivalence:
 
MapisM said:
Many thanks, that sorts my short term problem, I reckon. :encouragement:
For the future, we'll just have to avoid forgetting to grab passports! :rolleyes:

Btw, since I already received a couple of invitations to catch up in London during our trip (many thanks, folks!), just to save the hassle to anyone else who might think along the same lines, actually we are not really going to stay in London.
We are just going to overnight in Luton while on our way back from a trip to Iceland, so it'll be just a touch and go, this time.
But we will have to pass custom obviously - hence this post.
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When you have done your shopping at Iceland , are you sure it won’t melt before you get back to IT.
 
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