holiday in ireland

[vbkelly]

Hi all

A daft question but I'm wanting to take the wife over to Ireland for a few days. Probadly to Belfast then head over the border to dublin and further south. Does she require a visa? She is on a philippine passport with a ILR.

Cheers

i went there in the republic of ireland bfore in my philippines passport with out visa we flew from BHX to belfast and drive to buncrana to visit my sister in law,i was so lucky there's no check point.

[A_flyer]

i went there in the republic of ireland bfore in my philippines passport with out visa we flew from BHX to belfast and drive to buncrana to visit my sister in law,i was so lucky there's no check point.

That's exactly the best way to be tagged "illegal stay" in the Schengen states database... and get in trouble when applying for a Schengen visa for one of the 25 European countries part of the Schengen treaty. Don't try another time.

[vbkelly]

That's exactly the best way to be tagged "illegal stay" in the Schengen states database... and get in trouble when applying for a Schengen visa for one of the 25 European countries part of the Schengen treaty. Don't try another time.

of course im not doing it again coz i have a british passport now

[marcus71]

As someone who lived in Belfast and is married to a Filipina the practicalities of travelling south with someone on a UK visa only is quite simple as it is just a main road and no official border checks anymore for years , but I do have to warn you that it is not gardai who patrol the border roads looking for illegals but more often than not it is the immigration staff themselves supported by guards.

In Dec 2006 I was on a bus going from Belfast to Dublin and it got stopped on the main N1 going into Dundalk and they checked all passports so it can happen trust me.

I would check first before making the journey just to be on the safe side.

Best of luck!