Passport Question

[ziggyuk]

8 hours ago, hawkeyetlse said:

It will not escape the terminal staff's attention that this family has at that point already been admitted to the UK (and therefore to the Common Travel Area, which includes Ireland), so unless the cruise is 5 months long, NCL risks nothing by transporting these passengers.

 

The UK is not in the common travel area since the EU exit in 2020.

[njhorseman]

1 hour ago, ziggyuk said:

 

The UK is not in the common travel area since the EU exit in 2020.

My understanding is that there is an entirely separate Common Travel Area for the UK and Ireland that predates the EU and has remained in effect after Brexit, but it applies only to citizens of the UK and Ireland, not nationals of any other country. A US citizen who has legally entered the UK can't enter Ireland without clearing Irish immigration.

[hawkeyetlse]

Yes, I should have not have suggested that anyone entering the CTA through the UK would automatically have the right to travel onward to Ireland. But in the OP's case, this is in fact the case, because the two countries align their entry requirements for tourists from the US and most other countries (in this sense, the CTA is relevant for visitors, although njhorseman is correct that the core provision is free movement for British and Irish citizens).

 

The fact that this is a cruise entirely within the CTA will also simplify procedures for all passengers on board (they may do away with individual border checks altogether when the ship enters Ireland and later re-enters the UK).