I see what you mean about concerns that people might try to cross the border illegally,but this guy was on his way back to London,the GNIB confirmed that there was notihng untoward and he still got locked up. UKBA May Be dearly beloved Afterall 11 October 2009 No Comment Easy AdSense by Unreal The g...

But if you are non-white you could very well be stopped,but if you have a valid visa no reason to worry. No passport and no visa is required for movements within the United Kingdom. I know mate,but there have been several cases of non-white people being stopped and detained at both Belfast Internat...

But if you are non-white you could very well be stopped,but if you have a valid visa no reason to worry.

Got you now benifa,thanks for all the info,have to give my head a rest for now,some of this stuff is mighty confusing.

Great stuff benifa,just didn't like the bit at the end though.

The host member state,is however,entitled to impose penalties,in compliance with the directive,for entry into and residence in its territory in breach of the national rules on immigration.

Thanks for the info benifa and sorry for all the questions,but on entering dublin Airport do we have to provide an address where we will be staying in Ireland or if we wanted to go straight to NI from Dublin Airport would we not then be illegally entering the UK (NI) so much of this stuff I am looki...

That sounds too good to be true what would we say to the IO officer on arrival in Dublin,would we have to qoute any EEA directive to convince them to allow us entry and to travel onto NI? Or would it just be a case of on you go Sir and Madam?

I am eligible for an Irish passport bbut just havent got round to applying for it,would this make any difference if we decided to live in NI? Yes it would. It would mean that your wife can reside in the UK using the EEA regs and not the UK regs, if she so wishes. So could we arrive in Dublin Airpor...

Thanks again,we are thinking of living in IReland for maybe 6 months to a year.I am eligible for an Irish passport bbut just havent got round to applying for it,would this make any difference if we decided to live in NI?

The problerm was that at that time we were living in Northern Irelalnd and the IO said that he could not let us do that which is fair enough.Though he did say that a few days previously a couple,Northern Ireland citizen and Non EU spouse had arrived in Dublin and he had let them through even though ...

Thanks for the reply,we had been together for just over 1 year prior to her being refused entry.

Hi I am a UK citizen ( Northern Ireland) married to a Brazilian and currently living in Brazil.We are thinking of moving to Ireland,can we just show up at Dublin airport with our passports and marriage cert. and be allowed entry into Ireland? One other thing,about one and a half years ago before we ...