Travel - IRP with Citizenship office

[water_tank1]

Hi,

I received approval for Citizenship, I have to send my IRP card to the Citizenship office in the next few days.

I have a holiday planned within the next 3 weeks or so. I didn't expect to receive approval before my holiday plans.

As I won't have an IRP card but have a stamp in my passport with my current permission, am I able to still enter Ireland on my return with this stamp and no IRP card? I'm thinking that I may have a hard time boarding a plane at my departure airport without an IRP card?

Can anyone provide any experience/information on this?

Thanks

[littlerr]

Do you need a visa to travel to Ireland? If you are a visa-required national, you cannot travel back to Ireland without a visa or IRP card. If you are a non-visa required national, you can travel without any issue.

[water_tank1]

Hey Littler,

That's correct I'm a visa required national.

Does the stamp in the passport suffice to enter Ireland?

Cheers!

[littlerr]

No. Stamps in passports will not be accepted by airlines. You will need to get a re-entry visa. Fill in a Stamp 6 re-entry visa application (you don't need a stamp 6) and send it to re-entry visa office along with your passport, proof of urgent travel and a copy of approval letter.

The re-entry visa office is very quick to respond but it will still take a week at least with the mail transit time considered.