Where can I use an Irish passport card?
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I've been using the passport card in many EU countries and never had a problem, no questions asked. Ironically, it raised the highest suspicion with the UK immigration authorities in Dunkirk when boarding a ferry to Dover, probably they haven't seen one before (and also since I'm a naturalized Irish citizen hence my place of birth is outside of Ireland). Still no problem, just 5 minutes delay or so. Quite a few non-EU countries, as mentioned before, also accept it. I have used it in Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia without any issues at all. The only real downside of it is you cannot use the automated passport control e-gates now found in many airports in Europe. For those, you need an actual passport book. So you have to go to a manned desk to have your card checked. It applies to other EU ID cards, not just Irish passport card.
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I was using an Irish passport card in one hotel in Benidorm.
The receptionist insisted it was only a I.D. card and would not listen.
She actually laughed out loud at my apparent stupidity.
However I succeeded in the end without an apology.
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In the UK and elsewhere they have scanned the code >>>>name<<< on the passport card in the same way as the code on the passport. As mentioned it will not work in the automatic gates but as most people use the gates in most airports, having it checked manually at a desk has sometimes been a bit quicker. No real problems apart from when they were still new and still a novelty for airline and passport control staff.
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Montenegro accepts it, as stated in Timatic, the database used by Airlines. So do French overseas territories, North Cyprus and Moldova
As for the UK, your freedom of movement there, which has nothing to do with the EU and is already more absolute than that for other EEA nationals, will not be affected. As such I'm sure you'll be able to use your passport card post-Brexit, and that Irish passport books won't be stamped.
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