Why was there no immigration control flying from Dublin (DUB) to London Southend (SEN)?

9/11/2017 4:52:29 PM

In DUB (Dublin Airport) ALL passengers pass through the same immigration checkpoint, even those travelling on internal Irish flights. If you have a boarding card for a flight from a UK or Irish airport, you don’t need to present any immigration documentation at all (merely identification documentation).

Being the awkward person that I am, when travelling from the UK, I regularly presented my boarding card and BIRTH CERTIFICATE to the cop at the passport desk. Even though the birth cert had no photograph or anything else to easily validate me, I was NEVER pressed for any other ID. I did this for at least 20 returns to DUB, until my wife insisted that I stop acting the maggot!

6/24/2014 1:05:40 PM

This is due to the Common Travel Area Zone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Travel_Area) and is not a mistake.

The assumption is that anyone entering the Zone has already been checked by Immigration when entering the Zone. Eg, if you travelled from the US to Ireland you would pass through Irish Immigration. The UK then trusts that Ireland has completed the relevant checks.

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