Can I fly from Spain to UK with an Irish certificate of citizenship and a Bolivian passport?
My son will have an Irish Certificate of Citizenship within the next few weeks, hopefully. We're hoping to go to Northern Ireland at the end of the year, and it seems unlikely we'll have time to get him an Irish passport before that. For Ireland, that's not an issue since he has a Bolivian passport, which is visa free there. But, we'll likely have to travel through Spain. As a citizen, will he be able to get a Schengen visa? Or can we travel on his Bolivian passport with the certificate of citizenship? It's a complicated situation.
Best Answer
You can't fly to the UK directly as British authorities will only accept a valid Irish passport or passport card for entry from outside the Common Travel Area. However you could fly to Dublin, enter as an Irish citizen and then drive or take the bus to Northern Ireland. Its perfectly legal for Irish citizens to cross the land border even if they don't have any documents at all, thanks to the Common Travel Area.
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