Is it possible to join someone to help them with the border security process at the airport?
As a Turkish citizen, I have lived in Ireland for over a year now. My wife is planning to visit me before the end of the year. She will board a plane from Turkey, and I will pick her up from the airport.
After she sets foot in to Ireland, she will have to pass border security without me, but her English skills are lacking.
Is there any way for me to join her for this process with my passport? Can I ask the police to let me inside the zone, collect her bags, or/and accompany her during the border security process?
Best Answer
My in-laws don't speak English. Whenever they come to visit, we send them a letter to show to the Immigration Officers explaining:
- who they are
- that they don't speak English
- why they're coming to UK
- where they will stay
- a bank statement showing we can provide for them while they stay here (they never asked to see this, but driving back from France once the officer asked if we had the means to provide for my mother-in-law)
Remember to be polite in the letter.
It's also a good idea to put your phone number in the letter so if they need to speak to you they know where to call.
Never had an issue.
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Answer 2
There is one easy, non-suspicious, canonical way to do this: fly to Turkey, fly back with her, and go through immigration/border security together.
Answer 3
As Gayot Fow mentioned, it's probably impossible for you to join your wife from landside in Ireland. However what you can do (this was suggested by Gayot as well) is make sure both of you are on the same plane. The easiest way to pull it off is:
Have your wife buy a ticket from Turkey to Ireland via an intermediate airport X
Buy yourself two tickets: one from Ireland to the intermediate X airport and one from X to Ireland (the same leg as the one your wife will be flying on)
- Once your wife lands in X, join her at the gate and fly together to Ireland
Possible options for X: Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam. Others can be found via flight search engines depending on your dates.
Answer 4
Assuming your wife has a suitable visa, I wouldn't worry too much about this. Whilst a visa is not a guarantee of entry, unless the visa holder presents as a security risk, the border guard is unlikely to overrule the decision represented by the visa. The best idea would be to contact the border service (this can be the tricky part!) and convey that your wife has little English so if they want to question her extensively they need to provide a translator. At this point they may suggest you attend to translate for her - do not suggest it up front though, this would appear suspicious.
If she doesn't have a visa, than overall it's going to be more tricky and you may have to think about flying in with her.
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