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This is going to be an odd one! I’m travelling to Dublin next week for a couple of days with work. I’ve just dug out my passport and I’d forgotten (don’t know how) that I had a massive beard when I last renewed the passport.
I now have very little in the way of a beard 😕 anybody have a similar thing happen? Was all okay? Did you get cavity searched? Do I need a fake beard or some 48 hour hair growth elixir?
No issue at all. I am beardless on mine but sport a beard these days. Even less of an issue for going to Ireland (for now)
Cheers nic, I had visions of being stuck at Manchester airport whilst my boss did a presentation in Dublin by himself. Never been to the ROI before and really looking forward to it
Should be OK.
I have a colleague who always triggers a callout to some sort of 'westerner beard' specialist when crossing the border from Hong Kong into China. Said expert appears to be the only one qualified to judge that - with beard - he is the same person as the beardless photo in his passport.
Dublin airport immigration are generally pretty relaxed. I like the way they always address you by your first name, like they know you!
You don't need a passport for visiting Ireland.
Though the airline may insist on some sort of ID. A photo driving licence would probably be acceptable.
Same massive beard on driving licence too! Didn’t know you didn’t need a passport to visit the ROI
Had some problems with the facial recognition scanners by being in various states of beard while going international. The pissed off look I have in my pic seems to be the one I acquire while waiting for immigration
I know a bloke who used a passport for five years or so, the pic had twice the number of eyes and ears that he took to the airport. You should be fine.
You can always drive as backup 🙂 no id needed at all.
When I had a beard but may passport photo was clean shaven I had no issues, not even with the automatic face recognition gates.