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skrev i meddelandet oups.com... Miguel Cruz wrote: Jean S. Barto wrote: Thanks for the advice, everyone--guess I'll have to carry both passports with me during my trip, and be prepared to present my US passport on the train as required--and use the Irish passport at passport control (whichever ones are left) as required. You must have your real passport with you anyway, because if you are a US citizen (even if you are also a citizen of some other country) holding a US passport it is illegal to enter the US by showing any other passport. "Real" passport. Irish passports are real passports, too. You're correct that the holder must have a US passport in order to return to the US, but you could have probably used a better word other than "real". And I guess the o.p is to be regarded as an Irishman and Irish citizen as well as an American. As I can see some people here seem to regard the Irish citizenship as a secondary thing. |
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On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 12:44:27 GMT, "Lennart Petersen"
wrote: "Hatunen" skrev i meddelandet .. . On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 01:46:19 +0000 (UTC), Juliana L Holm wrote: German Rail passes which I got with no passport number on them. The first time I used them, they put the passport number on them. Huh. The German rail passes are available to all comers so why would a passport even be necessary? ------------- It's personal and sold only to people permanently residing outside Europe. Uh. I thought Germans could buy them. Learn something new every day. Thus it must have the holders name and passport number (eventually an ID) The similar thing for Europeans is "EuroDomino Germany", not available for German residents thus a name and passport or ID is required for use. I knew about Domino. ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Miguel Cruz wrote: Jean S. Barto wrote: Thanks for the advice, everyone--guess I'll have to carry both passports with me during my trip, and be prepared to present my US passport on the train as required--and use the Irish passport at passport control (whichever ones are left) as required. You must have your real passport with you anyway, because if you are a US citizen (even if you are also a citizen of some other country) holding a US passport it is illegal to enter the US by showing any other passport. "Real" passport. Irish passports are real passports, too. You're correct that the holder must have a US passport in order to return to the US, but you could have probably used a better word other than "real". Surely you've read enough of my posts to know that was not my meaning. I simply meant the passport that the poster has always used in the past for travel, rather than a secondary one obtained as a result of a distant connection. miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos from 36 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Queens Day in Amsterdam; the Grand Canyon; Amman, Jordan |
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You must have your real passport with you anyway, because if you are a US citizen (even if you are also a citizen of some other country) holding a US passport it is illegal to enter the US by showing any other passport. "Real" passport. Irish passports are real passports, too. You're correct that the holder must have a US passport in order to return to the US, but you could have probably used a better word other than "real". Surely you've read enough of my posts to know that was not my meaning. I simply meant the passport that the poster has always used in the past for travel, rather than a secondary one obtained as a result of a distant connection. I did. But others might not have understood it. Sometimes, people just need to be a bit more sensitive to the other peoples' feelings. To refer to an American version of something as being "real" versus it's non-American counterpart contributes to the "ugly American" stereotype. I'm just commenting that a better phrase would have been a bit more friendly sounding. |
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In rec.travel.europe Hatunen wrote:
B I cannot vouch for Eurail as I have never used them. I have, however, used German Rail passes which I got with no passport number on them. The first time I used them, they put the passport number on them. Huh. The German rail passes are available to all comers so why would a passport even be necessary? Nope. There are different kinds of rail passes, including one only available to people who live outside Europe. Julie -- Julie ********** Check out the blog of my 9 week Germany adventure at www.blurty.com/users/jholm Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm |
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Regarding passport controls, there are none inside the Schengen area
(most of continental Europe, with the exception of Switzerland at the moment - though that may have changed by the time you arrive). As an American citizen, you don't need a visa to enter the EU, and you can stay for up to 90 days. Obviously if you want to stay over 90 days then I'd have thought you should probably enter the EU on your Irish visa, though I'm not sure how that works out with border controls. (Can you use an American passport to leave America, and then use an Irish passport when you land in the EU???) The Interrail (EU citizens only) pass is significantly cheaper than the Eurail pass (non-EU citizens only), but obviously if you're not resident in the EU then you can't get one. You can only buy a Eurrail pass with a non-EU passport, so I'd have thought you'd have to show your American passport when requested. If they looked closely (unlikely) then things might get a bit dodgy. Better err on the side of caution. Hope you have a great trip |
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"mark" skrev i meddelandet oups.com... Regarding passport controls, there are none inside the Schengen area (most of continental Europe, with the exception of Switzerland at the moment - though that may have changed by the time you arrive). As an American citizen, you don't need a visa to enter the EU, and you can stay for up to 90 days. Obviously if you want to stay over 90 days then I'd have thought you should probably enter the EU on your Irish visa, though I'm not sure how that works out with border controls. (Can you use an American passport to leave America, and then use an Irish passport when you land in the EU???) The Interrail (EU citizens only) pass is significantly cheaper than the Eurail pass (non-EU citizens only), but obviously if you're not resident in the EU then you can't get one. You can only buy a Eurrail pass with a non-EU passport, ----------------------- Sure you can buy Eurrail as a European citizen assuming you've been permanently (for at least 6 months residing outside Europe) |
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mark wrote:
Can you use an American passport to leave America, and then use an Irish passport when you land in the EU??? Yes. The Interrail (EU citizens only) pass is significantly cheaper than the Eurail pass (non-EU citizens only), but obviously if you're not resident in the EU then you can't get one. You can only buy a Eurrail pass with a non-EU passport, so I'd have thought you'd have to show your American passport when requested. If they looked closely (unlikely) then things might get a bit dodgy. Better err on the side of caution. It's not citizenship, but _residence_, which determines your eligibility for the various passes. |
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