Written Question·Home Office·UIN 42838
Immigration Controls: Republic of Ireland
Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025
Question
Apsana Begum
Labour — Poplar and Limehouse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help ensure that UK Border Force eGates are configured to permit entry to holders of Irish passport cards travelling from outside the Common Travel Area.
Answer
Seema MalhotraIrish nationals can travel to the UK on either an Irish passport or associated passport card. In line with other identity cards, Irish passport cards cannot be used at eGates and there are no plans to change this.
If an Irish national wishes to use their passport card to enter the UK from outside the Common Travel Area, they are required to present it to a Border Force officer.