Do you need a passport to go to Jersey?

[kellogs100]

Do you need a passport to go to Jersey? Is there anything else you could use?

[kujawski]

depends where your coming from

[kellogs100]

England

[mumof3angels]

I lived in Jersey about 18 years ago and used to fly to and from birmingham all the time without a passport and I obviously only had a normal drivers licence without a photo on in those days. I never got stopped or asked for id BUT whether it's the same now I don't know. I wouldn't think you'd need a passport but photographic id might be needed now.

[vehelpfulguy]

Why not check on the web site of the airline who is taking you, or maybe on the web site of the airport where you are flying from.

Some airlines and some countries accept a photographic driving license, or maybe an identity card if you are from say France.

But in this day of high security why run the risk that an airline or a country wont let you in because you have not got the right documentation.

Just bite the bullet and buy a passport.

Then you know you can get on any plane, or get in any country without a problem (I know some countries require a visa).

[Buenchico]

As far as the Jersey authorities are concerned, British citizens definitely do not need a passport. See the official tourism website here:
http://jersey.com/English/transport/Pages/defa ult.aspx

All airlines require ID before you can fly with them. They all accept an EU (photocard) driving licence (or, of course, a passport). Some airlines won't accept anything else but several will accept any form of photographic ID, such as a bus pass. Use this site to identify which airlines fly to Jersey from an airport convenient to you
http://jersey.com/English/transport/byair/gett inghere/Pages/default.aspx
and then consult the website of the relevant airline(s)for definitive information.

Ferry companies do not usually require ID, and this seems to be true of Condor Ferries, who operate to Jersey from Weymouth, Poole and Portsmouth:
http://www.condorferries.co.uk/Trip/

Chris

[Dee Sa]

take photo I.D with you just in case,i.e. drivers license or ask the airline.
Before 9/11 definately not, but you have to have identification to travel from Glascow to London these days.