Easyjet requiring passport details

[mancmo]

Just booked a flight for a relative - she is Irish but has lived in england for the past 40+ years. She has got a british passport which states she is a 'BRITISH SUBJECT'.

when filling in her passport details in on her easyjet flight they want to know her nationality - BUT if i put 'irish', at checkin they will want to know why she has got a british passport, but i cant put british???

ohhh, im just confused!!! and slightly dumb!!!

hope someone can advise me!!!!

Thanks xx

[redcrx]

why cant you put British?

[jno]

I *think* you can have dual Irish/British citizenship. Anyway, just fill in the form according to whatever passport she's travelling on, that's all they want to know. They aren't interested in whether she's an honorary Mongolian citizen or has the freedom of the city of Ouagadougo.

[mancmo]

Because she is Irish with a british passport which states she is a 'British Subject'

[yogi-bear]

Mancmo

On my British Passport ( the new bio metric ones issued ) it says "European Union..United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".....just put down British, as she has a british passport....that's all easyjet are after..........not a problem at all.....:0)

[mancmo]

but there is no option on the form to say 'British Subject'

like that Jno !!!

[redcrx]

if it lets you book her flight then just put British.

[mancmo]

thanks yogi-bear but she is from Southern Ireland not Northern Ireland....sorry, im making this even more confusing!!!!

[ummmm]

Just put down what is on her passport...british.

[jno]

so British subject instead of British citizen?

http://en.wikipedia.o...ish_subject_passports

I still think EasyJet will just want to know that she's got a British passport, but perhaps you should check with them in case they have some special rules of their own. Helpline is 0871 244 2366, 10p a minute, or try 0905 821 0905 or 01582 700036.

[yogi-bear]

^^^^Jno's suggestion above would seem the best option, just to be safe and secure.....get a name of who you spoke too, location and a direct contact tel no, in case of any problems later on....i always do if querying anything, as you just never know. :0)

[Sandy-Wroe]

If she's using a British passport put 'British' as nationality. If the details you give don't match the passport details they might not let her on the flight.

[mancmo]

Right everyone - Im going to put 'British' ! Thanks so much to you all you little darlins!! xx

[mancmo]

but.. i might just double check with easyjet first!!! just wanted to know what AB said first. thanks Jno for that number.x

[fredpuli47]

Well, she's lived here long enough,and from such a date, to be regarded as British. The Passport Office obviously thinks so. It doesn't matter where she was born. She could have been born in France or Brazil or Mongolia, of Russian parents, but still be British either uniquely or with entitlement to an additional, second passport from any of those countries. Be thankful she's not stateless, as happened, through a quirk of history, to Spike Milligan or born in the USA and going there ( Boris Johnson was refused entry on a British passport until he'd got a US passport too.He was born in New York) !.
Put 'British'.

[dzug]

If she's got a British Passport she IS British. Full stop. We don't issue them to anyone else. OK there are different categories, but that's a side issue.

She may (or may not) be Irish as well, but if she wants Irish on her passport she's going to have to apply to the Irish government for one.

[whitelady]

If your friend wants to be irish she should travel on an Irish Passport and she can then say she is irish, many people from Northern Ireland prefer to have an Irish passport. Application forms are not hard to get, being from Ireland she has that choice but if she travels on a British Passport she HAS to be British.