GenDec and Non UK nationals

[PompeyPaul]

If I want to take somebody who holds an Irish passport, to France can I still do that with a standard GenDec form ? Or does it all get a lot more complicated ?

[Fright Level]

Good question, planning to take a couple of US friends who will be on visitors visa over to France/CI in the summer. Look forward to hearing from those who've done this.

[BackPacker]

I have a Dutch passport and have used the GenDac procedure twice now without any problems. If it is limited to UK-only passports then I'm not aware of that and I usually do my homework on that sort of things.

[roux1]

Hello Pompey, technically the above is an immigration issue.
What I do is simply inform the local immigration office, (southampton Airport) and they collate the information from the Gen Dec. Sometimes, although very rarely, they request a photo copy of their passport(s) which you fax back or scan and e mail. If you're in Guildford it may pay you to speak to Fairoaks or Redhill. Once you've done this it becomes a relative formality.

Cheers.

[172driver]

AFAIK not an issue for EU passport holders, done that myself. Non-EU (e.g. US) passports may be different.

[IO540]

Non- EU citizens tend to need a Visa for travel around Europe, private aircraft.

However I have not looked into this for quite a long time.

[dublinpilot]

Certainly not a problem for EU passport holders.

Not sure about none EU

[bookworm]

There's no problem for EU nationals -- in fact I think it might be contrary to EU law to deal with non-UK EU nationals in a different way from UK nationals.

A non-EU national would require leave to enter the UK on their return. When we arrange that at my local airport, we send a photocopy of the passport in question to our local immigration office, which creates a leave-to-enter on paper for that passenger.