Going abroad before getting the first Irish passport

[JoeCactus]

Guys I'm going outside Europe for holidays but I won't have my Irish passport before departing.

At the moment I still have a GNIB card but It will be expired when I'll be coming back to the Ireland.

Is there anything to show to the inmigration officer in the airport in order to be able to get back into the country.

I won't even have the basic requirement for a tourist visit that is a return flight home. All I could have is my nonEU passport and my expired GNIB card, would they accept a copy of my naturalization certificate ?

[Angel99]

Hi,

You will have a hard time returning back to Ireland because the immigration at your country of departure can not verify the certificate plus the airline will deny you boarding. When your IRP has expired it becomes useless even in the state.

Best you wait for your Irish passport or risk getting stuck outside Ireland.

[KyukChick]

Guys I'm going outside Europe for holidays but I won't have my Irish passport before departing.

At the moment I still have a GNIB card but It will be expired when I'll be coming back to the Ireland.

Is there anything to show to the inmigration officer in the airport in order to be able to get back into the country.

I won't even have the basic requirement for a tourist visit that is a return flight home. All I could have is my nonEU passport and my expired GNIB card, would they accept a copy of my naturalization certificate ?

Possible solution at viewtopic.php?p=2044798#p2044798

[meself2]

Does your nonEU passport allows visit to Ireland without a visa? If yes, you're fine.

If not, I concur with the above - you can try to get a re-entry visa, but will thry accept holidays as a reson? God knows.
Otherwise, if you leave the country, you have a big risk of not being able to return. Plan accordingly.

[JoeCactus]

Does your nonEU passport allows visit to Ireland without a visa? If yes, you're fine.

If not, I concur with the above - you can try to get a re-entry visa, but will thry accept holidays as a reson? God knows.
Otherwise, if you leave the country, you have a big risk of not being able to return. Plan accordingly.

Yes, with my passport I can come to Ireland without visa for up to 3 months, but the last time I used it in that way I remember they used to ask for a ticket back home, wherever it is.
Like as a condition for letting you in, you need to show that you're gonna leave eventually.

[meself2]

Does your nonEU passport allows visit to Ireland without a visa? If yes, you're fine.

If not, I concur with the above - you can try to get a re-entry visa, but will thry accept holidays as a reson? God knows.
Otherwise, if you leave the country, you have a big risk of not being able to return. Plan accordingly.

Yes, with my passport I can come to Ireland without visa for up to 3 months, but the last time I used it in that way I remember they used to ask for a ticket back home, wherever it is.
Like as a condition for letting you in, you need to show that you're gonna leave eventually.

In that case you can use that to get on the plane and show your naturalisation certificate at the border, so they don't ask you about tickets back home.