Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Lack of Customs and Immigration

We discovered an interesting loophole in border security coming into Scotland. We flew Aer Lingus to Dublin and then transferred to a small plane for the last leg into Glasgow, with our bags delivered all the way to our final destination. In Dublin we went through Immigration where we said we were in transit, Tim used his US passport (as that was the one I checked in with in New York), and the official gave us a transit stamp with barely a second look. We then headed for the UK flight.

Once in Glasgow we went straight to pick up our bags just like a domestic flight. No Customs, no Immigration. There was certainly no way to know that Tim was not some random american with no visa, as opposed to a dual citizen!

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