Just booked a trip from New Jersey to Rome!!! we have a stop in Ireland and we are flying british airways...does anyone know if we go through customs when we land in ireland or just transfer planes and go through customs in Italy when we land? we are flying the same airline from the states to ireland and then from ireland to italy and only have about a 2 hour stop between.... thanks!!!
Posted by
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23653 posts
Actually you will go through immigration and customs in Rome. Ireland is not a part of the Schengen zone. Customs in Europe is nothing. Just a walk through the Green door - Nothing to Declare. (This assumes you are US citizens.)
Posted by
Edmonds, WA 🌨 ☂
12044 posts
Jump in a foxhole--- here comes the fusillade on 'customs' vs 'immigration'
I think we all know what the person means when they use the term 'customs' as shorthand for 'entering a foreign country'
Be gentle
Posted by
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23653 posts
Why is it Joe that you always want to make such a big deal about immigration and custom?
Posted by
Green Bay
21274 posts
If you are changing in Dublin, should be no problem. When you come to the fork in the road, there is a nice fellow to direct you the proper way to go to get to the gates for continuing aircraft. The other way goes to Ireland and those "customs".
Posted by
OP
2 posts
thankyou very much! appreciate the replies as this is the first time traveling out of the country for me in over 15 years!
Posted by
New York, NY, USA
11294 posts
"I think we all know what the person means when they use the term 'customs' as shorthand for 'entering a foreign country'"
In the US this is true. But elsewhere, the terms are used correctly. In fact, it was in Dublin airport where I saw an American ask if he had to go through "customs," be told no, and then get confused because he did have to go through immigration.
While I'm never harsh about it, since I realize that common US usage is to say "customs" for both customs and immigration, it's still good to know the difference - and to know that you will not necessarily be understood if you use the wrong terms in places outside the US.
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Edmonds, WA 🌨 ☂
12044 posts
Frank
I am not the one harping on the distinction; its just that I often see something like this
Customs is the check on goods. Checking the contents of your luggage to see if it contains any forbidden items or items for which customs duties (taxes) must be paid.
Immigration (aka passport control) is the check on people. Checking whether you are allowed into the country and if so for how long. This is where your passport is stamped if necessary.
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If I remember correctly, we went through passport control when traveling to Italy through Dublin.