Travelling to Ireland - when do you complete a COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form?

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WaitinOnASonnyDay · 29/07/2021 10:20

I'm going to Ireland on Sunday with StenaLine Ferries and I had already completed a Passenger Locator Form a week ago.

Their website says
"The form should be completed online within 48 hours of your arrival into Ireland. Please remember to enter ‘N/A’ when asked for your ‘Flight of Ferry number’."

Does it matter if I've done it too early?

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MakeTeaNotWar · 29/07/2021 12:11

Feck I did mine on Saturday and I'm flying today. Will soon find out!

MakeTeaNotWar · 29/07/2021 18:05

@WaitinOnASonnyDay no bother, I've landed in Dublin now. They glanced at it at Heathrow, not at all Dublin side

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WaitinOnASonnyDay · 29/07/2021 22:18

Thanks @MakeTeaNotWar. Have a great time.

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Decorhate · 31/07/2021 11:52

I was very confused by the wording (the thing I saw said 72 hours) so got my sister in Ireland to check (she has contacts). I think the legislation has just been updated so now it is no earlier than 72 hours before you travel.

SilverGlitterBaubles · 01/08/2021 09:46

Done and was checked at checkin, before boarding and on arrival in Ireland. Although queues at passport control were pretty long due to people not having their paperwork ready.

Welbru · 01/08/2021 09:50

I'm going to Italy and couldn't see a time limit at all so filled in mine three days before. I've now seen that it's under 48 hours for some countries. I don't know why this is important though. Is it just for those countries where there's a PCR test to be done in a certain time limit?

BornToRunButQuiteSlowly · 01/08/2021 11:55

I filled our passenger locator form 5/6 days before traveling and didn't have any problems getting on our Stena line ferry. They have lots of signs saying a paper copy isn't enough you have to do it online which seems blindingly obvious. We filled it out online and printed the resulting email and they were happy with that. We also printed the vaccine confirmation from the app, you can generate an email and we also printed our teens PCR test results.

Decorhate · 08/08/2021 12:42

@SilverGlitterBaubles Did you take paper copies of your forms or print outs? Ds travelling tomorrow on his own...

BornToRunButQuiteSlowly · 09/08/2021 00:21

Print out the test results from the email.

Eirefairy · 09/08/2021 00:37

Did mine online the day before. They didn't even look at it on the Irish side 🤣

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