Eu passport holder travelling with uk passport holder

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My dh, ds and I have eu passports. Dd 18 has a uk passport. We are travelling to Italy from an eu country. Will dd need to go in a different line at passport control?
Shes neurodiverse and will panic about this. So Would like to prepare her if that is the case or is there a way we can all go together?

Are they both Schengen countries? Italy is but not sure where you're coming from (though most EU countries are part of Schengen, so odds are good that it also is). If they are both Schengen, you shouldn't need to go through passport control at all. If you do, there is generally an "All passports" (i.e. "EU plus CH" and then "All other passports") which you can all join. Sometimes there are multiple sets of lines (I think CDG had "EU plus CH", "non-visa countries", "others"), but (in my experience) there is always a line that everyone can use.

ETA: looking, now that UK is not part of the EU, there are only two countries in EU that aren't Schengen - Ireland and Cyprus.

I should have said we are coming from Ireland to Rome.

EU passport holders can always go into the All Passports queue with their non-EU family members, it’s just that they sometimes also have the option of a separate queue or electronic gates.

Yes, you can all go with her. Why does she not have an EU passport?

Great i didn't realise there was a all passport queue!
@DancingInTheBroadDaylight she was born in England as I was, I got an Irish passport through my grandparents and dh and ds were born in Ireland so have an Irish passport

I assume your DH is not her dad, as in that case she could get an Irish passport through him? That’s a shame for her if she’s the only one without an EU passport but should be fine for one of you to join the “all passports” queue.

They usually want families to go together anyway, there might even be a particular family queue regardless of your passport (that’s the one we use, DH, DS and myself all have different passports). Otherwise, you all go to the ‘all passports’ queue.

The EU passport holders can go through the EU or the all other passports queue, the UK passport holder can only go through the all other passports queue.

No dh is not her dad.
That's a relief we can all go together thank you everyone. We haven't travelled in the past few years so I was unsure but we will just all go through the all passports together sounds easiest thing to do.

We just travelled into Europe on UK passports with a family member with an Irish passport they just joined the huge queue with us

in my experience, as long as one person in the party has the "fast Q" option then the border control will be ok about all going in there. Maybe different if it is only 1/15 had the EU passport.

Reason being that they really don't care by time you all get up front & they very much want to see the whole group travelling together... part of their risk profiling.

Yes as others have said you can - and should - go through the “all passports” queue together.

If you are entitled to an Irish passport, through your grandad, you must be on the Irish Foreign Births register - if you were on that when she was born, she can be put on it too and then be entitled to an Irish passport. I think.

And she (you) can apply for Irish citizenship after five (?) years of living there.

@Janek I did think of getting citizenship for her but wasn't sure if there was any benefit to doing this?

Well, the huge benefit of being a citizen of the Republic of Ireland is being a EU citizen - with all the resulting benefits that the UK signed away due to Brexshit…

OP you will be able to go through ‘All passports’ just do what supports your DD.

When you get back apply to get her an Irish passport, it takes a bit of time but is relatively easy. She will then have a choice of passports and freedom to move in the EU. She also won’t have to do the new ETIAS. I sssime this time you are travelling before 12th October?

What she said. Also it's a bit weird her being a different nationality from the rest of the family! IME it is quicker to do it via the foreign births register (if you can), rather than through living there - my DDs were added in about nine months, an Australian friend's daughter who actually lives in Ireland took far longer - she also had additional university fees to pay because she wasn't Irish - also worth considering for your DD, although I doubt it's the same for a British student as it is for an Australian.

@1apenny2apenny we are travelling March 2026. I'm not sure what ETIAS is? Is that October 2026?
I'll definitely get the ball rolling on an Irish passport

If you gave checked luggage, send DH through the quick queue to dobtgat while you follow in the slower queue (send DS whether is most useful)

An EU passport will be hugely beneficial for her. If she plans to work or study abroad, even as part of a uni course, it will make life so much easier for her.

You never know where she may end up in the future or how her life evolves.

If your DS is under 12 - in Italian airports they treat families with children under 12 like royalty! You will all be directed into a separate, shorter queue for passports. And usually separate queues for security on departure too.

Just been reading about it and it seems simple enough to apply for Irish citizenship l just need to gather all the paperwork thanks everyone

This is my experience too - if there is an EU queue with a human, they always let me (not EU) go through with DP (EU). If it's just an eGate I can't, as the gate will refuse to let you through. Humans just stamp my passport and wave us through.

I have a suggestion that may or may not appeal to you. My DH gets assistance every time we travel. No reasons need to be given but he just cannot manage the vast distances in airports now. I accompany him and get the same fast track treatment!

Anyway, you book it through your airline when booking (or I'm sure you can call them and add it on). It is brilliant as you are taken (in wheelchair if that might be an obstacle) straight through fast track security, straight through immigration, and brought to the gate. You or your DH can accompany her. The assistance will be at the door of the plane on landing in the destination country and will take her through the miles of walkways, straight to immigration and out the door you go.

I highly recommend it, and it doesn't just apply to physically disabled. You just book it, and no questions asked anywhere.

I was in Rome also last week, used the assistance, and honestly DH would never have been able to walk the huge distances in Fiumicino. We both have EU passports but noticed the All Passports queue was enormous. Just something you might think about if you feel it would help you. Rome is fab BTW!

@PatriciaHolm so if we just all go to eu passport queue they should let he really through? Did you need to ask or just weblbt through as if you all had the same passport?