Will we have to use passports to Go to Scotland if it goes independent?

Driving on the right is a definite April Fool!

We won't need passports at least initially - no doubt we will go for Scotland as part of the Common Travel Area, which enables us to go from the UK to Ireland without a passport. But if the EU demands that Scotland joins as a new member, and the President of the European Commission has said it will have to if it wants to stay in the EU, it will have to sign up to joining the Schengen agreement. This allows passport-free travel between all the countries that have signed up to it, and the UK has deliberately kept out. (A big reason is it means we can enforce pet passports and keep our islands rabies-free.) If Scotland joins Schengen, there will have to be border posts and passport checks at the English/Scottish border.

Scotland is unlikely to drive on the right if it becomes independent. There is no practical benefit from doing so.

The question of passports is more complicated. The UK and Ireland have formed a "Common Travel Area". The immigration and border controls for the two countries are co-ordinated and there is extensive exchange of information. This ensures that there is no need for passports for travel between the two countries.

If Scotland gains independence then there is no reason why Scotland shouldn't be admitted as part of the Common Travel Area fairly quickly. In fact the negotiations to arrange this will probably be sorted out in the period from a "yes" vote up to 24/3/2016 when Independence is expected to take place. So that wouldn't present a problem. It's in the interests of both Governments to make the CTA work as it removes the need to have passport controls and border points.

What could cause difficulty is the Scottish Government's wish to join the EU. Scotland becomes a member of the EU when the Council of Ministers unanimously approves its application. It is a possibility that some member countries of the Council will insist that as part of the negotiation process that Scotland must agree to join the Schengen agreement on unrestricted travel throughout Europe. If Scotland does not obtain an opt-out in respect of this requirement then there is the possibility that large numbers of non EU immigrants that are currently prevented from entering the UK will use Scotland as a "back door" means of entry. If that does happen then it is very likely that there will be a requirement for some sort of identification when entering the UK or Ireland from Scotland. It is also likely that there will be physical controls between the UK and Scotland.

Scotland will not introduce driving on the right. Apart from the story being just an April Fool's joke, the cost of doing it would bankrupt the country.

However, if Scotland becomes an independent country from the UK then there will have to be passport and customs controls. This will be essential because the England/Scotland (and the Scotland/NI ports) border will be one of the peripheral borders to the European Union.

Not only would border posts have to be introduced but there would have to a bloody great fence, with regular patrols, along the border. This seems all "Cold War" but that is the reality of what would have to happen or England would be swamped by illegals (and possibly diseased animals) coming in via Scotland.

If Scotland joined the EU then it would almost certainly have to join the Schengen Zone so passport controls and luggage security checks would have to be in place between them and the rest of the UK. These controls would have to extend to offshore patrols to prevent illegals from going around the edge of the border.

These are just a couple of the expensive and unpalatable, but very real, practical truths of Scottish independence that the "pro" lobby do not ever talk about.

If there was any justice in the world then Scotland would pay for this lot from their own budget.

Driving on the right in Scotland was an April Fool

Passports is a more genuine question. The UK government has said that if Scotland had different immigration rules there might have to be border checks, to prevent people who were allowed into Scotland, but not into the UK, from crossing the border. In that case some form of ID would be necessary, so you might well need a passport to go to Scotland.

It is just an April fools joke.

Not going to happen...HOWEVER do NOT need a passport if going from UK to The Republic of Ireland because of the COMMON TRAVEL AREA...

WE...LIKE some on here NOT in SCOTLAND reading it?????

Yes- they're changing to driving on the right - cars commencing January 1st, 2015, lorries and buses a year later.

Not if England remains in the EU.