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Do I Need a Visa to Come to Ireland?

Citizens of certain countries require an entry visa for Ireland.

 

If you are a citizen of a country that is on schedule 1 below, you do NOT require an entry visa for Ireland. Citizens of countries which are not on the list must apply for a visa  before they travel to Ireland.

 

Please note that a Schengen or UK visa or residence permission is NOT valid for travel to Ireland. If you are a national of a visa-required country you will need to apply for an Irish visa in advance of travel to Ireland.

 

Transit Visas ARE required by citizens of the countries listed in schedule 2 below.

 

All citizens of non-EU countries, whether they require a visa or not, are subject to immigration control at the point of entry to Ireland.

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

LIST OF COUNTRIES WHOSE PASSPORT HOLDERS DO NOT REQUIRE VISAS TO ENTER IRELAND:

 

ANDORRA

ANTIGUA and BARBUDA

ARGENTINA

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRIA

BAHAMAS

BARBADOS

BELGIUM

BELIZE

BOLIVIA

BOTSWANA

BRAZIL

BRUNEI

BULGARIA

CANADA

CHILE

COSTA RICA

CROATIA

CYPRUS

CZECH REPUBLIC

DENMARK

DOMINICA

EL SALVADOR

ESTONIA

FIJI

FINLAND

FRANCE

GERMANY

GREECE

GRENADA

GUATEMALA

GUYANA

HONDURAS

HONG KONG (Special Administrative Region) (*See further information below).

HUNGARY

ICELAND

ISRAEL

ITALY

JAPAN

KIRIBATI

LATVIA

LESOTHO

LIECHTENSTEIN

LITHUANIA

LUXEMBOURG

MACAU (Special Administrative Region)

MALAWI

MALAYSIA

MALDIVES

MALTA

MAURITIUS

MEXICO

MONACO

NAURU

NETHERLANDS

NEW ZEALAND

NICARAGUA

NORWAY

PANAMA

PARAGUAY

POLAND

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

SAINT KITTS & NEVIS

SAINT LUCIA

SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES

SAMOA

SAN MARINO

SEYCHELLES

SINGAPORE

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

SLOVENIA

SOLOMON ISLANDS

SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH KOREA

SPAIN

SWAZILAND

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

TAIWAN

TONGA

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

TUVALU

UNITED KINGDOM & Dependent Territories (noted below)

UNITED STATES of AMERICA

URUGUAY

VANUATU

VATICAN CITY

VENEZUELA

 

BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

 

ANGUILLA

BERMUDA

BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY (South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands)

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORIES (Chagos Archipelago, Peros Banos, Diego Garcia, Danger Island)

CAYMAN ISLANDS

FALKLAND ISLANDS and DEPENDICIES

GIBRALTAR

MONTSERRAT

PITCAIRN (Henderson, Ducie and Oneno Islands)

St. HELENA and DEPENDICIES (Ascension Island, Tristan Da Cunha)

The SOVERIGN BASE AREAS of AKROTIRI and DHEKILA

TURKS and CAICOS ISLAND

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

*HONG KONG SAR

 

A person in possession of a Hong Kong certificate of identity requires an entry visa for the State.

 

Persons who are holders of a  British Hong Kong Passport who have a right of abode in Great Britain do not require entry visas.

 

Persons who are holders of a  British Hong Kong Passport who have a right of abode in Hong Kong only do not require entry visas but they are subject to full foreign national controls in respect of registration, permission to remain, work permits etc.

 

CONVENTION TRAVEL DOCUMENTS

 

Visas are not required by persons who are holders of Convention travel documents issued by the following countries:

 

BELGIUM

CZECH REPUBLIC

DENMARK

FINLAND

GERMANY

ICELAND

ITALY

LIECHTENSTEIN

LUXEMBOURG

MALTA

NETHERLANDS

NORWAY

POLAND

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

SLOVAKIA

SPAIN

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND. 

 

Applicants who are holders of Convention travel documents issued by EEA states should refer to Article 3 of the Immigration Act 2004 Order 2006 (PDF 585kb)  (Short visits only).

 

SCHEDULE 2

 

TRANSIT VISAS ARE REQUIRED BY CITIZENS OF THE FOLLOWING:

 

AFGHANISTAN

ALBANIA

CUBA

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

ERITREA

ETHIOPIA

GHANA

IRAN

IRAQ

LEBANON

MOLDOVA

MONTENEGRO

NIGERIA

SERBIA

SOMALIA

SRI LANKA

ZIMBABWE

 

Source: Dfa

 

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