Who needs a Visa?

Whether you need a visa to enter Ireland depends on what country you’re from.

S.I. No 473 of 2014 groups countries into five different categories (schedules).

Please see Schedule 1, which is a list of countries that DO NOT NEED a visa. If your country is NOT listed you must apply for a visa before you travel to Ireland.

 

Note: A Schengen visa or UK visa is not valid for travel to Ireland. Note: For exceptions to this, please see Schedules 2, 3 and 4 below

Remember…

If you’re a citizen of a non-EEA country, whether you need a visa or not, you will be subject to immigration control when you enter Ireland.

Schedule 1 - Countries that do not need a visa

You DO NOT NEED an entry visa for Ireland if you are a passport holder of one of these countries:

Andorra	Guyana	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda	Honduras	Saint Lucia
Argentina	Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region)	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Australia	Hungary	Samoa
Austria	Iceland	San Marino
Bahamas	Israel	Seychelles
Barbados	Italy	Singapore
Belgium	Japan	Slovak Republic
Belize	Kiribati	Slovenia
Bolivia	Latvia	Solomon Islands
Botswana	Lesotho	South Africa
Brazil	Liechtenstein	South Korea
Brunei	Lithuania	Spain
Bulgaria	Luxembourg	Swaziland
Canada	Macau (Special Administrative Region)	Sweden
Chile	Malaysia	Switzerland
Costa Rica	Maldives	Taiwan
Croatia	Malta	Tonga
Cyprus	Mexico	Trinidad and Tobago
Czech Republic	Monaco	Tuvalu
Denmark	Nauru	United Arab Emirates
Dominica	Netherlands, The	United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
El Salvador	New Zealand	United States of America
Estonia	Nicaragua	Uruguay
Fiji	Norway	Vanuatu
Finland	Panama	Vatican City
France	Paraguay
Germany	Poland
Greece	Portugal
Grenada	Romania
Guatemala

 

Convention travel documents

If you hold a Convention Travel Document issued by certain European states you may not require a visa to travel to Ireland, a list of these countries is available here

Please note that holders of Convention Travel documents issued by the United Kingdom require a separate visa to travel to Ireland.

Schedule 2 - Diplomatic Passport waiver programme

A holder of a diplomatic passport issued by a State or territorial entity specified below is not required to have a visa to enter Ireland

People’s Republic of China

Schedule 3 - Visa waiver programme

If you’re a citizen of one of these countries and you meet Visa Waiver Programme requirements, you may be able to travel on to Ireland from the UK without the need to obtain a separate Irish visa.

If not, you’ll need to apply for an entry visa before you travel to Ireland.

Bahrain	Montenegro	Serbia
Belarus	Oman	Thailand
Bosnia and Herzegovina	People’s Republic of China	Turkey
India	Qatar	Ukraine
Kazakhstan	Russian Federation	Uzbekistan
Kuwait	Saudi Arabia

NOTE: This also applies to nationals of Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates who have entered the United Kingdom on foot of a C-visit Electronic Visa Waiver (EVW)

Schedule 4 - British Irish Visa Scheme (BIVS)

United Kingdom visitors who are – nationals of a state or territorial entity specified in Schedule 4, AND holders of a visa issued by the competent authorities of the United Kingdom that is endorsed by those authorities with the letters “BIVS”

India

People’s Republic of China

More information on the BIVS Scheme is available here

Schedule 5 - Transit Visas

If you are a citizen of one of these countries, you will need to apply for a transit visa

Afghanistan	Georgia	Nigeria
Albania	Ghana	Somalia
Cuba	Iran	Sri Lanka
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Iraq	Ukraine
Eritrea	Lebanon	Zimbabwe
Ethiopia*	Moldova, Republic of

 * Requirement for a transit visa waived for Ethiopian nationals transiting through the State via Dublin Airport to/from the USA and Canada