Visa requirements for Irish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Ireland. As of 1 January 2017, Irish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 172 countries and territories, ranking the Irish passport 5th in terms of travel freedom (tied with the Japanese and New Zealand passports) according to the Henley visa restrictions index.
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Visa requirements
Territories
Visa requirements for Irish citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:
- Europe
- Abkhazia -- Visa required.
- Artsakh -- Visa required (issued for single entry for 21 days/1/2/3 months or multiple entry visa for 1/2/3 months).
Travellers with Artsakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Artsakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan. - Mount Athos -- Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.
- Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park -- visa-free for 3 days; must first obtain an electronic pass.
- Crimea -- Visa issued by Russia is required.
- Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus -- Visa free access for 3 months. Passport required.
- UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus -- Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
- Faroe Islands -- Visa not required.
- Gibraltar -- Visa not required.
- Guernsey - Visa not required.
- Alderney - Visa not required.
- Sark - Visa not required.
- Isle of Man -- Visa not required.
- Jan Mayen -- permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.
- Jersey - Visa not required.
- Kosovo -- visa free for 90 days.
- Closed cities and regions in Russia -- special authorization required.
- South Ossetia -- Visa free. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
- Transnistria -- Visa free. Registration required after 24h.
- Africa
- Eritrea (outside Asmara) -- visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara controlled territory) -- Visa not required up to 3 months.
- Somaliland -- Visa issued on arrival (30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival).
- Sudan -- All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
- Darfur -- Separate travel permit is required.
- Asia
- Hong Kong -- Visa not required for 90 days.
- India -- Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.
- Iraqi Kurdistan -- Visa on arrival for 15 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports.
- Kazakhstan -- Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.
- Kish Island -- Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.
- Macao -- Visa not required for 90 days.
- Sabah and Sarawak -- These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.
- Maldives -- With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.
- North Korea outside Pyongyang - People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
- Palestine -- Visa not required. Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.
- Taiwan -- Visa not required for 90 days.
- Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province -- OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.
- Turkmenistan -- A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.
- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).
- Korean Demilitarized Zone -- restricted zone.
- UNDOF Zone and Ghajar -- restricted zones.
- Phú Qu?c -- can visit without a visa for up to 30 days.
- Yemen -- Special permission needed for travel outside Sana'a or Aden.
- Caribbean and North Atlantic
- Anguilla -- Visa not required for 3 months.
- Aruba -- Visa not required for 30 days.
- Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba -- Visa not required for 3 months.
- Bermuda -- Visa not required for 21 days (extendable).
- British Virgin Islands -- Visa not required for 1 month (extendable).
- Cayman Islands -- Visa not required for 6 months.
- Colombia -- Visitors arriving at San Andrés and Leticia must buy tourist cards on arrival.
- Curacao -- Visa not required for 3 months.
- Montserrat -- Visa not required for 6 months.
- Greenland -- Visa not required.
- Margarita Island -- All visitors are fingerprinted.
- Puerto Rico -- Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon -- Visa not required.
- Sint Maarten -- Visa not required for 3 months.
- Turks and Caicos Islands -- Visa not required for 90 days.
- U.S. Virgin Islands -- Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
- Oceania
- American Samoa -- Visa required (entry permit).
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands -- special authorisation required.
- Clipperton Island -- special permit required.
- Cook Islands -- Visa free access for 31 days.
- Lau Province -- Special permission required.
- French Polynesia -- Visa not required.
- Guam -- Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
- New Caledonia -- Visa not required for 3 months.
- Niue -- Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.
- Northern Mariana Islands -- Visa not required.
- Pitcairn Islands -- 14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.
- Tokelau -- Entry permit required.
- United States Minor Outlying Islands -- special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.
- Wallis and Futuna -- Visa not required.
- South America
- Galápagos -- Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.
- South Atlantic and Antarctica
- Falkland Islands -- Visitor Permit valid for 4 weeks is issued on arrival.
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Ascension Island -- Entry Permit must be obtained minimum 28 days in advance (3 months for 20/30 pounds sterling, single/double entry).
- Saint Helena -- Entry Permit (£25) for 183 days is issued on arrival.
- Tristan da Cunha -- Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands -- Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).
- Antarctica and adjacent islands -- special permits required for French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.
Non-ordinary passports
Holders of diplomatic or official passports of Ireland have additional visa-free access to Kuwait. Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.
Non-visa restrictions
Passport validity length
Many countries require passports to be valid for at least 6 months upon arrival. Note that some nations have bilateral agreements with other countries to shorten the passport validity cut-off period for each other's citizens.
Countries requiring passports to be valid at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah), Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Somaliland, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include European Union countries (except Denmark, Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and except for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens), Albania, Belarus, Georgia, Honduras, Iceland, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Nauru, Panama, Saint Barthélemy, San Marino, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.
Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.
Countries that require a passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Macao, New Zealand and South Africa.
Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.
Blank passport pages
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages in the passport being presented, generally one or two pages.
Vaccination
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination.
Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area.
Israeli stamps
Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel. Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport, giving passengers a card instead: "Since January 2013 a pilot scheme has been introduced whereby visitors are given an entry card instead of an entry stamp on arrival. You should keep this card with your passport until you leave. This is evidence of your legal entry into Israel and may be required, particularly at any crossing points into the Occupied Palestinian Territories." Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017) stamped at Erez when travelling into and out of Gaza. Also, passports are still stamped (as of 22 June 2017) at the Jordan Valley/Sheikh Hussein and Yitzhak Rabin/Arava land borders with Jordan.
- Iran: Admission is refused for holders of passports containing an Israeli visa/stamp in the last 12 months
Armenian ethnicity
Due to a state of war existing between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the government of Azerbaijan not only bans entry of citizens from Armenia, but also all citizens and nationals of any other country who are of Armenian descent, to the Republic of Azerbaijan (although there have been exceptions, notably for Armenia's participation at the 2015 European Games held in Azerbaijan).
Azerbaijan also strictly bans any visit by foreign citizens to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh (the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh), its surrounding territories and the Azerbaijani exclaves of Karki, Yuxar? ?skipara, Barxudarl? and Sofulu which are de jure part of Azerbaijan but under control of Armenia, without the prior consent of the government of Azerbaijan. Foreign citizens who enter these occupied territories, will be permanently banned from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan and will be included in their "list of personae non gratae". As of late 2017 the list contains 699 persons.
Upon request, the Republic of Artsakh authorities may attach their visa and/or stamps to a separate piece of paper in order to avoid detection of travel to their country.
Persona non grata
The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning their entry into that country. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity. Attempts to enter the Gaza strip by sea may attract a 10-year ban on entering Israel.
Fingerprinting
Several countries including Argentina, Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and the United States demand all passengers to be fingerprinted on arrival.
Criminal record
Some countries (for example, Canada) routinely deny entry to foreigners who have a criminal record.
Common Travel Area
The Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, together with its Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man make up a Common Travel Area where:
- No ID is required for travel by land for British or Irish citizens
- Only photographic ID required for travel by air or sea for British or Irish citizens
However, there are occasionally checks on coaches and trains moving between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Citizens of third countries must have passports and, if required, visas to travel between the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
British visas don't enable travel to Ireland for people without agreement with Ireland, and vice versa. (Although both the UK and the Republic are members of the European Union, neither are members of the Schengen Area so Schengen visas are not valid for travel to the Common Travel Area. Air and sea passengers travelling between the Common Travel Area and the Schengen Area are subject to systematic passport/identity checks.)
Right to consular protection in non-EU countries
As citizens of the European Union, all Irish citizens have the right to seek consular assistance and protection from embassies of fellow EU member states when they are in a non-EU country without an Irish embassy.
See also List of diplomatic missions of Ireland.
See also
- Visa policy of Ireland
- Visa requirements for the European Union citizens
- Irish passport
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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