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Ireland visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 20269 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free75Visa required123
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

75

Visa required

123
Policy history

Official evidence timeline

One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. Current official routeCitizenship

    Irish citizens use citizenship access

    Irish citizens are outside the non-national visitor-permission and visa framework modelled for foreign passports.

    • This records citizenship rather than a visa exemption or permission for a non-national.
    • It does not determine treatment of another passport used by a dual Irish citizen.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Ireland

    Official sourceIrish Statute Book: Immigration Act 2004, section 4
  2. Current official routeVisa-free

    EU citizens have free-movement entry to Ireland

    Citizens of these European Union states can enter Ireland without a visa under the free-movement framework.

    • The citizen uses a valid national identity card or passport as evidence of nationality and identity.
    • Public-health, public-policy, and public-security exceptions remain.
    • This does not establish free movement for an overseas-territory or non-national travel document.
    26 passport nationalities covered

    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

    Official sourcesIrish Statute Book: European Communities Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2015Immigration Service Delivery, Ireland Department of Justice: Ireland entry for EU, EEA, and Swiss citizens
  3. Current official routeVisa-free

    EEA and Swiss citizens have free-movement entry to Ireland

    Icelandic, Liechtenstein, Norwegian, and Swiss citizens can enter Ireland without a visa under the single-market framework.

    • The rule applies to citizens using valid national travel documents, not refugee, residence, or other non-national documents.
    • Identity-document, public-health, public-policy, and public-security conditions remain.
    4 passport nationalities covered

    Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland

    Official sourcesIrish Statute Book: European Communities Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2015Immigration Service Delivery, Ireland Department of Justice: Ireland entry for EU, EEA, and Swiss citizens
  4. Current official routeVisa-free

    British citizens have Common Travel Area access to Ireland

    British citizens can travel freely to Ireland within the Common Travel Area without an Irish visa.

    • The GB ordinary-passport code models British citizen status rather than every British national document class.
    • An officer may request evidence of identity, nationality, and the travel route.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United Kingdom

    Official sourcesImmigration Service Delivery, Ireland Department of Justice: Ireland Common Travel Area guidanceImmigration Service Delivery, Ireland Department of Justice: Ireland visa and non-visa required nationalities
  5. Current official routeVisa-free

    Listed ordinary passports are visa-exempt for Ireland

    Ireland's current nationality table marks these ordinary national passports as not requiring a pre-travel Irish visa.

    • This ordinary-national-passport rule does not cover refugee, stateless, diplomatic, official, service, British-status, or other special documents.
    • Visa exemption does not itself authorise landing; an immigration officer decides permission and any duration or activity conditions.
    • The official table does not establish one universal visitor duration for the entire cohort.
    44 passport nationalities covered

    Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong (SAR China), Israel, Japan, Kiribati, Macao (SAR China), Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Tonga, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Andorra

    Official sourcesImmigration Service Delivery, Ireland Department of Justice: Ireland visa and non-visa required nationalitiesIrish Statute Book: Immigration Act 2004, section 4Irish Statute Book: Immigration Act 2004 Visas Order 2014
  6. Current official routeVisa required

    Listed ordinary passports require an Irish visitor visa

    These ordinary national passport holders must obtain a short-stay C visa before travelling to Ireland for a visitor stay.

    • This policy does not classify refugee, stateless, diplomatic, official, service, United Nations, or special travel documents.
    • A short-stay C visa covers qualifying visits up to 90 days but permits travel rather than guaranteeing entry or duration.
    • Ireland states that its online AVATS form is an application system and that it does not issue eVisas.
    • Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia have been visa-required since 15 June 2026.
    123 passport nationalities covered

    Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoro Islands, Congo (Rep.), Congo (Dem. Rep.), Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, North Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palau Islands, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Sudan, Suriname, eSwatini, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestinian Territory

    Official sourcesImmigration Service Delivery, Ireland Department of Justice: Ireland visa and non-visa required nationalitiesImmigration Service Delivery, Ireland Department of Justice: How to apply for an Irish short-stay C tourist visaIrish Statute Book: Immigration Act 2004 Visas Amendment No. 2 Order 2026Immigration Service Delivery, Ireland Department of Justice: AVATS Irish online visa application system