Depending on which passport you hold, you may require a visa to enter Ireland.
You do not need a visa to land in Ireland if you:
- Are a citizen of the EU or the EEA (the EU plus Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein) or Switzerland
- Have a residence card issued by an EEA country or Switzerland because you are the family member of an EEA or Swiss citizen living in a country outside of the EEA/Swiss family member’s home country (for example, you live in Germany with your French spouse)
- Have a UK short-stay visa and qualify for the short-stay visa waiver or the British-Irish Visa Scheme (see ‘Visa waivers for UK visa holders’ below)
- Are a school student who lives in an EU/EEA country and you are travelling as part of a school trip
- Are a citizen of a country listed in the table below.
| Andorra | Hong Kong (Special Admin. Region) | Samoa |
| Antigua & Barbuda | Israel | San Marino |
| Argentina | Japan | Seychelles |
| Australia | Kiribati | Singapore |
| Bahamas | Macau (Special Admin. Region) | Solomon Islands |
|
Barbado
|
Malaysia | South Korea |
| Belize | Maldives | Swaziland (Eswatini) |
|
Brazil
|
Mexico | Taiwan |
| Brunei | Monaco | Tonga |
| Canada | New Zealand | Tuvalu |
| Chile | Nicaragua | Ukraine |
| Costa Rica | Panama | United Arab Emirates |
| El Salvador | Paraguay | United Kingdom (see note below) |
| Fiji | Saint Kitts & Nevis | United States of America |
| Grenada | Saint Lucia | Uruguay |
| Guatemala | Saint Vincent & the Grenadines | Vatican City |
| Guyana |
If you do not hold a passport from one of the above listed countries you will require a visa in order to enter Ireland. Upon payment of course fees DCU IA will provide you with documents which you can use in applying for a visa to Ireland.
For further information, see:
- https://www.irishimmigration.ie/coming-to-study-in-ireland/
- https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/visas-for-ireland/visa-requirements-for-entering-ireland/
If you have any questions, please contact us.