S.I. No. 25/1999 - Aliens (Visas) Order, 1999.

1. This Order may be cited as the Aliens (Visas) Order, 1999.

Interpretation.

2. (1) In this Order-

the word “alien” has the meaning assigned to it by the Aliens Order 1946 (

S.R. & O. No. 395 of 1946

);

the word “port” has the meaning assigned to it by the Aliens Order 1946 (

S.R. & O. No. 395 of 1946

).

(2) The Interpretation Acts, 1937 to 1997, apply to this Order.

Transit visas.

3. An alien coming from a place outside the State other than Great Britain or Northern Ireland who is a citizen of a state specified in the First Schedule to this Order shall not enter a port in the State unless he or she is the holder of a valid Irish transit visa.

Visa-exempt classes.

4. Citizens of the states specified in the Second Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as a class of persons not requiring an Irish visa.

FIRST SCHEDULE

States whose citizens require a transit visa

Afghanistan

Nigeria

Albania

Romania

Bulgaria

Lebanon

Cuba

Moldova

Ethiopia

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Eritrea

(Serbia and Montenegro)

Ghana

Somalia

Iraq

Sri Lanka

Iran

Zaire

SECOND SCHEDULE

States whose citizens do not require an Irish visa

Andorra

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Argentina

Honduras

Norway

Australia

Hong Kong (Special

Panama

Austria

Administrative Region)

Paraguay

Bahamas

Hungary

Poland

Barbados

Iceland

Portugal

Belgium

Israel

San Marino

Botswana

Italy

Singapore

Brazil

Jamaica

Slovenia

Brunei

Japan

South Africa

Canada

Korea (Republic of South)

Spain

Chile

Latvia

Swaziland

Costa Rica

Lesotho

Sweden

Croatia

Liechtenstein

Switzerland

Cyprus

Lithuania

Tonga

Czech Republic

Luxembourg

Trinidad & Tobago

Denmark

Malawi

United States of America

El Salvador

Malaysia

United Kingdom &

Estonia

Malta

Colonies

Finland

Mexico

Uruguay

France

Monaco

Vatican City

Germany

Nauru

Venezuela

Greece

Netherlands

Western Samoa

Grenada

New Zealand

Zimbabwe

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 3rd day of February, 1999.

JOHN O'DONOGHUE,

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order specifies the class of persons who are required to have a transit visa and the class of persons exempt from Irish visa requirements.

I, JOHN O'DONOGHUE, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 5

of the

Aliens Act, 1935

(No. 14 of 1935), hereby order as follows

Title, collective citation and construction.