S.I. No. 178/2002 - Aliens (Visas) Order 2002

1. This Order may be cited as the Aliens (Visas) Order, 2002.

2. (1) In this Order—

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

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

);

“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.

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.

4. The following are hereby designated as classes of persons not requiring Irish visas:-

(a) citizens of the states specified in the Second Schedule to this Order

(b) holders of valid diplomatic or official passports of the Slovak Republic

5. The Aliens (Visas) (No. 2) Order, 2001 (

S.I. No. 248 of 2001

) is hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE

States whose citizens require a transit visa

Afghanistan

Ghana

Albania

Iran

Bulgaria

Iraq

Cuba

Lebanon

Democratic Republic of Congo

Moldova

Ethiopia

Nigeria

Eritrea

Romania

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Somalia

(Serbia and Montenegro)

Sri Lanka

SECOND SCHEDULE

States whose citizens do not require an Irish visa

Andorra

Guatemala

Paraguay

Antigua & Barbuda

Guyana

Poland

Argentina

Honduras

Portugal

Australia

Hong Kong (Special

Saint Kitts & Nevis

Austria

Administrative Region)

Saint Lucia

Bahamas

Hungary

Saint Vincent & the

Barbados

Iceland

Grenadines

Belgium

Israel

San Marino

Belize

Italy

Seychelles

Bolivia

Jamaica

Singapore

Botswana

Japan

Slovenia

Brazil

Kiribati

Solomon Islands

Brunei

Latvia

South Africa

Canada

Lesotho

South Korea

Chile

Liechtenstein

Spain

Costa Rica

Lithuania

Swaziland

Croatia

Luxembourg

Sweden

Cyprus

Macao (Special

Switzerland

Czech Republic

Administrative Region)

Tonga

Denmark

Malawi

Trinidad & Tobago

Dominica

Malaysia

Tuvalu

El Salvador

Maldives

United States of America

Estonia

Malta

United Kingdom &

Fiji

Mauritius

Colonies

Finland

Mexico

Uruguay

France

Monaco

Vanuatu

Germany

Nauru

Vatican City

Greece

Netherlands

Venezuela

Granada

New Zealand

Western Samoa

Nicaragua

Zimbabwe

Norway

Panama

Given under my official seal

This 27th day of April, 2002

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 classes of persons who are required to have a transit visa and the classes of persons exempt from Irish Visa requirements. It adds Macao (Special Administrative Region) to the list of States whose citizens do not require an Irish visa.

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) as adapted by the Justice (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 (

S.I. No. 298 of 1997

), hereby order as follows