S.I. No. 509/2002 - Aliens (Visas) (No. 2) Order, 2002

1. This Order may be cited as Aliens (Visas) (No.2) 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 valid Irish transit visa.

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

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

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

5. The Aliens (Visas) Order, 2002 (

S.I No. 178 of 2002

) 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

Zimbabwe

SECOND SCHEDULE

States whose citizens do not require an Irish visa

Andorra

Guatemala

Panama

Antigua & Barbuda

Guyana

Poland

Argentina

Honduras

Portugal

Australia

Hong Kong (Special

Saint Kitts & Nevis

Austria

Administrative Region)

Saint Lucia

Bahamas

Hungary

Saint Vincent & the Grenadines

Barbados

Iceland

San Marino

Belgium

Israel

Seychelles

Belize

Italy

Singapore

Bolivia

Jamaica

Slovenia

Botswana

Japan

Solomon Islands

Brazil

Kiribati

South Africa

Brunei

Latvia

South Korea

Canada

Lesotho

Spain

Chile

Liechtenstein

Swaziland

Costa Rica

Lithuania

Sweden

Croatia

Luxembourg

Switzerland

Cyprus

Macao (Special

Tonga

Czech Republic

Administrative Region)

Trinidad

Denmark

Malawi

United States of America

Dominica

Malaysia

United Kingdom &

Maldives

Uruguay

Colonies

Estonia

Malta

Uruguay

Fiji

Mauritius

Vanuatu

Finland

Mexico

Vatican City

France

Monaco

Venezuela

Germany

Nauru

Western Samoa

Greece

Netherlands

Grenada

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Norway

Given under my official seal

This 8th day of November, 2002

Michael McDowell

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 was made for the purpose of imposing transit visa and entry visa requirements on citizens of Zimbabwe.

I, Michael McDowell, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred to 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