S.I. No. 56/2004 - Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) Order 2004

1. This Order may be cited as the Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) Order 2004.

2. In this Order—

“Act of 2003” means the

Immigration Act 2003

(No. 26 of 2003).

“Act of 2004” means the

Immigration Act 2004

(No. 1 of 2004).

3. (1) It is hereby declared that a national of a state specified in Schedule 1 to this Order is not required to be in possession of a valid Irish visa within the meaning of the Act of 2003 when landing in the State.

(2) It is hereby declared that a national of a state specified in Schedule 2 to this Order is required to be in possession of a valid Irish transit visa within the meaning of the Act of 2003 when landing in the State.

SCHEDULE 1

Andorra

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Antigua & Barbuda

Guyana

Norway

Argentina

Honduras

Panama

Australia

Hong Kong

Poland

Austria

(Special Administrative Region)

Portugal

Bahamas

Hungary

Saint Kitts & Nevis

Barbados

Iceland

Saint Lucia

Belgium

Israel

Saint Vincent & the

Belize

Italy

Grenadines

Bolivia

Japan

San Marino

Botswana

Kiribati

Seychelles

Brazil

Latvia

Singapore

Brunei

Lesotho

Slovak Republic

Canada

Liechtenstein

Slovenia

Chile

Lithuania

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Costa Rica

Luxembourg

South Korea

Croatia

Macao (Special Administrative

Spain

Cyprus

Region)

Swaziland

Czech Republic

Malawi

Sweden

Denmark

Malaysia

Switzerland

Dominica

Maldives

Tonga

Estonia

Malta

Trinidad

Fiji

Mauritius

United States of

Finland

Mexico

America

France

Monaco

United Kingdom &

Germany

Nauru

Colonies

Greece

Netherlands

Uruguay

Grenada

New Zealand

Vanuatu

Vatican City

Venezuela

Western Samoa

SCHEDULE 2

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)

Srilanka

Zimbabwe

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of February, 2004.

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.

I, MICHAEL McDOWELL, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 17

of the

Immigration Act 2004

(No. 1 of 2004) hereby order as follows