S.I. No. 17/2026 - Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (Amendment) Order 2026

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (Amendment) Order 2026.

(2) This Order comes into operation on 16 February 2026.

2. The

Immigration Act 2004

(Visas) Order (

S.I. No. 473 of 2014

) is amended –

(a) by the substitution of the following for Schedule 2

“SCHEDULE 2

Article (3)(b)(v) and Article 3(f)

Albania

Montenegro

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Republic of North Macedonia

Colombia

People’s Republic of China

Georgia

Peru

Indonesia

Qatar

Kosovo

Serbia

Kuwait

South Africa

Republic of Moldova

Türkiye

”, and

(b) in Schedule 5, by the substitution of “Republic of Moldova” for “Moldova”.

GIVEN under my hand,

23 January, 2026.

COLM BROPHY,

Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

30

th January,

2026.

I, Colm Brophy, Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 17

of the

Immigration Act 2004

(No. 1 of 2004) (as adapted by the Justice (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 (

S.I. No. 242 of 2025

) and the Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (Delegation of Ministerial Functions)(No.2) Order 2025 (

S.I. No. 253 of 2025

), hereby order as follows