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

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:

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

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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.