Common visa system Common Travel Area
in october 2014, british , irish governments signed memorandum of understanding paving way mutually recognised visas allowing visitors travel britain , ireland on single visa. chinese , indian nationals first benefit of new system end of october 2014. subject review in 2015, proposed extend system countries end of year. system replace irish visa waiver programme waives visa requirement nationals of 18 countries if hold valid uk short-stay visas , enter ireland directly uk.
while cta has, of history, involved open or relatively open border, since second world war has not meant legally entered 1 part of cta automatically entitled enter part. unlike schengen agreement, cta provides no mechanism mutual recognition of leave enter , remain, , uk , ireland operate separate visa systems distinct entry requirements. in general, uk visa not allow entry ireland nor vice versa.
the channel islands , isle of man allow entry holders of uk visas (with exceptions). bailiwick of guernsey , jersey immigration authorities routinely check non-eea nationals seeking enter uk ensure have valid uk permissions.
in july 2011 ireland introduced limited pilot visa waiver programme under normal requirement nationalities hold irish visa waived visitors uk hold valid uk visas.
nationalities visa-free in uk not in ireland
timor-leste
marshall islands
mauritius
f.s. micronesia
namibia
palau
papua new guinea
nationalities visa-free in ireland not in uk
bolivia
fiji
guyana
lesotho
south africa
swaziland
irish visa-waiver nationalities
bahrain
belarus
bosnia , herzegovina
china
india
kazakhstan
kuwait
montenegro
oman
qatar
russia
saudi arabia
serbia
thailand
turkey
ukraine
united arab emirates
uzbekistan
^ minister fitzgerald , uk home secretary launch landmark british-irish visa scheme (press release). dublin: department of justice , equality. 6 october 2014. retrieved 8 october 2014.
^ visa waiver programme – short-stay visa waiver programme . irish naturalisation , immigration service. 2013. retrieved 30 january 2014.
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