Aliens (Visas) Order, 1999

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 25/1999
• Year: 1999

I, JOHN O'DONOGHUE, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 5 of the Aliens Act, 1935 (No. 14 of 1935), hereby order as follows:
	Title, collective citation and construction.	1. This Order may be cited as the Aliens (Visas) Order, 1999.
	Interpretation.	2. (1) In this Order-
the word “alien” has the meaning assigned to it by the Aliens Order 1946 ( S.R. & O. No. 395 of 1946 );
the word “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.
	Transit visas.	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 a valid Irish transit visa.
	Visa-exempt classes.	4. Citizens of the states specified in the Second Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as a class of persons not requiring an Irish visa.
FIRST SCHEDULE States whose citizens require a transit visa
Afghanistan Nigeria Albania Romania Bulgaria Lebanon Cuba Moldova Ethiopia The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Eritrea (Serbia and Montenegro) Ghana Somalia Iraq Sri Lanka Iran Zaire
SECOND SCHEDULE States whose citizens do not require an Irish visa
Andorra Guatemala Nicaragua Argentina Honduras Norway Australia Hong Kong (Special Panama Austria Administrative Region) Paraguay Bahamas Hungary Poland Barbados Iceland Portugal Belgium Israel San Marino Botswana Italy Singapore Brazil Jamaica Slovenia Brunei Japan South Africa Canada Korea (Republic of South) Spain Chile Latvia Swaziland Costa Rica Lesotho Sweden Croatia Liechtenstein Switzerland Cyprus Lithuania Tonga Czech Republic Luxembourg Trinidad & Tobago Denmark Malawi United States of America El Salvador Malaysia United Kingdom & Estonia Malta Colonies Finland Mexico Uruguay France Monaco Vatican City Germany Nauru Venezuela Greece Netherlands Western Samoa Grenada New Zealand Zimbabwe
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