<P> The visa policy of Ireland is set by the Government of Ireland and determines visa requirements for foreign citizens . If someone other than a European Union, European Economic Area, or Swiss citizen seeks entry to Ireland, they must be a national of a visa - exempt country or have a valid Irish visa issued by one of the Irish diplomatic missions around the world . </P> <P> Although Ireland is a member of the European Union, it has an opt - out from the Schengen Area and is therefore able to set its own visa policy . Ireland also operates the Common Travel Area with the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man which allows for open internal borders between the countries and territories . Established in 1923, it permits British and Irish citizens to freely move around the Common Travel Area with minimal identity documents . </P> <P> Visa policy of Ireland is similar to the visa policy of the Schengen Area . It grants visa - free entry to all Schengen Annex II nationalities, except for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Georgia, Macedonia, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Montenegro, Palau, Peru, Serbia, Timor - Leste, Ukraine and Venezuela . Ireland also grants visa - free entry to several additional countries--Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Fiji, Guyana, Lesotho, Maldives, Nauru, South Africa and Swaziland . </P> <P> Ireland's visa policy has been amended since its inception through primary legislation and statutory instruments . The Aliens Act of 1935 confers the power of deportation and the power of immigration control to the Minister for Justice of the Irish Free State . On 12 April 1935, the Irish Free State exempted citizens of the United Kingdom, the Dominion of Canada, Commonwealth of Australia, Dominion of New Zealand, Union of South Africa, Dominion of Newfoundland and British India from the Aliens Act and therefore did not recognise those citizens as aliens . The 1946 Aliens Order requires all aliens to present a passport to an immigration control officer for inspection within 24 hours if not arriving from Great Britain or Northern Ireland . The maximum stay for aliens was one month . </P>

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