S.I. No. 86/2022 - Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (Amendment) Order 2022
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st March, 2022. | ||
I, HELEN MCENTEE, Minister for Justice, 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 and Equality (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 452 of 2020 )), hereby order as follows: | ||
1. This Order may be cited as the Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (Amendment) Order 2022. | ||
2. The Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) Order 2014 ( S.I. No. 473 of 2014 ) is amended - | ||
(a) in Schedule 1, by the insertion of “Ukraine” after “Tuvalu”, and | ||
(b) in Schedule 5, by the deletion of “Ukraine”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
25 February, 2022. | ||
HELEN MCENTEE, | ||
Minister for Justice. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This is not part of the Statutory Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
This Order amends the Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) Order 2014 with regard to Ukraine. It provides that non-nationals who are nationals of Ukraine (a) are not required to be in possession of a valid Irish visa when landing in the State, and (b) are not required to be in possession of a valid Irish transit visa when arriving at a port in the State for the purposes of passing through the port in order to travel to another state. |