My wife is on a settlement visa, can she enter Eire or does she need a Schengen visa?
Any ideas
Deck
My wife is on a settlement visa, can she enter Eire or does she need a Schengen visa?
Any ideas
Deck
"To be sure, to be sure", I would phone the Embassy and try to get some sense out of them directly, as I can't find anything by googling.
Please share your findings, as I was thinking of taking Jet to the Emerald Isle myself in future, or as soon as I get my Consulate to release my new passport....
To legally enter Eire she needs a visa. I believe it needs to be issued by the Irish government as they are not part of the schengen travel zone.
As above,, Eire is not part of Schengen. My wife has Schengen Residencia thus can travel to any Schengen country, she cannot go to UK, Gibraltar nor Eire
However, although UK is a 'pain the butt' when I called the Irish (southern) Government I was told as I am British we can make the application in the post and again because I am British my wife's visa would be free. Not 100 euros for a one entry to UK or 150 euros for Gib.
as already stated nothern ireland is part of the uk no visa needed for your wife
southern ireland [the republic ] she should have a visa i say should because you both can fly to befast hire a car then drive through the border to the south the border is virtualy none existent now days
I would not recommend anyone breaking the law, especially when it maybe obtaining the visa can be done in the post and its free. If you break the law, first you could be in trouble this time and any other applications for visa to anywhere may prove harder o obtain.
Why don't don't you call the Irish Consulate and ask?
INFO
Irish Consulate London:-
17 Grosvenor Place,
London SW1X 7HR
Telephone: 020 – 7235 2171
Fax: 020 – 7245 6961
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday 9:30am – 5:30am
Passport and Visa Office
For information about applying for a visa to travel to Ireland or for a Working Holiday Authorisation (Australian Nationals only), please see the Visa pages of the Embassy website. You should check the "Frequently Asked Questions" page before you send your query as you may find the answer you need the
yeah Eire means Ireland in gealic coz my husband's family from there REPUBLIC OF IRELAND in Buncrana.
southern ireland [the republic ] she should have a visa i say should because you both can fly to befast hire a car then drive through the border to the south the border is virtualy none existent now days
yeah but be aware of check point in the boarder
all things are possible!
having been a frequent traveller to ireland for fishing my first filipina wife used to come we would travel across the border quite reguarly only ever being stopped once and they was not interested that my wife only had a philippine passport
BUT AS EVERYONE SAYS SHOULD HAVE A VISA
If your wife have a UK spouse visa, she can enter north ireland but not ireland, but some people just go there without visa
But just make sure that u got a visa b4 visiting ireland as they said their strict now (but not sure anyways)
good luck, just phone their embassy
Yes,legally she needs a visa ,you can fly via Belfast -which is uk- and drive in to the republic ,no border control for the past few years,but its not worth it as the visa is easy enough to get , cost nothing and can be applied for through the postal system , we just got one recently
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