El Salvador passport Ireland
Do Salvadorans need a visa for Ireland?
No visa needed.
Ireland
Dublin · Euro (EUR) · English, Irish
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You can board a flight to Ireland on a passport from El Salvador with no visa. You may stay up to 90 days per visit. Immigration will still want to see a return ticket, somewhere to stay, and enough money for the trip.
- Status
- Visa free
- Stay permitted
- 90 days
- Government fee
- Nothing to pay
- Typical decision
- No application
There is nothing to apply for and nothing to pay.
Book your flight. Any site offering to sell you a Ireland visa, permit or "travel authorisation" for this trip is selling you something you do not need.
If you are travelling on a different passport, Ireland's official entry rules are at visas.inis.gov.ie.
Before you fly
- Changing planes: a passport from El Salvador needs a visa even to stay airside in United Kingdom, unless you hold an exempting document. Transit rules legislation.gov.uk · read
What Ireland asks for
- Passport valid for at least six months beyond the date you plan to leave
- Application summary sheet from AVATS, signed
- Two colour passport photographs taken in the last six months
- Bank statements for the last six months, showing your own funds
- Evidence of employment, study or business ties in your home country
- Travel medical insurance for the length of the stay
- A letter explaining why you are travelling and who is paying for the trip
Worth knowing
- Ireland is not in the Schengen area. A Schengen visa is not valid for Ireland, and an Irish visa is not valid for the Schengen countries.
- Unofficial agents charge several times the government fee to fill in the same AVATS form.
How long it takes
Decisions are published on weekly lists on the immigration website rather than emailed to you.