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Do Irish citizens need a visa for the United Kingdom?
No visa needed.
United Kingdom
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You can board a flight to United Kingdom on a passport from Ireland with no visa. The officer on arrival sets how long you may stay. Immigration will still want to see a return ticket, somewhere to stay, and enough money for the trip.
- Status
- Visa free
- Stay permitted
- 6 months per visit
- 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 United Kingdom visa, permit or "travel authorisation" for this trip is selling you something you do not need.
If you are travelling on a different passport, United Kingdom's official entry rules are at gov.uk.
Before you fly
- Passport validity: Valid for the whole of the stay. gov.uk · read
What United Kingdom asks for
- Current passport, valid for the whole of your stay
- Bank statements showing you can cover the trip
- Evidence of your travel plans and where you will stay
- Details of your employment, studies or business
- A letter from anyone paying for or hosting your trip
- Tuberculosis test certificate, if you are coming for 6 months or more from a country where one is required
Worth knowing
- The UK charges no fee to check your own application status. Sites that charge to reveal a decision are not connected to UKVI.
- There is no single gov.uk page that tracks a visa application. You are updated by the visa application centre that took your biometrics. Treat any other 'UK visa tracker' with suspicion.
- Published processing times for applications made outside the UK are at gov.uk/guidance/visa-processing-times-applications-outside-the-uk.
How long it takes
Paid priority services exist and are sold by UKVI itself. You do not need an agent to buy one.