Guidance

British-Irish visa scheme

Guidance about how Chinese and Indian nationals can visit the UK and Ireland using a single visa.

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The British-Irish visa scheme allows Chinese and Indian nationals to travel to the UK and Ireland using a single visa for certain short stay and visitor visas.

Please refer to the guidance which provides information on:

  • eligible Irish visas
  • eligible UK visas
  • visiting the UK and Ireland
  • visa application centres

Updates to this page

Published 6 October 2014
Last updated 8 May 2019 + show all updates
  1. Updated Chinese translation.

  2. Updated guidance.

  3. First published.

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