Does a UK ETA let you enter Ireland?
No. Ireland has its own entry system. The Common Travel Area does not waive Irish visa rules for third-country nationals.
أطلس جوازات السفر
Ireland is EU but not Schengen: an Irish visitor visa is not a UK ETA. Work is Critical Skills; settlement is Stamp 4.
هجرةإقامة دائمة
Openness rank
#140
Entry openness
78
بدون تأشيرة
78
Briefing updated
2026-09
نبذة عن الدولة
العاصمة
Dublin
السكان
5.5 million
المساحة
70,280 km²
العملة
Euro EUR
اللغة
English, Irish
التوقيت
UTC+00:00
المولودون في الخارج
1.2 million · 2024
حصة المهاجرين
23.1%
الجماعات الإثنية · 2022
المولودون في الخارج من مخزون المهاجرين الدولي للأمم المتحدة عبر البنك الدولي (غالباً 2024). الجماعات الإثنية وفق التصنيفات المنشورة لكل بلد. معظم الدول لا تحصي لون البشرة. أرقام إرشادية.
التأشيرات ومسارات الهجرةقائمة الإعفاء من التأشيرةالمستندات وصورة الجوازVisa siteImmigration site
For tech and health hires, study, and Stamp 1 / 4 holders counting five years’ residence.
Ireland keeps its own visitor visa and waiver list, separate from Schengen and the UK. Chinese passports usually need a visitor visa. Short stays are not work. A UK ETA is not permission to enter Ireland.
The Critical Skills Employment Permit targets listed, well-paid roles and is family-friendly. The General permit needs a labour-market test. Graduates may use the Third Level Graduate Programme.
After about five years of lawful work residence you may obtain Stamp 4, i.e. stay without an employment permit. Citizenship also usually needs five reckonable years and is sensitive to absences. Confirm with ISD.
Time to PR:2 years Critical Skills or 5 years general work
No. Ireland has its own entry system. The Common Travel Area does not waive Irish visa rules for third-country nationals.
No. It is a work permit. Stamp 4 after about two years is the closer equivalent to permit-free residence.
On this site’s matrix the result is “تأشيرة مطلوبة”. confirm length of stay with the destination. The port and mission are authoritative.
On this site’s matrix the result is “بدون تأشيرة”. typical stay on the matrix is 90 days. The port and mission are authoritative.
Handbooks summarise public sources so you can cross-check the visa matrix and policy playbooks. They are not legal advice. Quotas, stay lengths and visa-free lists move — confirm with the destination government and its missions before you travel or file.