Atlas de pasaportes
Irlanda

Atlas de pasaportes

Irlanda travel, immigration and PR

Ireland is EU but not Schengen: an Irish visitor visa is not a UK ETA. Work is Critical Skills; settlement is Stamp 4.

InmigraciónResidencia permanente

Openness rank

#140

Entry openness

78

Sin visado

78

Briefing updated

2026-09

Ficha del país

Capital

Dublin

Población

5.5 million

Superficie

70,280 km²

Moneda

Euro EUR

Idioma

English, Irish

Huso horario

UTC+00:00

Nacidos en el extranjero

1.2 million · 2024

Cuota de migrantes

23.1%

Grupos étnicos · 2022

  • Irish76.6%
  • other White9.9%
  • Asian3.3%
  • unspecified2.6%
  • other2%
  • Black1.5%
  • Other0.6%

Nacidos en el extranjero: stock de migrantes de la ONU vía Banco Mundial (sobre todo 2024). Los grupos étnicos siguen las categorías publicadas de cada país. La mayoría no censa por color de piel. Solo orientativo.

Visados y vías migratoriasLista de exención de visadoDocumentos y foto de pasaporteVisa siteImmigration site

A quién va dirigida esta guía

For tech and health hires, study, and Stamp 1 / 4 holders counting five years’ residence.

Cómo visitar y cuánto tiempo

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.

Trabajo y residencia

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.

Residencia permanente y nacionalidad

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

Cómo entran pasaportes populares

Preguntas frecuentes

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.

Is Critical Skills the same as PR?

No. It is a work permit. Stamp 4 after about two years is the closer equivalent to permit-free residence.

Does a Chinese passport need a visa?

On this site’s matrix the result is “Visado requerido”. confirm length of stay with the destination. The port and mission are authoritative.

Does a US passport need a visa?

On this site’s matrix the result is “Sin visado”. typical stay on the matrix is 90 days. The port and mission are authoritative.

Guías relacionadas

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.