Visa requirements between Ireland and Ukraine have been lifted with immediate effect
Visa requirements for Ukrainians traveling to Ireland are being lifted in a show of “solidarity”, the country’s Department of Justice announced on Friday in an emergency order.
Irish Justice Minister Helen McEntee said she is “appalled by the Russian invasion of Ukraine” and said the emergency order will “assist” Irish citizens and their families in Ukraine, which has faced attacks from the Russian military in recent days.
The emergency measure applies to all Ukrainians who wish to travel to Ireland amid the conflict.
Ireland had previously advised Irish citizens in Ukraine and Ukrainians against traveling to Ireland, with the official travel advice being to “shelter in place” as they monitored ongoing tensions with Russia, according to the government’s travel site.
It will assist Irish citizens and their families in Ukraine, as well as the families of members of the Ukrainian community here who may want to come to Ireland.
— Helen McEntee TD (@HMcEntee) February 25, 2022
Citizens who wished to leave were told to leave only if it was safe to do so based on their “location and prevailing circumstance” in a travel advisory updated the day before McEntee’s new announcement.