Reminder:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/electronic-travel-authorisation-eta-residents-of-ireland

This is for non-Irish / non-British people resident in Republic of Ireland.

ETA is now compulsory for non-European nationalities and will be compulsory for European nationalities from April:

https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/electronic-travel-authorisation-eta-factsheet-january-2025/

EDIT: Just found out about this:

https://www.apply-for-a-creative-worker-concession.service.gov.uk/

EDIT 2: It seems to be what's happening with ETA in particular which is bringing home Windsor Framework isn't a de facto united Ireland. It's two contradictory things happening at the same time: Free movement for goods, restrictions for people in a closed services market.

by BorderTrader

21 comments

  3. There should never be any checks when travelling around the island of Ireland.

  4. Honestly, the north should just join Schengen, and passport controls should be implemented between NI and Britain.

    British people won’t care about having to show a passport at a port or airport, and we would receive the benefit of unfettered access from tourists arriving from the South or the rest of the EU.

  7. Don’t think this necessarily applies to all non-Irish in Ireland, though? As it states:

    “If you are a national of a country eligible for an ETA, you do not need an ETA if both of the following apply:

    you are legally resident in Ireland

    you are entering the UK from Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man”

  8. Is t it interesting that Britain continues to treat ROI citizens as citizens of the UK and ROI treats British citizens the same way. It’s almost as if the independence of the ROI is some sort of hybrid independence. Gone but not gone.

  9. My parents mentioned this at Christmas, that soon they’re going to have to apply for this when visiting us. They fly in to Dublin. My husband is Irish and I got Irish citizenship through marriage. But when my parents come to visit it’s even more paperwork and fees for no good reason honestly.

  10. Given there is no checks on the border I can see a lot of tourists unknowingly violating the rules

  11. It’s a very good day to hold an Irish passport. Soon to be the only passport in the world that doesn’t require the British ETA to visit the UK or the European EES/ETIAS to visit the EU. The best of both worlds really.

  12. The CTA is on the ropes methinks. Chip, chip, chipping away. And I honestly don’t think it’ll be the UK that dissolves it, even if Brexit is ultimately the cause.

  13. Genuine question as a non-EU resident living in a border county in ROI and frequently visit neighboring NI towns to shop – how are they going to implement this? I can’t imagine they’ll put up border checks, that goes against the Good Friday agreement.

  14. It’s to do with entry and exit into uk. Bit shit on the island for non Irish/uk but the EU is doing similiar for entry and exit.

  15. Slowly but surely, the UK government are making being part of the UK more of a hassle for NI than not being part of it. Maybe they should be nominated for a BAFTA as well

  16. When my American in-laws fly into Dublin to stay in the north with us I assume they’ll need this. Still better than dealing with Belfast International Airport tbh.

  17. Ex Pat with a US passport. Fly into Dublin 4 times a year and then drive on to the North. Who’s going to ask me for it? Unless I say I am headed North, who knows?

  18. It’s time Northern Ireland gets separated from the UK. All these choices only have negative impacts.

  19. Great so this is the start of the digital id then full control?

  20. Unenforceable and nonsensical. Once again it’s a case of England passing laws on N. Ireland without having any actual clue about this place, in this case, the basic geography.

  21. Sounds like a border to me. Borders are physical structures of occupation

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