Visa requirement
Ireland visa for Ukrainian citizens
Official-source answer with stay limit, cost, required documents and last verification date.
Do Ukrainian citizens need a visa for Ireland?
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Ukrainian citizens do not need a visa for Ireland for up to 90 days.
Last verified:
Confidence: Medium Likely current — confirm details with the official source.
This answer is for ordinary Ukrainian passport holders travelling as citizens of that passport. Residence permits, long-stay visas or living in another country can change which embassy or rule applies.
Visa types at a glance
| Visa type | Availability | Stay |
|---|---|---|
| Tourist visa-free? | Yes | Up to 90 days. |
| eVisa? | No | No eVisa route is stored for this corridor. |
| Visa on arrival? | No | No visa-on-arrival route is stored for this corridor. |
- 90 days
- Free
- Nothing required before departure
Before you travel
- 1 Entry step Nothing required before departure Official route (opens in a new tab)
- 2 Stay limit 90 days
- 3 Official fee Free
- 4 Freshness Checked 23 Jul 2026; confidence: medium
Shareable verdict: Ukrainian citizens do not need a visa for Ireland for up to 90 days. Checked 23 Jul 2026.
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No Irish short-stay visa fee applies to Ukrainian citizens under the current emergency visa waiver described by Irish immigration authorities.
What you need
- Valid biometric Ukrainian passport
- Supporting travel details if requested at the border
- Transit visa for a third country if your route to Ireland requires one
Why this verdict
Irish Immigration says Ukrainian citizens do not need a visa to travel to Ireland, but it also states plainly that this is an emergency measure linked to the invasion of Ukraine rather than a normal treaty-style tourist waiver. Travellers arriving under this waiver are initially given a standard 90 day entry permission while support and protection measures are put in place, so this corridor should be read as a fragile war-related waiver, not as ordinary long-term policy symmetry with Schengen visa-free travel.
Conditional rules
- Non-EEA family member travelling with a Ukrainian citizen, but the family member is themselves a visa-required national and not a Ukrainian citizen Visa required
Ireland's Ukraine visa waiver does not automatically extend to other visa-required nationalities, including non-Ukrainian family members. Those travellers still need to follow Ireland's normal entry-visa process.
- Staying in Ireland under temporary protection after arrival Conditional
Temporary protection is a separate residence-based protection status for people displaced from Ukraine. It is not the same thing as ordinary short-stay visa-free visitor access, even though the emergency visa waiver can be the route used to arrive.
Frequently asked questions
Do Ukrainian citizens need a visa for Ireland?
Ukrainian citizens do not need a visa for Ireland for up to 90 days. (Visa-free.) Verified 23 Jul 2026 against the official source.
How long can Ukrainian passport holders stay in Ireland?
Up to 90 days.
How much does entry to Ireland cost for Ukrainian citizens?
It is free. This page tracks the official government fee only, not agent markup.