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US regular-passport tourists can travel to Ireland without an Irish visa. Admission and the length of your visit are decided by immigration at the border, up to 90 days; leave by the date recorded in your passport. Carry your passport, boarding card and evidence of the purpose and arrangements for your visit. Ireland is outside Schengen and applies separate entry rules.

Key facts

For United States passport holders, tourism or short business trips.

You may need a visa if…

• Visa exemption does not guarantee admission or a full 90-day stay; follow your landing stamp.
• Valid throughout your stay in Ireland, with at least 1 blank page available per stamp.
• Irish Immigration lists a travel itinerary, funds evidence, health-insurance proof for the whole stay and accommodation details as useful supporting documents. Carry your return/onward plans to explain the intended short visit; follow any additional carrier requirements.
• Irish Immigration includes proof of health insurance covering your intended stay among useful supporting documents. The US State Department recommends medical and evacuation insurance.
• Tourists arriving over the Northern Ireland land border must report to an immigration officer within 30 days; Irish Immigration lists Dundalk, Dublin Airport/Port or a local Garda immigration office.
• Ireland is outside Schengen. Any Schengen part of your itinerary has separate entry and stay rules; ordinary passports need 3 months after final Schengen departure and must have been issued within the 10 years before entry.
• Declare cash of EUR 10,000 or more, including other-currency equivalents, when entering or leaving the EU at an Irish airport or port. Irish Revenue says this includes Great Britain, the Isle of Man and Channel Islands routes, but excludes movements to or from Northern Ireland.
• This answer covers initial short tourism. Ask Irish Immigration separately about work, business, study, residence or an extension before existing permission expires.

Before you travel

• ✓Valid throughout your stay in Ireland, with at least 1 blank page available per stamp.
• ✓Carry your boarding card, travel itinerary, funds evidence, accommodation details and health-insurance proof
• ✓Keep return/onward plans and meet carrier requirements
• ✓Check the entry stamp and leave by the permission expiry date
• ✓Entering across the Northern Ireland land border? Arrange immigration reporting within 30 days
• ✓Check separate Schengen/UK requirements for any other part of your route
• ✓Declare cash at the applicable EU external border if carrying EUR 10,000 or more
• ✓Review current US travel advice and consider STEP alerts

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