COVID-19 Travel Guidance to Ireland & Northern Ireland
** For the most up to date advice, please click HERE **
If you are travelling to Ireland from abroad you must fill out a Passenger Locator Form before departure.
You also need to have appropriate valid proof of vaccination or recovery, or to present evidence of a negative RT-PCR result from a test taken within 72 hours prior to arrival into the country.
Travelling with children
Children between the ages of 12 and 17 will be required to have a negative RT-PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to arrival to travel into the country, unless they have valid proof of vaccination or recovery.
Children of any age, travelling with accompanying vaccinated or recovered adults will not be required to self-quarantine post arrival. However, where one accompanying adult needs to self-quarantine, then all children must also self-quarantine.
Advice on travelling abroad is available on the Department of Foreign Affairs website.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Rules for entering or returning to Northern Ireland from abroad
The following rules for entering or returning to Northern Ireland (NI) from abroad are in place:
The measures you will have to take will depend on the countries you’re travelling from or passing through.
The status of international countries is reviewed every three weeks. However, if cases rise suddenly in a particular country, it may be removed from the green list or added to the red list without notice.
For further information, see:
Travelling to the United States from Ireland
*Update as of October 15, 2021: The US has said that it will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries on 8 November. Click HERE to read more.
To visit DFA.ie for more details, please click HERE.
As of 16 March 2020, with limited exception (detailed below), non-US nationals or permanent residents have not been permitted to travel to the US if they have been in Ireland, the UK, the Schengen zone, Iran, Brazil, or China during the previous 14 days.
US citizens and permanent residents, certain specified close family members of same and certain other limited categories of visas holders (such as UN staff and diplomats) are exempt from these restrictions and can still enter the US, subject to normal requirements. Further details are on the website of the US Embassy in Dublin.
Entry for Green Card and Current Visa Holders (including Student Visas)
While existing Permanent Resident Cards (often called ‘Green Cards’) remain valid, US authorities are not currently issuing new Green Cards or renewing them. Existing visas remain valid as long as the holder remains within the US. Current visa holders based in the US wishing to travel to Ireland or any other country covered by the Presidential Proclamation are strongly advised to check before they travel as to whether they would need an exception to re-enter the US. The US authorities only consider applications for these once you have left the US, so applying before travel is not possible.
Students travelling from Ireland (and the UK and Schengen Area) with valid F-1 and M-1 visas do not need to seek a humanitarian exception to travel.
New Visas and Humanitarian Exceptions
The US authorities are only providing emergency and mission-critical visa services at present and visa appointments remain limited. If you have an urgent need to travel, you can contact the US Embassy in Dublin to ascertain if you might qualify for an economic interest, humanitarian, or other exception. However, the criteria for these exceptions are very strict and you should be ready to provide as much information as possible to support your application if you apply for one.
Testing & Quarantine Requirements
All passengers aged 2 and above travelling internationally to the US are required to provide evidence of a negative pre-departure test result (NAAT or antigen) taken no more than three (3) calendar days prior to travel or documentation from a licensed health care provider / public health official of having recovered from COVID-19 in the 90 days preceding travel.
