GEN 1.3  Entry, transit and departure of passengers and crew

1.   Customs Requirements

1.1. No declaration is generally required in respect of any baggage of passengers whose journey and flight originated in the EU. However goods that are liable to prohibitions or restriction, and excisable products imported for commercial purposes, must be declared to customs on arrival from other EU Member States.
1.2. Regarding accompanied baggage:
Other than that provided for at GEN 1.3 1.1 above, no written declaration is required. Articles belonging to disembarking passengers are immediately released after clearance by Customs authorities.
Regarding mishandled baggage, where a passenger arrives on a flight from a third country without his/her baggage due to it having been mishandled or misdirected, he/she must complete a Declaration for Mishandled or Delayed Baggage (available from Customs at the airport of arrival or at www.revenue.ie) and present it to the airline company. This form will be presented to Revenue by the airline upon locating the missing baggage and this acts as the declaration.
1.2.1. No customs formalities are normally required on departure, with the exception of goods that are liable to prohibitions or restriction which must be declared.

2.   Immigration Requirements

2.1. Passengers Arriving
2.1.1. Every Person landing in Ireland with the exception laid out in GEN1.3 2.1.2 must produce to an Immigration Officer at the aerodrome of arrival a valid passport or other recognised travel document. In the case of EU/EEA citizens, a national identity document will be accepted in lieu of a travel document.
2.1.2. A citizen from Ireland or the UK travelling within the Common Travel Area (CTA) is not required to produce a travel document to Immigration. Please note a person born in the UK or Ireland may not hold UK or Irish citizenship.
2.1.3. Details of persons required to have an Irish visa, and those qualifying for exemptions, are set out in S.I. No. 473 of 2014. A citizen of the following countries arriving in the State does not require a valid Irish visa but must be in possession of a valid passport or national identity document establishing the person's nationality and identity:
AndorraEstoniaMacau (Special Administrative Region)San Marino
Antigua & BarbudaFijiSeychelles
ArgentinaFinlandMalawiSingapore
AustraliaFranceMalaysiaSlovak Republic
AustriaGermanyMaldives Slovenia
BahamasGreeceMaltaSolomon Islands
BarbadosGrenadaMexicoSouth Africa
BelgiumGuatemalaMonacoSouth Korea
BelizeGuyanaNauruSpain
BoliviaHondurasNetherlandsSwaziland
BotswanaHong Kong (Special Administrative Region)New ZealandSweden
BrazilNicaraguaSwitzerland
BruneiHungaryNorwayTaiwan
BulgariaIcelandPanamaTonga
CanadaIsraelParaguayTrinidad & Tobago
ChileItalyPolandTuvalu
Costa RicaJapanPortugalUnited Kingdom & British Overseas Territories & Crown Dependencies
CroatiaKiribatiRomania
CyprusLatviaSaint Kitts & Nevis
Czech RepLesothoSaint LuciaUnited States of America
DenmarkLiechtensteinSaint Vincent &
The Grenadines		Uruguay
DominicaLithuaniaVanuatu
El SalvadorLuxembourgSamoaVatican City
2.1.4. Transit Visas:

Are required by citizens of:

Afghanistan, Albania, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Moldova, Nigeria, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe,

2.1.5. Landing Card:

Landing cards are not required for citizens of the EU/European Economic Area (EEA). Persons of other nationalities may be asked to complete a Landing Card.

2.1.6. Registration:

All non-EU/EEA citizens who intend to stay longer than 3 months are required to register with the Garda Siochana (Police) in the area in which they reside.

2.2. Passengers Departing

There are no systematic exit controls on persons leaving Ireland.

2.3. Entry, Transit and Departure of Crew

A member of the crew of an aircraft is required to be in possession of either a passport, crew licence or crew member certificate. The same visa regulations apply to crew members (See Travel Information Manual).

3.   PUBLIC HEALTH

3.1 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No 411 of 2009, INFECTIOUS DISEASES (AIRCRAFT) REGULATIONS which conform to the standards set down by the International Health Regulations as adopted by the World Health Assembly on 23 May 2005. These Regulations authorise measure to be taken with a view to the prevention of danger to public health in relation to incoming or outgoing aircraft, its passengers; and or crew; and or conditions on board; they lay down the form of Declaration of Health to be completed by the Commander of an aircraft in certain circumstances; they impose restrictions on boarding or leaving an aircraft in certain circumstances.

Provision is made for the detention and inspection of an infected or suspected aircraft; the placing under surveillance of a person(s) from an affected area; the removal of an infected person (s) from an aircraft; and the application of such additional measures applicable to infectious diseases that are of public health concern subject to the International Health Regulations.

Provision is made also for changes for certain services and for expenses of the Health Services Executive enforcing the Regulations.

3.2 Responsibilities of Crew and Commander
  1. A crew member of an aircraft, who becomes aware of a person on board the aircraft who is suffering from an infectious disease or who has symptoms which may indicate the presence of an infectious disease, to include Cholera, Pneumonic Plague, Yellow Fever, Viral haemorrhagic fevers, West Nile fever, Smallpox, Polio myelitis due to wild type poliovirus, human influenza caused by a new sub-type. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) Dengue fever, Rift Valley fever and meningococcal disease and any other infectious disease in respect of a person on board an aircraft originating in, coming from, or having passed through an area where any of those infectious diseases are of special national or regional concern and any other infectious disease which is of public health concern and of international importance shall report the details to the commander.
  2. On receipt of a report under the paragraph (a) the commander shall report the details promptly by radio via Air Traffic Control who in turn shall report immediately to the designated airport officer.
  3. Once the details have been reported to the designated airport officer, no person shall be allowed to disembark or board the aircraft unless cleared to do so by the medical officer of health.
  4. Where appropriate, the medical officer of health may give such clearance verbally.