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travelling to Belfast with friend help!

  • 04-07-2012 10:13am
    #1
    Tiipii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    Hey next month sometime I will be hopefully traveling to Belfast with my friend. The only thing is he is a chinese national studying in Ireland (with an irish visa of course).
    we will be traveling up to Belfast by train, but I was wondering does he need to get a visa for UK to visit Belfast for 2 days?
    I was told by friends that he doesn't need visa to travel up from Ireland.
    Just asking here because Im sure there is some very smart, well traveled minds here :)
    Hope someone can help.
    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    I think there have been similar questions before so do a search on here, I'm not sure of the answer myself though. Ring the UK embassy?


  • #3
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    Heres what an Irish government advice document says
    Q - Will an Irish visa allow me to travel to Northern Ireland?

    A - No – If you wish to travel to Northern Ireland you will require a UK Visa.

    If you are travelling to the Republic of Ireland, and you intend to also visit Northern Ireland and return to the Republic, you must obtain a multiple-entry Irish visa and a UK visa.

    If your main destination is Northern Ireland but you arrive in, and depart from the Republic of Ireland, you must first obtain a UK visa, and then a multi-entry Irish visa.

    Northern Ireland consists of Counties Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Fermanagh and Tyrone.
    from : http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Will%20an%20Irish%20visa%20allow%20me%20to%20travel%20to%20Northern%20Ireland


  • #4
    Tiipii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭Tiipii


    Thanks very much for the info. hopefully can get a visa quick for him so :D


  • #5
    chaoclive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭chaoclive


    know it's been a while, but how did the 2 day UK visa work out?


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