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Minister Fitzgerald and UK Home Secretary launch landmark British-Irish Visa SchemeFrances Fitzgerald, T.D., Minister for Justice and Equality, together with the United Kingdom Home Secretary Theresa May, has today formally launched the British-Irish Visa Scheme at an event held at the Irish Embassy in London.
The British-Irish Visa Scheme will facilitate nationals requiring a short-stay visa to travel freely within the Common Travel Area using a single visa issued by either Ireland or the UK.
This will mean that tourists, business visitors and other eligible visitors will be able, for the first time, to visit both the UK and Ireland, including moving freely between north and south of the island of Ireland on a single visa.
Но сначала не для всех:
The Minister and Home Secretary announced that from later this month China followed shortly thereafter by India will be the first countries to benefit from the British-Irish Visa Scheme. The final implementation arrangements are being put in place and the Scheme is expected to commence shortly.
Всем остальным можно расслабиться минимум до конца след. года:
Minister Fitzgerald and Home Secretary May have also agreed to review the operation and success of the scheme in China and India in early 2015, and subject to completion of that review, a timetable will be finalised for the rollout of the scheme to all countries by the end of 2015.
Есть, кстати, нюанс, в Ирландиии в след. году типа выборы и по графику к власти должная вернуться основная партия власти, которой визы эти пофигу.
Тем не менее, обещают как отрицательные:
This agreement will underpin the sharing of visa data in tandem with the implementation of new visa arrangements. Ireland will be incorporating the collection of biometrics as part of the Irish visa application process and new systems are being put in place with the UK to facilitate the automated and seamless sharing and cross-checking of information.
(т.е. нужно будет сдавать отпечатки пальцев, соотв. по почте ничего заслать не получится).
так и положительные изменения:
Minister Fitzgerald also indicated that the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of her Department and the UK Home Office have agreed for Ireland to share the UK’s worldwide network of Visa Application Centres. These centres, of which there are over 200 around the world, will now also provide services to Irish visa applicants such as lodging of applications, courier services, informational services and online payment of visa fees.