Dublin Transit visa for Sri Lankan citizens

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The bad news is that Sri Lanka is on the "blacklist" of countries whose citizens need visas even for immediate transfers.

Transit Visa

Nationals of the following states or territorial entities are required to be in possession of a valid Irish transit visa when arriving at a port in the State for purposes of passing through the port in order to travel to another state.

Sri Lanka

This appears to apply even if your partner has a long-term UK visa:

If you are a citizen of a country whose nationals need a visa to enter Ireland and you have a valid UK visa or residence permit, you may be required to have a valid visa before you arrive in Ireland.

Which means that if I'm reading the CTA rules right, your partner would not need a visa to enter Ireland from the UK for as long as he likes, but he still needs one to transit from Abu Dhabi via Ireland to the UK! I'd recommend checking with the Irish embassy, because that sounds pretty crazy even by the low standards of immigration bureaucracy.

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