Ireland Transit Visa when flying from IND – Abu Dhabi – Dublin – US

12/23/2016 9:01:11 PM

Dublin Airport is one of the rare European airports without an airside international transit area (with a minor exception that doesn’t apply here). Everyone arriving at the airport from another country must clear Irish immigration before continuing onward. For this reason, anyone passing through here must either have a transit or short-stay visa or be exempt.

Regardless of where in the airport you arrive, you will need to make your way to Terminal 2 and the 400 series gates, where the US preclearance facility is located. This official map shows the (slightly confusing) method by which you will transfer from the Terminal 2 arrivals hall to departures. Once you have passed (the apparently pointless) passport control you will be in the departures shopping area and can proceed to US preclearance.

As far as I can tell from the official information, Indian citizens do not need a visa to transit Ireland, provided you do not leave the airport. Timatic also says: “TWOV (Transit Without Visa): Visa required, except for Holders of onward tickets for a max. transit time of 24 hours.” So the airline should not deny boarding.

If you pass through the airport via this method you will not really have the opportunity to leave the airport anyway, so you should have little difficulty at passport control.

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