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🇬🇧 United Kingdom: visa questions, answered
What other travellers asked about getting into United Kingdom, and what Visafar's checked rules say. Traveller answers are their own experience and are reviewed before they appear; answers marked Visafar cite the official source. The official source and the border officer decide.
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VisafarCan nationals of India or China visit United Kingdom with an Irish visa?
Yes, if your passport alone would need a visa, United Kingdom lets you in visa-free for up to 90 days when you hold an Irish visa.
- British-Irish Visa Scheme (BIVS), in reverse. The Irish short-stay visa must be endorsed 'BIVS'.
- You must have entered Ireland on that visa first.
- The Irish visa must be a short-stay visit, tourist, conference/event or business visa, applied for at a UK-Ireland visa application centre in India or China, for a stay of 90 days or fewer.
- You may stay in the UK until your Irish permission to land ends (the stamp in your passport, not the dates on the visa), and may not work.
Checked against the official source 25 September 2026 · Official source ↗ · Check it for your passport →
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