Meaning of "visa policy of Ireland grants visa-free entry to all Schengen Annex II nationalities"
I am travelling to Ireland and I was wondering whether I can use my Irish visa to also enter France. From this similar question I see that I must get a separate visa for entering Ireland even if I have a Schengen visa and vise versa. What confuses me is the following sentence from Wikipedia:
Visa policy of Ireland is similar to the visa policy of the Schengen Area. It grants visa-free entry to all Schengen Annex II nationalities, except for ...
What does this mean?
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"Annex II" refers to Annex II of the EU regulation 539/2001
Specifically "Schengen Annex II nationalities" refers to citizens from one of the countries contained in this section of that document.
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Is Ireland visa a Schengen visa?
Ireland is not part of the Schengen Area, which means that if you travel to the Schengen Area from Ireland, you pass through an immigration checkpoint and have to show your passport or national identity card. The following European Union countries are not part of the Schengen Area: Bulgaria. Croatia.Is Ireland Schengen or non Schengen?
Ireland is not part of the Schengen zone, but it is an EU member country.What is an Irish re entry visa?
A minor needs a re-entry visa to leave Ireland for a short period (usually up to 90 days) and then return again, for example, to go on holiday with their parents.What is the meaning of Schengen?
Schengen is a European zone consisting of 26 countries, which have abolished internal borders. Instead, these countries altogether have focused on the strengthening of external borders.THE SCHENGEN ZONE TRAVEL EXPLAINED - DIGITAL NOMAD TV
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