The UK Government said the new requirement would be smooth, light-touch, and aims to 'strengthen our border'.
The Government appears to have abandoned plans that would have required non-Irish nationals permanently resident in Ireland to apply for a visa waiver to travel to Northern Ireland.
The UK Government has said the new requirement would be smooth, light-touch, and would aim to "strengthen our border".The scheme, which is similar to the visa waiver system used in the US, would result in short-term non-visa visitors to the UK applying for an Electronic Travel Authorisation and providing biometric data.
But non-Irish EU citizens and other international passport holders, including those who live permanently south of the border, would have had to apply for the visa waiver. The UK Government said in a statement that "individuals arriving in the UK via Ireland, will still be subject to UK immigration requirements, including the need for visitors to have an ETA".
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