Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 26th January, 2018.

I, CHARLES FLANAGAN, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 17 of the Immigration Act 2004 (No. 1 of 2004) (as adapted by the Justice and Law Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 138 of 2011 )), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (Amendment) Order 2018.

(2) This Order comes into operation on 31 January 2018.

2. In this Order, “Order of 2014” means the Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) Order 2014 ( S.I. No. 473 of 2014 ) (as amended by the Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (Amendment) Order 2015 ( S.I. No. 175 of 2015 ), the Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 ( S.I. No. 513 of 2015 ), the Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (Amendment) Order 2016 ( S.I. No. 502 of 2016 ) and the Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (Amendment) Order 2017 ( S.I. No. 264 of 2017 )).

3. The Order of 2014 is amended—

(a) in Article 3(b) —

(i) in subparagraph (iv), by the substitution of “New York Convention, or” for “New York Convention,”,

(ii) in subparagraph (v), by the substitution of “Schedule 2;” for “Schedule 2, or,”, and

(iii) by the deletion of subparagraph (vi),

(b) in Schedule 1, by the insertion of “United Arab Emirates” after “Tuvalu”,

(c) in Schedule 2, by the deletion of “United Arab Emirates”, and

(d) in Schedule 3, by the deletion of “United Arab Emirates”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 January 2018.

CHARLES FLANAGAN,

Minister for Justice and Equality.