Common Travel Area , CTA (Abkürzung)

Ireland, along with the UK, is a member of the Common Travel Area.

Irish citizens (because of the Common Travel Area provisions)

Jersey belongs to the Common Travel Area.

Its called the UK/Ireland common travel area.

Instead, a Common Travel Area exists between the two states and the Crown Dependencies.

In 2011, the first public agreement between the British and Irish governments concerning the maintenance of the Common Travel Area was published.

The Common Travel Area has meant that Ireland has been required to follow changes in British immigration policy.

The agreement also mooted the possibility of "Common Travel Area visit visa" including the possibility of a pilot project.

It is part of the Common Travel Area, allowing passport-free travel to and from the United Kingdom.

All British citizens are entitled to enter Ireland without the need to carry a valid travel document, on account of the Common Travel Area agreement.

The United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and Ireland are part of the Common Travel Area.

There are no routine immigration checks on travellers arriving in the Isle of Man from another part of the Common Travel Area.

If the United Kingdom or Ireland were to join Schengen, the Common Travel Area would come to an end.

(Ireland and the UK remained outside the Schengen agreement, see Common Travel Area for details)

The Common Travel Area was suspended on the outbreak of war in 1939, when travel restrictions were introduced between Great Britain and Ireland.

Immigration control within the United Kingdom is managed within a wider Common Travel Area (CTA).

There are similarities between the Nordic Passport Union and the Common Travel Area in the British Isles.

While both states are outside the European Union's Schengen Area, they do share the Common Travel Area, resulting in an essentially open border.

The Common Travel Areas is not founded on any formal agreement between Ireland and the United Kingdom and is not provided for in legislation.

The status of the Common Travel Area between a UK outside the EU and an Ireland continuing as a member remains to be clarified.

While the protocol applies unconditionally to the United Kingdom, it only applies to Ireland while the Common Travel Area is maintained.

Consequently, though it lies within the Common Travel Area of the European Union, it is not part of the European Union.

The special status of Irish citizens in the UK comes from section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 1971, the legislative basis for the Common Travel Area.

In July 2008, the British and Irish governments announced their intent to resume controls over their common border and the Common Travel Area in general.

The Republic of Ireland is classed as being part of the Common Travel Area of the UK so you do not need a passport to enter.