Common Travel Area

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The Common Travel Area is a long-standing arrangement that allows free movement and associated rights for people between the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands without routine passport controls.

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Label Occurrences
Common Travel Area canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border control arrangement
travel area
allows free movement of people
travel without routine passport controls
appliesTo British citizens
Irish citizens
borderType soft land border on the island of Ireland
characteristic based largely on domestic legislation and bilateral understandings
external border controls coordinated by members
no routine immigration controls for internal journeys
not a supranational legal entity
country Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
surface form: Channel Islands

Ireland
Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man

United Kingdom
excludes Schengen Area membership
grantsRight access to education (subject to domestic law)
access to social benefits (subject to domestic law)
right to reside
right to work
voting rights in certain elections (subject to domestic law)
hasAbbreviation CTA
hasMember Guernsey
surface form: Bailiwick of Guernsey

Jersey
surface form: Bailiwick of Jersey

Guernsey
Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man

Jersey
Republic of Ireland
United Kingdom
includesJurisdiction Guernsey
surface form: Bailiwick of Guernsey

Jersey
surface form: Bailiwick of Jersey

Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
surface form: Channel Islands

Ireland
Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man

United Kingdom
isDistinctFrom European Union free movement regime
language English
legalBasisIncludes Irish immigration and citizenship legislation
Immigration Act 1971
surface form: UK Immigration Act 1971
maintainedAfterEvent Brexit
United Kingdom joining the European Communities
partition of Ireland
officialName Common Travel Area self-link
precededBy pre-World War I free movement between islands of Britain and Ireland
purpose facilitate movement of people between the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands
relatedAgreement Good Friday Agreement
surface form: British–Irish Agreement 1998

Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Ireland on the Common Travel Area and associated reciprocal rights 2019
startTime 1920s

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British–Irish relations influencedBy Common Travel Area
Common Travel Area officialName Common Travel Area self-link