Students:
The following information outlines the minimum documentation you must submit with your application.
The Application Form should be submitted along with ALL supporting documentation.
Original documents are required and must be in ENGLISH or accompanied by a notarised translation of same. All documents must be clearly legible.The Visa Officer will need to easily identify what they are and to whom they refer.
From the 14th July, 2008, all student visa applications should contain a copy of an Electronic Transfer of Funds from the applicant to the Irish Bank of the college, showing details of beneficiary's name, address, bank details and the same details for sender. We would hope that the fees would be returned to the applicant if the visa is refused.
Any unsigned declarations, false information, forged or fraudulent documentation will result in the refusal of your application and no appeal will be permitted.
The onus is on you, the applicant, to satisfy the Visa Officer that a visa should be granted.
The granting of a Student Visa does not entitle you to have any person, whether related to you or not, to join or visit you in Ireland.
In applying for a Student Visa you must be able to show that:
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You are enrolled on a privately funded course involving at least 15 hours of organised daytime tuition each week
- You have paid the requisite fees to the college
- You have the academic ability to follow your chosen course.
- You have a level of English language sufficient to do so (except in the case of an application which is solely for an English language course)
- You have immediate access to at least €7,000. This is the estimated cost of living in Ireland for a student for one academic year.
- You must also demonstrate that you or your sponsor has ready access to an amount of at least €7,000 for each subsequent year of your studies, in addition to the course fees for each of those years.
- You have private medical insurance.
- You can account for any gaps in your educational history.
- Your intention is to return to your country of permanent residence following completion of your studies in Ireland
There now follows an explanation of what will be accepted as evidence for the above requirements. Please ensure you read this carefully and submit ALL documents with your application. Again, it is important that these are original, clearly legible documents, in English, or accompanied by a notarised translation. They should clearly indicate what they are and to whom they refer.
List of all universities in Ireland:
- Dublin City University
- National University of Ireland
- University College Cork
- University College Dublin
- National University of Ireland, Galway
- National University of Ireland, Maynooth
- University of Limerick
- University of Dublin
- Trinity College, Dublin
- St. Angela's College, Sligo
- Church of Ireland College of Education
- Froebel College of Education
- Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
- Mater Dei Institute of Education
- St Patrick's College of Education (Drumcondra)
- Ballsbridge College of FE
- Ballyfermot College of Further Education
- Cavan Institute
- Cork College of Commerce
- Inchicore College of Further Education
- Senior College Dun Laoghaire
- All Hallows College
- Burren College of Art
- Dublin Business School
- Free University of Ireland
- The Gaiety School of Acting
- Griffith College Cork
- Griffith College Dublin
- Griffith College Limerick
- King's Inns
- Irish Bible Institute
- Irish School of Ecumenics
- Mid West Business Institute
- Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy
- National College of Art and Design
- National College of Ireland
- St Patrick's College, Maynooth
- St. Patrick's, Carlow College
- Royal Irish Academy of Music
- Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Tipperary Institute
- Turning Point (institute)
- Athlone Institute of Technology
- Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown
- Institute of Technology, Carlow
- Cork Institute of Technology
- Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
- Dundalk Institute of Technology
- Limerick Institute of Technology
- Institute of Technology, Sligo
- Institute of Technology, Tallaght
- Institute of Technology, Tralee
- Waterford Institute of Technology
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
- Dublin Institute of Technology
- Garda Síochána College
- Irish Management Institute
- Curragh Camp
- National Ambulance Service College