Three euro amounts turn up on nearly every page about the Ireland student visa, usually run together as though they were one requirement. They are not. One is money you must hand over to an Irish college before you are allowed to apply. One is money you only have to prove you can reach. The third is a condition that Ireland’s own immigration service states on one page and leaves off the checklist on another.
Getting them mixed up is expensive, because the first of the three is irreversible. Roughly ₹6.6 lakh goes to a college in Ireland, and only then do you find out whether you are getting in. This page separates the three, sources each where it originates, and gives you the real refusal reasons and the actual decision numbers from the Irish parliamentary record.
One thing to settle first. The Republic of Ireland is a separate country from Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom and runs on UK visas. And Ireland is in the European Union but not in the Schengen Area. An Irish study visa will not take you to France or Germany.
What is the Ireland student visa, and how is it different from the Stamp 2 permission you get after you land?
They are two separate permissions and you need both. The visa is a sticker in your passport that lets you travel to Ireland. Stamp 2 is the permission to actually live and study there, and you only get it after you arrive.
If your course runs longer than three months, the thing you apply for from India is a long stay ‘D’ study visa. Immigration Service Delivery, or ISD, is the Irish government body that runs all of this, and it is unusually blunt about what that sticker buys you.
An Irish visa allows you to travel to Ireland. It does not give you permission to enter the country. You can be refused entry even if you have a visa.
Immigration Service Delivery, How to apply for long term study visa
When you land, an immigration officer decides whether to let you in and stamps your passport. That landing stamp gives you 90 days to register, which is when you are granted Stamp 2 and issued an Irish Residence Permit, the plastic card everyone calls the IRP.
Your course also has to be on an approved list, and a real change has happened here recently. The Interim List of Eligible Programmes, known as the ILEP, is being retired and replaced by a statutory quality mark called TrustEd Ireland, awarded by Quality and Qualifications Ireland.
The ILEP is closed. Providers without programmes currently listed in the ILEP must have gained TrustEd Ireland authorisation before recruiting non-EEA nationals.
Immigration Service Delivery, Interim List of Eligible Programmes (ILEP), page updated 6 February 2026
The final ILEP update was published on 20 June 2025. There are now two lists, and ISD says a programme will not appear on both. You have to check both. A course on neither list does not get Stamp 2 at all. It gets Stamp 2A, which allows you to study and forbids you from working.
How much money do you have to show for an Ireland student visa, and when does each amount have to be there?
Here is each amount with the rule as the Irish government words it, and the moment in the process where it bites.
| Amount | What it actually is | When | Roughly in rupees |
|---|---|---|---|
| €10,000 | Living costs you must prove you can reach. You do not spend it or send it anywhere | Evidenced with your visa application, and again for every later year of the course | 10.99 lakh |
| €6,000 | Tuition you must have actually paid to the Irish college. If the whole fee is under €6,000, you pay the whole fee | Paid before you are allowed to apply, and again before each registration or renewal | 6.59 lakh |
| €3,000 | Money a degree student should have access to at first registration, on top of fees. Ireland’s own two pages disagree on whether a visa applicant has to evidence it | At first registration in Ireland, if asked | 3.3 lakh |
Rupee figures use the European Central Bank euro reference rate of INR 109.8650 to the euro on 24 July 2026. Your bank’s own rate and its markup will change what you actually pay.
The €10,000 you show but never spend
For all academic courses due to begin after 1 July 2023, you must show evidence that you have immediate access to at least €10,000. This is the estimated cost of living in Ireland for a student for one academic year.
Immigration Service Delivery, Information on Student Finances, page updated 30 June 2025
If your course runs longer than a year, you have to show a further €10,000 for each subsequent year, plus the fees for those years. The threshold that decides which figure applies is eight months of residence. A course resulting in a stay of eight months or less needs €833 a month or €6,665 in total, whichever works out lower.
How you show it matters as much as the amount. A large balance that appeared last week will not do. ISD wants a bank statement covering six months of money going in and out, on the bank’s headed paper, with your name, address, account number and account type visible. Internet printouts are accepted only if every page is notarised by the bank and comes with a letter confirming they are genuine. Handwritten entries are not accepted. Credit cards are not accepted as evidence of finances.
Then there is the sentence that decides a lot of Indian applications, because a property sale or a loan disbursement is exactly how the money usually arrives.
Any large or irregular lodgements (for example, student loans, lodgement of Savings Certificates, the sale of a property or any similar type sources) must be fully explained.
Immigration Service Delivery, Information on Student Finances
If a parent or relative is funding you, they are a sponsor and they file their own set. Six months of their statements, an employer letter with three recent payslips or a business registration certificate, and documents proving your relationship to them.
Bank statements are not the only route. Students on a degree programme at NFQ Level 7 to 10 can replace the bank statements with an education bond of at least €10,000 lodged with an approved student fees payment service. The bond is held from the visa application until you register in Ireland, then released to you.
The €6,000 leaves your account before Ireland decides
ISD words this one as an obligation.
Where the course fees are less than €6,000, you must pay fees in full to the college before to applying for your visa. Where the course fees are more than €6,000, you must pay at least this amount before applying for your visa. Evidence of this should be visible in your Letter of Acceptance. This minimum amount is an immigration requirement.
Immigration Service Delivery, How to apply for long term study visa
The money has to move by electronic transfer to the college’s Irish bank account, or through an approved fees payment service, and the amount paid has to show on your letter of acceptance. The balance of the fee is a matter between you and the college. Take a one-year taught masters costing €18,000. You transfer €6,000, about ₹6.59 lakh, and that money is gone before you apply. The other €12,000 is owed to the university on whatever schedule it sets, and the visa office does not ask about it.
If you are refused, Ireland caps how long the college can sit on your money.
If your visa application is refused or you are refused entry into Ireland, your refund request must be processed within 20 working days.
Immigration Service Delivery, Frequently asked questions for students
Every approved provider must publish a refund policy, must tell you every cost before you enrol, and cannot accept fees in cash. Read that policy before you transfer anything, because the portion the college may keep varies.
The €3,000 is real, and Ireland’s own two pages disagree about it
ISD’s page on student permission tells a degree student this.
You must have access to €3,000 at first registration. This is in addition to your course fees.
Immigration Service Delivery, Student Permission
The page listing what you must physically bring to your registration appointment says something else, and the finances page repeats it.
If you need a visa to come to Ireland, you do not need proof of finance after you arrive here. Your ability to support yourself on arrival in the State is checked during the visa application process.
Immigration Service Delivery, Required Documents
Indian nationals need a visa. That second sentence is about you. The Stamp 2 checklist on that same page asks a degree student for a passport, an enrolment letter, proof of fees paid, scholarship proof if any, and medical insurance. The €3,000 is not on it, and both pages are live.
Its wording is “access to €3,000”, and no ISD page mentions an Irish bank account. The condition is attached to first registration and to no later year. Keep €3,000 reachable and be ready to evidence it.
What does an Ireland student visa cost, and what else do you pay?
The visa fee is €60 or €100 depending on how many entries you ask for. ISD publishes the schedule in euro, but the Embassy of Ireland charges Indian applicants a fixed rupee amount that does not track the daily exchange rate.
| Charge | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Single entry visa, charged in India | ₹5,300 | €60 on the official schedule |
| Multi entry visa, charged in India | ₹9,000 | €100 on the official schedule |
| VFS Global service charges | Not published | The Embassy states only that additional VFS charges apply |
| IRP registration, paid in Ireland | €300 (about ₹32,960) | Per person, card only, no cash accepted |
| IRP renewal, each year | €300 | There is no student discount |
The fee pays for a decision either way. ISD states that it “cannot be refunded if your application is refused or withdrawn”, and the Embassy says the same about the VFS charges. India is not on Ireland’s list of fee-exempt nationalities, and claiming an exemption you are not entitled to gets the application refused outright.
The choice between single and multi entry deserves more thought than the ₹3,700 difference suggests. A single entry visa is used up the moment you land. Until your IRP card physically arrives, which takes around ten working days after your registration appointment, you have nothing else that lets you back into Ireland.
If you plan to leave Ireland and return within a few months of your arrival we recommend that you apply for a multi entry visa. This will eliminate the need to apply for another visa from abroad, in the event of your IRP card not being received prior to your departure.
Immigration Service Delivery, Single/Multiple Visas
You cannot upgrade later, and if you apply for multi entry and are granted a single, the difference is not refunded.
Which documents does the Irish visa office actually ask an Indian student for?
ISD publishes the list in full. What follows is that list with the specific condition attached to each item, because the conditions are where files fall down.
| Document | The condition that matters |
|---|---|
| Passport | Valid at least 12 months after your planned arrival date, with two empty visa pages. Photocopies of every page of all previous passports |
| Photographs | Two, colour. The New Delhi checklist says not older than 3 months. Sign the back and write your AVATS transaction number on it |
| Letter of acceptance | Must be unconditional, must confirm at least 15 hours of organised daytime tuition each week, and must state the fee payable and the fee already paid |
| Proof of fee payment | Electronic transfer to the college’s Irish bank account, or a receipt from an approved fees payment service |
| Bank statements | Six months, applicant and sponsor, on headed paper, every large deposit explained |
| Summary of Finances form | Mandatory for every long stay study visa applicant |
| Application letter | Must explain why the course does not follow on from your education or work history, and must contain your written commitment to obey the conditions, not rely on public services, and leave before your permission expires |
| Account for education gaps | Every gap since your last full-time education, with your full employment history |
| English test certificate | Issued within 2 years of your course start date |
| Previous visa refusals | Every refusal from every country, with the original refusal letter |
| Private medical insurance | Required. Your college may arrange it, in which case your acceptance letter must say so |
The English requirement carries one number that is routinely confused with another. For visa purposes the minimum is IELTS Academic 5.0 for a degree, masters or PhD, with PTE Academic 30, TOEFL iBT 61 or Duolingo 75 as equivalents. That is the immigration floor. Irish universities routinely ask for 6.0 or 6.5, and ISD says plainly that the standard set by your college “may be different”.
The formalities are strict and they are applied. Originals only. Nothing on a USB stick, memory card or CD, and nothing shared through Dropbox. Anything not in English or Irish needs a certified translation, and the Embassy adds that self-translation is not accepted. Letters from any company or institution must be on original headed paper carrying a landline number, since mobile numbers are not accepted, an email address that is not Yahoo or Hotmail, a named contact, and a handwritten signature. Electronic signatures are not accepted.
One item carries a consequence bigger than the others. Undisclosed refusals surface through the copies of your old passports, and ISD phrases the outcome as a certainty.
If you have been refused a visa in the past for any country, you must provide the details in your current application. You must also provide the original letter issued to you by the authorities of that country. Not disclosing any previous visa refusals will result in your application being refused.
Immigration Service Delivery, How to apply for long term study visa
How do you apply for an Ireland student visa from India, step by step?
Ireland does not issue eVisas. An Indian resident starts online and finishes in person, and cannot complete any of it by post or email.
- Fill in the AVATS form online. AVATS is the Automated Visa Application and Tracking System, the Irish government’s own application facility. Answer every question fully, because contradictions between the form and your documents are a named refusal reason.
- Print, sign and date the Summary Application Form that AVATS produces at the end. The online submission on its own is not an application, and the printed form tells you where your documents have to go.
- Book a VFS Global appointment at your nearest Visa Application Centre and pay the visa fee to VFS at the time of booking.
- Attend in person and give your biometrics. The Embassy states that residents of India aged five or over must provide biometrics at the centre. Nobody can do this step on your behalf.
- Lodge your passport and your document pack at the centre. VFS couriers them to the Embassy of Ireland in New Delhi, the office that decides applications from India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Your passport stays with the visa office while the application is considered.
There is a deadline inside this sequence that is easy to miss. Your signed form and documents must reach the visa office within 30 days of creating the AVATS application, and ISD will not begin processing until everything has arrived.
The in-person biometric step is also your protection against a scam the Embassy itself warns about.
If you are resident in India, you must attend a VFS centre, in-person, to provide your biometrics. If you are resident in India but received a visa from an agent without attending a VFS centre, then the visa is a forgery.
Embassy of Ireland, New Delhi, Visas for Ireland
The Embassy adds that there is no requirement to use a third-party agent at all.
How long does an Ireland student visa take from India?
The Embassy of Ireland in New Delhi publishes a target of four to eight weeks for a study visa decision, against a general ISD figure of approximately eight weeks. The Embassy’s target is the one that governs Indian applicants.
That band counts only the working days your file spends at the Embassy. It excludes the wait for a VFS appointment, both courier legs, and the return delivery to your address, which in practice adds two to three weeks at either end.
ISD says you may apply up to three months before you travel, and the Embassy’s own study checklist allows four months for study applications specifically.
Applications submitted less than 3 weeks prior to the course start date cannot be guaranteed a decision. Applications will be processed in chronological order so apply in good time.
Embassy of Ireland, New Delhi, Processing times and decisions
There is no way to buy your way forward. The Embassy does not expedite applications except for genuine emergencies such as a hospitalisation or a bereavement, and it asks applicants not to email for status updates.
The Embassy recommends that applicants resident in India submit DigiLocker documents wherever possible, because verifiable documents avoid the in-depth checks that stall a file. It may also ring you for a credibility interview, and it publishes decisions each morning by about 11am India time, listed by application number. Keep the Embassy’s number saved and answer unknown Delhi numbers while your application is live.
Why do Irish study visas actually get refused, and what are the real reason codes?
In June 2026 the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration answered a written parliamentary question with the actual decision counts.
| Long stay ‘D’ study visas | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Received | 24,159 | 31,104 | 26,254 |
| Granted | 17,071 | 20,015 | 17,260 |
| Refused | 5,511 | 7,849 | 10,309 |
| Refused share of decisions (our calculation) | 24.4% | 28.2% | 37.4% |
We calculated the last row ourselves. It divides refusals by the total of refusals and grants, which is the fair way to read it, because the Minister’s own footnote warns that “a decision made in a particular year may relate to an application received in a previous year”. These are first-instance decisions, so anything later overturned on appeal is not counted. Put plainly, about one decision in four ended in refusal in 2023, and closer to two in five did by 2025.
The same answer shows that India is the single largest source of Irish study visa applications in every year on record, with 11,135 in 2025 against China’s 3,435.
What no Irish government source publishes is a refusal rate for Indian students specifically. Study decisions are published by category with all nationalities combined, and nationality data is published split only into short-term and long-term, which lumps study together with work and family visas. The two sets never meet, which is why a precise “Ireland student visa rejection rate for Indians” quoted anywhere cannot have come from an Irish government source.
The reasons, on the other hand, are published. Ireland’s immigration service issued a document titled Explanation of Reasons for Refusal of Visa, dated 29 April 2013, setting out the codes that appear on a refusal letter. It is no longer hosted on the current website, so treat it as the last published version and not a guaranteed description of a 2026 letter. These are the codes a student file attracts.
| Code | What it means, in the immigration service’s own words |
|---|---|
| SP | Student Profile. Insufficient English; “previous educational or employment background is at odds with course applied for”; “gaps in education or employment not accounted for”; course does not meet student visa requirements |
| F | Finances. No evidence shown, evidence “insufficient or incomplete (e.g. no contact details for bank, poor quality documents)”, or the finances shown were judged insufficient |
| ID | Insufficient documentation. Missing documents, an incomplete or unsigned form, or documents not translated |
| OB | Obligation to return home not shown. “No social, economic or professional ties in home country shown” |
| OC | Observe the conditions. The officer is not satisfied you will keep to the visa’s purpose and duration, or that you will not overstay or work illegally |
| INCO | Inconsistencies. “Contradictions in the information supplied e.g. dates / residence / occupation / finances” |
| VR | Previous visa refusals |
| P | Passport. Specifically expiry within 12 months of arrival where you are coming to work or study, or an unsigned passport |
| SCH | Profile of the school, or visas not currently being issued for that school |
Three details in that document contradict what circulates online, and you can check each against the source. There is no code called FP; the two public-cost codes are PF for public funds and PR for public resources. OB covers your ties to India, while money is F. And P covers expiry or an unsigned passport, nothing wider.
What can you do if your Ireland student visa is refused?
You get a refusal letter setting out the reasons, and it tells you whether you may appeal. An appeal is free. You have two months from the date on the letter, and the deadline is the date the appeal arrives with the visa appeals officer, not the date you post it.
You get one appeal per application. The appeals officer looks at your original application together with whatever you add. The appeal letter has to answer the stated reasons directly rather than resubmit the same file. Include your full name, postal address, personal email and your visa application transaction number, explain in detail why the decision should change, and sign and date it. Do not send your passport unless the refusal letter tells you to.
The alternative is to apply again, which you may do immediately, paying the fee again. Which route is faster depends on where you are. The Embassy of Ireland in New Delhi publishes a three-month target for a study appeal, while a fresh application targets four to eight weeks. If the refusal turned on something you can now evidence properly, a new application is usually quicker.
If you submitted false or misleading information, you may lose the right to appeal altogether and may be blocked from an Irish visa for up to five years. And a change that took effect on 1 June 2026 removed appeals for most short stay ‘C’ visa refusals, though the Department of Justice confirmed at the time that the right of appeal “will continue to apply to all long stay (type D) visa refusals”, including long-term study visas. A course of 90 days or less is a ‘C’ visa and no longer carries that right.
What can you actually do on Stamp 2 once you are in Ireland?
Stamp 2 lets you study full time on an approved course and work a limited number of hours. It does not let you use public services, run a business, or freelance.
Register within 90 days of arriving. Since January 2025 the Garda National Immigration Bureau no longer does this, and Burgh Quay in Dublin is now the single nationwide registration office. A student in Cork or Galway travels to Dublin for the first appointment. You cannot book before you land, and booking inside the 90 days is what protects you, even if the appointment itself falls later.
Once you have successfully booked an appointment within the 90 days of arrival, this will be sufficient to remain in the state until the date of your appointment.
Immigration Service Delivery, Frequently asked questions for Registration
Booking is free, and ISD warns that anyone charging for an appointment slot is running a scam. Do not leave Ireland before that appointment either, because a visa-required national who goes home in the gap cannot get back in without a fresh entry visa.
The work concession comes with fixed calendar dates.
Yes, you can work up to 20 hours per week during term time. During June, July, August and September, and between 15 December and 15 January, you can work up to 40 hours per week.
Immigration Service Delivery, Frequently asked questions for students
ISD fixes those months centrally, whatever your university’s own calendar says. A semester that finishes in the middle of May still leaves you on 20 hours until the first of June. The concession covers casual employment only, and it applies only if your course is at NFQ Level 7 or above and runs for at least a year. A course placement that carries credits and forms part of your award is treated differently and may exceed 20 hours.
The permission also carries limits that decide how far it can take you.
- You may spend a maximum of seven years in Ireland on student permissions, counted across Stamp 2, 2A, 1A and 1G together, rising to eight where your award is at Level 9 or above. Any earlier study in Ireland counts towards it.
- You must show academic progression every year, and progression only goes upwards. You cannot move from a masters back down to a bachelor’s.
- Time on Stamp 2 does not count towards Irish citizenship. It is not reckonable residence for naturalisation, though time on the graduate permission afterwards is.
- Renewals are online, from 12 weeks before expiry, and cost €300 each time. No reminder is sent.
Can you bring your spouse or children on an Ireland student visa?
Not on a taught course. Ireland rewrote this policy on 26 November 2025, and the new Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification names students as ineligible sponsors, with one carve-out.
Those resident in Ireland as students (except for PhD students and those on certain recognised scholarship programmes) or on a Third Level Graduate Scheme permission are not eligible to sponsor an application under this Policy.
Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification, 26 November 2025, section 5.4
Note that Stamp 1G is excluded too. Finishing your masters and moving to the graduate permission does not open the door either. The policy also refuses to accept an application “on behalf of family members already present in the State on a different permission (e.g. a student permission), or no permission, or as a visitor”, which closes the arrive-on-a-visit-visa-and-switch route that people ask about most.
The PhD carve-out is real and generous on timing. A PhD student is a Category B sponsor with no waiting period, so a spouse and children can travel with them instead of following years later. What almost nobody mentions is the permission those family members actually receive.
| If the sponsor is | The spouse or partner gets | Which means |
|---|---|---|
| A PhD student, or an approved scholarship holder | Stamp 2A | May live and study in Ireland. May not work, run a business, or use public services, and must hold private medical insurance |
| A researcher on a hosting agreement, or a Critical Skills Employment Permit holder | Stamp 1G | May work full time without needing an employment permit |
Same university, same city, same household income on paper, and a completely different life for the person who came with you. If your spouse needs to earn in Ireland, the question worth asking your department is whether the position can be structured as a research post on a hosting agreement instead of a PhD student registration. PhD sponsors also have to show academic progress at each renewal, and family permission on a scholarship programme lasts only as long as the programme.
What happens to your permission after your course ends?
You move from Stamp 2 to Stamp 1G under the Third Level Graduate Programme, which lets you stay in Ireland and look for graduate-level work. How long you get depends entirely on the level of your award.
| Your award | Stay-back on Stamp 1G | Counted against an overall limit of |
|---|---|---|
| NFQ Level 8, honours bachelor’s | 12 months | 7 years of student permissions |
| NFQ Level 9 or above, masters or doctorate | 12 months, then a further 12 on evidence you are genuinely job hunting | 8 years of student permissions |
Stamp 1G lets you work full time without an employment permit, but not run a business or work for yourself. It costs €300 to register, like any other permission. Unlike Stamp 2, time on Stamp 1G is reckonable residence for naturalisation, which means the citizenship clock only starts once you have graduated.
You must apply within six months of being told by your institution that you have achieved the award, and you must still hold a current Stamp 2 permission and an up-to-date registration card when you do, which is how people lose the entitlement while waiting for a graduation ceremony.
If you are planning a trip home after your results, register the Stamp 1G first. The Embassy of Ireland states that you must obtain the new residence permit before leaving Ireland, and that a genuine emergency is the only route back afterwards, requiring a fresh visa lodged within 60 calendar days of your Stamp 2 permit expiring.
- ISD’s student permission page requires access to €3,000 at first registration, while its registration checklist and its finances page both say a visa-required national needs no proof of finance after arrival. Neither page mentions an Irish bank account.
- The €6,000 tuition minimum is re-tested at first registration and at every renewal, not only at the visa stage.
- The published refusal codes are SP, F, ID, OB, OC, INCO, VR, P and SCH. There is no code called FP.
- A PhD student can sponsor family with no waiting period, but their spouse is granted Stamp 2A, which carries no work rights. A researcher on a hosting agreement’s spouse is granted Stamp 1G, which does.
Frequently asked questions
How much bank balance is required for an Ireland student visa?
You must evidence access to €10,000, about ₹10.99 lakh, for a course lasting more than eight months, and a further €10,000 for each later year plus that year’s fees. Shorter courses need €833 a month or €6,665 in total, whichever is lower. Six months of statements are required.
Do I have to pay full tuition before applying for an Ireland student visa?
No. You must pay at least €6,000 to the Irish college before applying, or the entire fee if the course costs less than €6,000. ISD calls that minimum an immigration requirement, and the same threshold is re-tested at first registration and at every renewal.
What is the Ireland student visa fee from India?
The Embassy of Ireland charges Indian applicants ₹5,300 for a single entry visa and ₹9,000 for a multi entry visa, paid to VFS Global at booking, with additional VFS service charges on top. The fee is not refunded if your application is refused or withdrawn.
How long does an Ireland student visa take to process from India?
The Embassy of Ireland in New Delhi targets four to eight weeks for a study visa decision. That counts only the time your file spends at the Embassy, so add the wait for a VFS appointment and both courier legs. Applications lodged under three weeks before your course starts carry no guarantee.
What is the Ireland student visa rejection rate?
Ireland refused 10,309 long stay study visas in 2025 and granted 17,260, which is 37.4% of decisions, up from 24.4% in 2023. No Irish government source publishes a study visa refusal rate for Indian nationals specifically, so any figure quoted for India alone is invented.
Can I bring my wife or husband on an Ireland student visa?
Not on a taught course. Ireland’s November 2025 family reunification policy makes students ineligible sponsors, and Stamp 1G holders too. PhD students are the exception and face no waiting period, but their spouse is granted Stamp 2A, which does not permit work of any kind.
Do I need a PPS number as a student in Ireland?
You need one to be paid for any work and to access public services. You cannot apply before arriving in Ireland. The route is a basic MyGovID account, an online application through MyWelfare, then a compulsory in-person appointment, with the number posted to you afterwards.
Sources
- Immigration Service Delivery, How to apply for long term study visa (the three-month threshold, the AVATS steps and the 30-day document deadline, the €6,000 tuition rule, the full required-documents list, the 15-hour tuition minimum, the previous-refusals rule, the 5-year block for false information, the approximately 8-week decision time, and the statement that a visa is not permission to enter)
- Immigration Service Delivery, Information on Student Finances (the €10,000 figure and the per-year rule, the €833 and €6,665 figures for courses of eight months or less, the six-month bank statement rules, large-lodgement explanations, credit cards not accepted, sponsor requirements, and the €10,000 education bond alternative for degree students; page updated 30 June 2025)
- Immigration Service Delivery, Student Permission (the €3,000 access condition at first registration, the seven-year and eight-year limits, and the language-course caps)
- Immigration Service Delivery, Required Documents (the €300 registration fee and its exemptions, the statement that visa-required nationals need no proof of finance after arrival, the Stamp 2 document lists, and the €6,000 rule at registration and renewal)
- Immigration Service Delivery, Immigration permission/stamps (the 90-day registration rule, Burgh Quay for first registrations and online renewals, the Stamp 2 conditions including 20 and 40 hours, the seven-year maximum, progression, Stamp 2A carrying no work rights, and Stamp 2 not being reckonable for naturalisation while Stamp 1G is)
- Immigration Service Delivery, Frequently asked questions for students (the exact vacation dates of June to September and 15 December to 15 January, the 20-working-day refund rule after a refusal, providers not accepting cash, and the €300 fee)
- Immigration Service Delivery, Frequently asked questions for Registration (Burgh Quay as the nationwide registration office, appointments only bookable after arrival, booking within 90 days being sufficient, the appointment-booking scam warning, and the re-entry warning for visa-required nationals)
- Immigration Service Delivery, Interim List of Eligible Programmes (ILEP) (the ILEP being closed, the TrustEd Ireland statutory quality mark replacing it, and the final ILEP update of 20 June 2025; page updated 6 February 2026)
- Immigration Service Delivery, English language requirements for study visas (the IELTS Academic 5.0, PTE 30, TOEFL iBT 61 and Duolingo 75 minimums for visa purposes, and the two-year certificate validity)
- Immigration Service Delivery, Preclearance and entry visas fees (€60 single entry, €100 multi entry, €25 transit, non-refundability, and the fee-exempt nationality list which does not include India)
- Immigration Service Delivery, Single/Multiple Visas (what single and multi entry permit, the recommendation to buy multi entry in case the IRP card is late, the no-refund rule on the difference, and the requirement for a separate UK visa to enter Northern Ireland)
- Immigration Service Delivery, Appeal a negative decision (no appeal fee, the two-month receipt deadline, one appeal per application, what the appeal letter must contain, and the up-to-five-year block for false information)
- Immigration Service Delivery, Immigration Regime for Full Time Non-EEA Students (the work concession conditions and the placement rules)
- Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification, 26 November 2025 (section 5.4 excluding students and Third Level Graduate Scheme holders from sponsoring, section 1.8 refusing applications for family already in the State as a visitor, section 6.3 listing PhD student permission holders as Category B sponsors with no waiting period, section 6.7 on academic progress at renewal, and Appendix C setting the spouse’s permission at Stamp 2A for PhD sponsors and Stamp 1G for researchers on hosting agreements)
- Immigration Service Delivery, Third level graduate programme (12 months at Level 8 and 24 at Level 9 or above, the seven-year and eight-year caps, the six-month application window, the current-Stamp-2 condition, and the €300 fee)
- Dáil Éireann, Questions 361 and 362, 25 June 2026 (study visas received, refused and granted for 2023 to 2026, the top seven source nationalities showing India first in every year, and the Minister’s footnotes on data cleansing and first-instance decisions)
- Embassy of Ireland, New Delhi, Visas for Ireland (the ₹5,300 and ₹9,000 fees, the VFS route and compulsory biometrics for Indian residents, the 90-day registration window on a D visa, and the forgery and third-party-agent warnings)
- Embassy of Ireland, New Delhi, Processing times and decisions (the four to eight week study target and three-month appeal target, what the band excludes, the three-week warning before course start, the no-expediting policy, the DigiLocker recommendation and the credibility-interview call)
- Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, removal of appeals for certain short stay visa refusals (the change from 1 June 2026 and the confirmation that the right of appeal continues to apply to all long stay type D refusals including long-term study visas)
- Department of Social Protection, Get a Personal Public Service (PPS) Number (the MyGovID and MyWelfare route, the compulsory in-person appointment, the documents accepted from non-EU citizens, and the number being posted afterwards)
- European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates (INR 109.8650 to the euro on 24 July 2026, used for every rupee figure on this page)
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