Ireland · Visitor

Short Stay 'C' Visa

Short Stay 'C' Visa (C) is issued by Immigration Service Delivery. VisaAI tracks 20 official requirements for it, each traced to the government page that states it.

Last verified against the official source on .

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Requirements change. Confirm every item on Immigration Service Delivery’s own page before you apply.

Conditions you must meet

  • Stay of up to 90 days
  • No paid or unpaid work of any kind
  • No use of publicly funded services
  • Apply from your home country or country of legal residence, before travelling
  • One application per traveller; no family visas or e-visas
  • A visa permits travel to Ireland, not entry — an immigration officer may still refuseRecorded so an approved visa is never presented to a user as guaranteed entry.
  • Documents must be submitted in hardcopyISD explicitly rejects USB sticks, memory cards, CD-ROMs and file-sharing links.
  • The application letter must commit you to obey visa conditions, not burden the state, and leave on time
  • There is no minimum amount of money requiredRecorded explicitly because the absence of a figure is itself the rule. Every other destination in this registry publishes a threshold; inventing one for Ireland, or carrying one across from a neighbour, would be a fabricated requirement.
  • Disclose every previous visa or preclearance refusal, from any country

Documents you must provide

  • Current passport, valid for at least 6 months after your planned departure from Ireland
  • Photocopy of every page of all previous passports
  • Two passport-sized colour photographs, signed and numbered on the back
  • Printed, signed and dated AVATS application summary sheets
  • A signed application letter explaining the visit
  • Evidence of strong family, social or economic ties to your country of residence
  • Evidence you can support yourself in IrelandSee finances_no_minimum: ISD sets no threshold, so none is shown to the applicant.
  • Medical or travel insurance — not required with the application, required at the borderDeliberately kept as one requirement rather than split: the point is the timing. Listing it as an application document would be wrong, and omitting it would leave someone arriving without it.

Steps in the process

  • Create the application online in AVATS

Government fees

  • Visa application feeNo amount recorded on purpose: ISD links a separate fee page rather than stating a figure here, and that page is not a registered source. It also notes some applicants are exempt.

Official sources

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