Ireland · Student
Long Term Study Visa (D)
Long Term Study Visa (D) (D) is issued by Immigration Service Delivery. VisaAI tracks 17 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
- Study in Ireland for more than 3 months
- Meet the policy on non-EEA nationals studying in IrelandISD's own sentence is garbled ('you must make that you meet'); quoted as written. The policy is a separate document and not a registered source.
- Apply up to 3 months before you travel
- Apply from your home country or country of legal residence
- Hold any visa needed for a state you transit before Ireland, before applying
- Enough funds to support your stay without public funds or casual employmentThe amount is on a separate financial-requirements page ISD links to, which is not a registered source.
- Disclose every previous visa refusal, from any country
Official forms
- Summary of Finances form
Documents you must provide
- Current passport, valid at least 12 months after your planned arrivalTwelve months, against six for the short stay 'C' visa. Quoted from each page rather than assumed to match.
- Photocopy of every page of all previous passportsExcerpt ends where ISD's own sentence runs into a link.
- Two passport photographs under 6 months old, signed and numbered on the back
- Proof the course fees were paid — in full under €6,000, or at least €6,000 above thatEUR 6,000 fees thresholdISD states plainly that this minimum is an immigration requirement, not just a college one — and warns the college may still demand full payment.
- An electronic transfer of funds to the college, or a receipt from an approved fee payment service
- Private medical insuranceRequired WITH the application here, unlike the short stay 'C' visa where ISD asks for it at the border instead.
- Evidence you can follow the chosen course
- Full details of your employment history
Steps in the process
- Create the application online in AVATS
Official sources
- How to apply for long term study visa — Requirements, Immigration Service Delivery