Tourist Visas
Visit/Holiday Visas
NOTE: Visit/Holiday visas are granted ONLY for short term stays. The duration of stay is determined by an Immigration Officer at the Port of Entry, but will never exceed a maximum of 90 days.
It is not possible to extend your stay beyond 90 days.
You must leave the State on or before the date which has been stamped on your passport by the Immigration Officer. (The dates on your visa refer to the dates during which you can seek to enter the State).
Documents required: Please submit all documents listed here:
- Fully completed and signed Application Form.
- Passport, valid for 6 months after your intended date of departure from the State.
- If you are resident in a country other than your country of origin, evidence of your permission to reside in that country should be furnished. This permission should be valid for at least 3 months after your intended departure from Ireland.
- Full details of the reason for your visit – e.g. to visit family, friends etc.
- If you intend staying in Hotel accommodation, confirmation of the booking from the hotel.
- A Letter of Invitation from your reference in Ireland confirming accommodation will be provided for the duration of your visit.
- A written undertaking both from yourself and your reference that you will observe the conditions of your visa, that you will not become a burden on the State and that you will leave the State on the expiration of your permission to remain. NOTE: Failure to observe the conditions of your visa, or to overstay will have implications for any future visa applications you make, or may have implications for your reference.
- Details of how you are known to, or related to your reference, and evidence to support this.
