If you are thinking of moving to Ireland, then you may need a visa to migrate to the emerald isle depend on your country of nationality, if you’re from EU/EEA country then you don’t need a visa to migrate to Ireland. The Ireland visa is simply pre entry permission to Ireland which can be revoked by the border control, because all non EU/EEA visa holders must register their visa at the port of entry with the border control.
IRELAND VISA POLICY
The requirement for entering Ireland differs depending on your nationality and that can be categorized in to three
EU/EEA NATIONALS
If you’re from the EEA/EU country you don’t need a visa to travel to the Ireland, all you need is a your valid passport or your national identity card Citizen from the mentioned economy block can stay up to three month in Ireland and do not need to register with the immigration authority
NON EU/EEA NATIONALS WHO ARE EXEMPTED FROM FOR VISA
These are citizens of countries that are not from the economy block, but are free to travel to Ireland without visa, they can migrate to Ireland with only with their valid passport or national identity card too
The only different this category of nation has with the EU/EEA nationals is that they must register with immigration authority in Ireland, which determined if they will be allowed entry or not
NATIONALS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO VISA
This category of people are non EU/EEA nationals and not exempted from Ireland visa requirement, this category of people needs to get a permission(visa) to travel to Ireland and register with immigration authority who determines if they will allowed entry or not
TYPES OF IRELAND VISAS
The Ireland visa are divided in category based on the duration of stay, purpose of travel and the numbers of entry one
C VISA/SHORT STAY VISA
If one is to travel to Ireland for stay less than three month, then you have to apply for short stay visa, however one must apply for specific visa which s based on the purpose of trip. The following are the types of Irish c visas
IRISH TOURIT VISA–Â Â Â this is issued to foreign citizen who want to travel to Ireland for tourism purposes
IRISH BUSINESS VISA– this is issued to people of non EU/EEA nationals who want to travel to Ireland for business purposes or attend business meeting Ireland
IRISH EXAM VISA-this is issued to person that is coming to the land Ireland to write and exam
IRISH MEDICAL VISA-this issued to foreign nationals who want to travel to Ireland solely for medical treatment
IRISH EMPLOYEMNT VISA-this is issued to foreign national who have clearance to work in a short while in Ireland
IRISH SHORT TERM INTERNSHIP VISA-this is a visa given to foreign nationals who will travel to Ireland to take up a paid internship job for a period not exceeding three month
IRISH TRAINING VISA-this issued to nationals that will take part in a training course in Ireland for a period not exceeding three months
In addition marriage visa, join a ship visa and stage performance or tournament visa are also part of short term visa
Also read-A PLACE IN EUROPE THAT NEED NO VISA
IRISH LONG STAY VISA/D VISA
If foreigner wants to stay in Ireland for period longer than three months then he or she must apply for a long stay visa the following visa falls under the long stay categories
IRELAND WORK VISA-This is issued to foreigners who have a job in Ireland and also obtain a permission to work in Ireland
IRELAND STUDY VISA-this is a visa given to a foreigner who want to pursue and educational career in Ireland. however family Irish visa, Irish work holiday visa, Irish researcher visa ,long internship visa, Irish minister of religion visa etc, all this also fall on under the long stay visa
IRISH FAMILY VISA-this is issued to foreigners that want to migrate to the country to settle or joint a family member who is already has a permanent resident in Ireland
WORKING HOLIDAY VISA-the category of visa is given to citizen of ten country, that will discussed in our next blog post
Apart from the above mention long stay visa, there are others long stay visa all depends one choices or need
