Non-US Citizens: Get your Ireland Student visa with the TDS San Francisco Office

Please send TDS your current valid and signed passport. It must not expire within 6 months and must have at least one blank visa page. Foreign Embassies cannot issue a visa on a page not labeled as a Visa page. Amendment and Endorsement pages in the back of the passport cannot be used for issuance of a visa.
A visa cannot be stamped on a page even if only one Small Stamp is on the visa page. If your passport expires within 6 months, you must renew your passport and then we will secure your visa with the new passport.

Please send 4 recent professional passport-type photographs.
Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.
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Please send a copy of your round trip airline tickets, or itinerary or e-ticket, or letter of confirmation from a travel agent. The itinerary must show the applicant's name, date of arrival and departure from the country, and flight information. The Embassy does not recommend purchasing your ticket prior to a visa being issued.

A Photocopy of Permanent Resident Card (Green Card) or valid U.S. visa and I-94 is required.
Travelers who entered the USA after April 26th 2013 should print the electronic I-94 form from the
Department of Homeland Security.

Evidence of sufficient funds of support for the duration of stay. Evidence could include bank statements, credit/debit cards, traveller's checks, statement of earnings.
A notarized statement from parents/guardian in which they guarantee support during your stay in Ireland.
A financial aid award letter from and Irish institution
A bank letter verifying that you have sufficient funds on account or that you regularly deposit an amount that would support you while in Ireland.

Evidence that you are enrolled on a privately funded course

You must submit a Letter of Acceptance from the college:
* Confirming that you have been accepted and enrolled on a course of full-time education, involving a minimum of 15 hours organised daytime tuition each week,
* Giving details of the course that you will be studying,
* Stating the amount of fees payable for your course, and
* Stating the amount that has been paid
* If the college has taken out medical insurance on your behalf, stating that the college has done so.

Note: Where the course fees are less than €6,000, fees must be paid in full to the college prior to applying for your visa. Where the course fees are in excess of €6,000, you must pay at least this amount prior to applying for your visa and evidence of this should be shown in your Letter of Acceptance. This minimum amount is an Immigration requirement.  However, the college you wish to attend may require full payment of fees.

Persons entering Ireland for study or to sit an examination must, in additional to the above, present to the immigration office at port of entry a letter of registration from the relevant education institution. The letter of registration should contain details of the insurance cover taken out on behalf of each student by their educational institution. Alternative evidence will be taken to be a Certificate of Private Insurance taken out by the student in the US prior to travel. Students attending a course of study more than one academic year in duration are entitled to public health services in Ireland.

Additionally an immigration officer has the right to request any other information he/she deems necessary in connection with entry. The final decision on right of entry rests with the immigration office at port of entry and it is not possible to obtain pre-entry clearance.

If you have been refused a visa in the past for any country, you must provide the details.
The original letter issued to you by the authorities of that country must be provided with your application.
Not disclosing any previous visa refusals will result in your application being refused.

Evidence accounting for any gaps in your educational history:
 
You must provide information to account for any gaps between your last period of full time education and your application to study in Ireland.
If any such gap in education has been filled by periods of employment, you must give full details of your employment history.

Evidence that you have the academic ability to follow your chosen course:

You must provide evidence that you have the ability to follow your chosen course e.g. exam results, qualifications.

Evidence of your level of English:
Except in the case of an application which is solely for an English language course, you must show that you have the capacity to fully partake in your chosen course through the medium of English and satisfy the Visa Officer in this regard.

As an exception, if you are doing a degree taught in Irish, evidence of your level of Irish should be supplied instead.  This should include a written statement from the college setting out the manner in which it has assessed your ability to speak and write in Irish.

Read more here  on the English language requirements and the type of evidence that you are required to submit.

Persons entering Ireland for study for a period longer than 90 days are required to obtain permission to remain within the first week following their arrival. Persons seeking this permission should report to the Aliens Registration office, An Garda Siochana, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 or if outside the Dublin are, to the local Police Superintendent's Office. An unauthorized overstay could result in prosecution, imprisonment, and a fine.

The following documentation is required in support of an application:

Completed Aliens Registration Form - available from local Irish police stations

Permission to remain cannot be obtrained before you arrive in Ireland and Aliens Registration Forms are not available from the Consulate.

Parental Consent
Parental consent from both parents/legal guardians is required.
This consent must be a notarised document, providing full details of the person in whose care the minor shall be in during their stay in Ireland and confirming
* the parents/legal guardians agreement to the child coming to Ireland for study purposes, and
* that the school/host family/education agency is the legal guardian of the unaccompanied child student during the child’s stay in Ireland.
Copies of the biometric page of the parents/guardians passports or national identity cards showing the bearer's signature must also be provided.
Where only one parent has total custody, a Court Order bestowing sole custody of this child must be submitted.

Accommodation and Vetting Certificate
* The address of where the student will stay while in the State as a student must be submitted.
* In the case of a boarding school student a letter from the school confirming that it will provide all necessary accommodation is also required.
* In the case of a child who is to attend a school as a day pupil and live with a family, the name and address of the responsible adults with whom they will stay are also required.
* Where the child is residing with a host family other than relatives, clearance from the Garda Síochána (the Irish Police) in respect of that family is required. Documentary proof of this must be submitted as part of the visa application.

Birth Certificate
Minors birth certificate must be submitted with the application.

You may be required to provide your Biometrics information as part of the application process.