SINGLE ENTRY VISA FEE –       INR 4,400

MULTIPLE ENTRY VISA FEE-    INR 7,200*

NOTE: IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR A LONG STAY VISA TO IRELAND (STUDY, EMPLOYMENT, DEPENDANT) YOU SHOULD APPLY FOR A SINGLE ENTRY VISA. WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN IRELAND YOU MUST THEN REGISTER WITH THE IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES AND CAN THEN APPLY FOR A MULTI JOURNEY RE-ENTRY VISA.

VFS (Visa Facilitation Services) HANDLING CHARGE – RS 607

From 2nd April 2012 this fee will increase to RS 764 per application.

THIS FEE MUST BE PAID TO VFS WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR DOCUMENTS AT ANY VFS OFFICE IN INDIA.

THIS FEE  MUST ALSO BE PAID WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE IRISH HONORARY CONSULATE IN MUMBAI AND BANGALORE. 

PLEASE NOTE – APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT THE IRISH EMBASSY IN NEW DELHI UNLESS YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN APPOINTMENT FROM A VISA OFFICER.  

YOU CAN REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT BY EMAILING US AT NEWDELHIVISAOFFICE@DFA.IE 

APPOINTMENTS ARE USUALLY ONLY GIVEN FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF APPLICATIONS:  

• YOU HAVE A DEMONSTRATED URGENT NEED TO TRAVEL TO IRELAND DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES – NOTE: LEAVING YOUR VISA APPLICATION TO THE LAST MINUTE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.
• DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT HOLDERS
• SPOUSE/PARTNER/CHILD OF IRISH CITIZEN

Payment is accepted by  bank draft only at VFS offices.

If you are submitting your visa application  to the New Delhi visa office or through VFS your bank draft should be made payable to the Embassy of Ireland.

If you are submitting  your visa application to the Irish Honorary Consulate in Bangalore your bank draft should be made payable to the Honorary Consul of Ireland and payable in Bangalore.

If you are submitting your visa application to the Irish Honorary Consulate in Mumbai your bank draft should be made payable to the Consulate General of Ireland and payable in Mumbai.

Personal cheques are not accepted and this office does not have credit/debit card payment facilities. 

Once a visa application is lodged for processing, the processing fee cannot be refunded.  There is no processing fee for appeals.

The following applicants are exempt from paying the above visa fees:

• Citizens of Sri Lanka – however an administrative charge of SLRS 2040 is payable locally to the Honorary Consulate as administrative fees.
• Spouse/Children of Irish Citizens.
• Spouse/Children of EU Citizens.

*Multiple Journey Visa

The issuance of a Multiple Journey visa will be at the discretion of the Visa Officer. If you apply for a multiple journey visa but are only granted a single journey, the difference in cost cannot under any circumstances be refunded to you.
It is not our general practice to issue Multiple-Journey visas unless you have shown a compliant travel history to Ireland in the recent past.
For a Short Stay visa, if you have held 2 previous Irish visas and have observed the conditions of these visas (e.g. you did not overstay or work illegally) you may apply for a Multiple-Journey visa.
However, the purpose of these visas is to allow a person to travel to Ireland on a number of occasions during the dates shown on the visa, for short trips only. It is not permitted to use this category of visa to bypass immigration rules governing residency in the State – i.e. it is not possible to remain in Ireland for a period of 90 days and then seek to re-enter the country for a further period of up to 90 days. Any abuse of this may result in future applications being refused.
If you are applying for a Long Stay (D) visa to work*, study or join family members you should apply for a Single Journey only.
 *If you are the holder of a Green Card, issued by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, or you are a nurse who holds a Work Permit, you can apply for a Multiple-Journey Visa.
The issuance of a Multiple Journey visa will be at the discretion of the Visa Officer. If you apply for a Multiple Journey Visa but are only granted a single journey, the difference in cost cannot under any circumstances be refunded to you.