The single most expensive mistake with Ireland is assuming your Schengen visa covers it. It does not. Ireland is in the EU but outside Schengen, and it runs its own visa system with its own online portal. The compensation is the British-Irish Visa Scheme, which can cover Ireland and the UK on one visa, and which almost nobody applying from India knows exists.
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The order matters more than people expect. Do these out of sequence and you end up with a lapsed booking or an appointment you cannot fill.
The Irish visa system is online-first. You finish the form, then print the summary sheet it produces.
Documents and biometrics in person. This is the point the clock actually starts.
Passports current and previous, ties to India, accommodation, insurance, finances.
Roughly 20 to 25 working days from receipt at the Embassy, longer in peak season.
Through VFS, or by the courier option if you paid for it.
| What you pay | How much |
|---|---|
| Short stay 'C', single entryPlus the VFS service charge, paid separately | About €60 |
| Short stay 'C', multiple entryPlus the VFS service charge | About €100 |
| Transit visaIf you are only passing through | About €25 |
| Long stay 'D'Study, work or join family | About €100 |
Checked 2026-09-25. Government fees move, sometimes with a month’s notice and sometimes with none. Treat this as a planning figure and confirm the number you will actually be charged at Irish Immigration Service Delivery before you pay.
None of these are exotic. Every one of them is fixable in the ten minutes before you hit submit.
It does not, and this is the most common Ireland mistake by a wide margin. Ireland is outside the Schengen area and issues its own visa. A Schengen visa gets you nothing at Dublin.
Ireland states plainly that flight bookings are not required, and that anyone who books before receiving their visa does so at their own risk. Take them at their word.
If your visa is endorsed BIVS you must enter the country that issued it first. Irish visa means Ireland first, UK visa means the UK first. Get it the wrong way round and the scheme does not apply.
Processing starts when your biometrics are submitted at VFS, not when you finish the AVATS form. The Embassy advises applying at least eight weeks ahead.
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FILINGNo. Ireland is in the European Union but not in the Schengen area, and it issues its own visas. A Schengen visa does not admit you to Ireland, and this is the single most common mistake Indian applicants make.
Ireland says flight bookings are not required, and warns that anyone who books before receiving a visa does so at their own risk. If you want to show an intended itinerary, a held reservation does that without committing money to a fare. Accommodation and insurance, by contrast, are asked for.
A scheme that lets Indian nationals resident in India travel to both Ireland and the UK on a single short-stay visa, if that visa is endorsed 'BIVS'. You must enter the issuing country first: Irish visa means you land in Ireland first, British visa means the UK first. Stays are up to 90 days.
Around 20 to 25 working days from when the Embassy receives your application, counted from your VFS biometrics rather than the AVATS form. The Embassy advises applying at least eight weeks before you travel.
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