Immigration
Important
When contacting the Visa Office, please ensure that you have the visa application reference number available. In order to protect the applicant’s privacy,we are only able to discuss a visa application with the applicant or their representative. This unique visa reference number is provided at the time the application is made. Callers to the helpline may on occasion be requested to provide additional information.
Immigration and Citizenship (Operations) Division is responsible for the implementation of policy in relation to the admission of non EEA nationals to the State, their residence in the State, for applications for permission to remain in the State referred from the Garda National Immigration Bureau and the granting where appropriate of Irish citizenship.
Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service,
13/14 Burgh Quay
Dublin 2 01-6167700
Lo Call: 1890 551 500
Website: www.inis.gov.ie
Please see Immigration Contact Details for the times of the help lines available.
Additional links
For details on the various Topics available in this section, please select from the links below
- Entry Into the State
- Residency
- Irish Born Child Renewals
- Registration
- Change of Name Licence
- Workers
- Students
- Long Term Residency
- Family Re-Unification
- Spouse of an Irish National
- Dependants of an EEA National
- Change of status
- De Facto Relationships
- Researchers
- Without Condition Endorsement
- Without Condition As To Time Endorsements
- Stamps - Main Immigration
- Children of Non-EEA Students attending Fee Paying and Non Fee Paying Schools
- Immigration Contact Details
- Renewal of Green Card Work Permit
- Turkish Association
- Religious and Volunteer Workers
- Business Permission
- Foreign Adoption
- Travel Documents
- New Provisions for Non-EEA workers who are made redundant
- Update on Redundancy Policy and Provisions for 5 year workers
- Undocumented Workers Scheme
- Student Review