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Immigration History

  • Select the number of years and months you have been residing in your current country of residence, and whether or not you have permission to return there after your stay in Ireland
  • The next question asks if you have ever applied for an Irish Visa before, and if one has ever been issued to you
  • If you have been issued with an Irish Visa, you need to give the location of the Irish Embassy/Consulate/Visa Office where you made your application, or provide the reference number that issued to you at that time
  • You then need to state whether you have ever been refused an Irish Visa. If you have, you must give the location of the Irish Embassy/Consulate/Visa Office where you made your application, or provide the reference number that issued to you at that time
  • The next question asks if you have ever been to Ireland before. If you have ever entered Ireland at any time in the past, either legally or illegally, you must answer ‘Yes’ to this question.
  • If you answer ‘Yes’ to this question, further questions will appear. You will be asked the purpose of your previous trip, and to provide any reference numbers which may have issued to you during your stay – e.g. Department of Justice Reference Number, Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) Number, or a Personal Public Service (PPS) Number. If your previous time in Ireland was for a short stay only, you most likely won’t have received any of these numbers and you may leave these boxes blank
  • The next question asks if you have family members living in Ireland – this includes extended family members such as aunts/uncles/cousins//grandchildren/grandparents/in-laws
  • If you answer ‘Yes’ to this question, further questions will appear, seeking the name, date of birth, relationship to you, and the Department of Justice Reference Number, of one family member. You should give the details of your main family contact in Ireland. If you have more than one family member residing here, you should list them on a separate sheet and submit this with your supporting documentation
  • The Department of Justice Reference Number begins with ‘69/’ and is issued to all non-EEA/Swiss nationals residing in Ireland. It can be found on their Garda (GNIB) Registration Card
  • You will then be asked if you have ever been refused permission to enter Ireland. Have you ever arrived at a Port of Entry to Ireland and been refused entry by an Immigration Officer, whether or not you were in possession of a visa?
  • Have you ever been deported from Ireland, or received notification that you are subject to Deportation?
  • Have you ever been refused a visa to a country, other than Ireland?
  • Have you ever been refused entry to, deported from, or otherwise asked to leave a country other than Ireland?
  • If you answer ‘Yes’ to any of these 4 questions, you must give details in the box provided, including the country concerned, dates and the reason.
  • If you answer ‘No’ to any of these questions and it is subsequently discovered that you have not answered truthfully, your visa application will be refused
  • The final question in this section asks if you have any criminal convictions. If you answer ‘Yes’, you must then answer further questions regarding the reason for your conviction, where and when this took place, and the length of your sentence
  • Click on the Save and Continue button
  • If you have left any mandatory field blank, a message will appear in red at the top of the screen. You need to scroll down the screen to see what fields need completing
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