Source-backed scope
Adult short family/friend visit to Irish residents, up to 90 days; AVATS Visit Family/Friend, not family reunification. Indian citizen residing/applying in India. Send originals/hardcopies except stated copy exceptions; office and document-processing branches remain explicit. A visa does not guarantee entry.
- Jurisdiction
- Ireland
- Purpose
- Short family / friend visits
- Destination
- Ireland
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Use this guide in the plannerRoute scope
Adult short family/friend visit to Irish residents, up to 90 days; AVATS Visit Family/Friend, not family reunification. Indian citizen residing/applying in India. Send originals/hardcopies except stated copy exceptions; office and document-processing branches remain explicit. A visa does not guarantee entry.
Irish Immigration Service Delivery requirements checked 2026-10-25. Only the category and stage stated above are covered.
How to use this checklist
Start with the route facts first: citizenship, residence, application country, destination and purpose. Then review the document rows and order processing only where the row says it is required or optional.
Document requirements
| Document | Status | Scope | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signed and dated AVATS summary | required | visa application | Use the named purpose and send documents to the stated office within 30 days. |
| Current passport | required | visa application | Valid at least six months after planned departure. |
| Previous passport copies | conditional | visa application | Where available, ISD asks for every page; the dated New Delhi visitor checklist asks for biographic/stamped pages. Resolve office-specific differences before submission. |
| Two compliant colour photographs | required | visa application | Sign the backs and add the AVATS reference. |
| Signed application letter | required | visa application | Give dates, purpose, stay, family details, payer/cost allocation and compliance/departure undertakings. |
| Accommodation plan and confirmations | required | visa application | Cover all stay dates. Home hosts provide an invitation/address and utility evidence within six months. |
| Applicant financial evidence | required | visa application | Six-month personal statement; internet printouts need bank certification. Savings access and large transfers need explanation where relevant. Personal statement remains necessary when sponsored. |
| Employment return evidence | conditional | visa application | If employed: three recent payslips and employer letter covering tenure, absence and return. Conference letter also explains attendance and contributions. |
| Study return evidence | conditional | visa application | If studying: provider letter with course, remaining study and expected return. |
| Self-employed return evidence | conditional | visa application | If self-employed: trading records, accounts/tax evidence and return plan. India visitor/medical checklist adds GST documents, professional letter, three barcoded ITR acknowledgements and six-month company statements; this overlay is not applied to conference cases. |
| Family return evidence | conditional | visa application | Where relevant, include civil records for spouse or dependent children remaining at home; property evidence may also support the return obligation. |
| Previous refusal or immigration-history evidence | conditional | visa application | If applicable, provide the original refusal letter and explanation; disclose relevant deportation/entry/overstay history. |
| Fee-payment or exemption evidence | conditional | visa application | Office-specific; include the VFS receipt and completed New Delhi checklist for visitor/medical submissions through VFS. |
| Signed family/friend invitation and inviter ID | required | visa application | Give dates, relationship and commitments; include inviter passport/national-ID colour copy. Separate invitations for different addresses. |
| Relationship evidence | required | visa application | Family: civil relationship records plus relationship history. Friends: correspondence/photos or equivalent evidence; use the actual applicable branch. |
| Inviter residence-permission copies | conditional | visa application | For non-EU/EEA/Swiss inviters: current IRP and passport permission-stamp copies. |
| Sponsor cost and means evidence | conditional | visa application | If funded by another person: itemised support and relationship/contact details. Employed sponsor supplies statement, three payslips, latest tax record and employer letter; self-employed sponsor supplies trading evidence. |
| Travel/medical insurance | conditional | visa application | Application evidence only if requested; obtain it for travel/arrival after approval. |
Processing route
- Signed and dated AVATS summaryUse the named purpose and send documents to the stated office within 30 days. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Signed and dated AVATS summary in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Current passportValid at least six months after planned departure. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Current passport in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Previous passport copiesWhere available, ISD asks for every page; the dated New Delhi visitor checklist asks for biographic/stamped pages. Resolve office-specific differences before submission. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Previous passport copies in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Two compliant colour photographsSign the backs and add the AVATS reference. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Two compliant colour photographs in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Signed application letterProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Give dates, purpose, stay, family details, payer/cost allocation and compliance/departure undertakings. Only non-English/Irish documents need full certified translation with the original. Translations made outside the EEA/Switzerland also require foreign-ministry attestation/apostille in the translation country. Confirm the actual document language and translation location before ordering; no blanket notary requirement is established. 1. Prepare Signed application letter in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Accommodation plan and confirmationsProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Cover all stay dates. Home hosts provide an invitation/address and utility evidence within six months. Only non-English/Irish documents need full certified translation with the original. Translations made outside the EEA/Switzerland also require foreign-ministry attestation/apostille in the translation country. Confirm the actual document language and translation location before ordering; no blanket notary requirement is established. 1. Prepare Accommodation plan and confirmations in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Applicant financial evidenceProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Six-month personal statement; internet printouts need bank certification. Savings access and large transfers need explanation where relevant. Personal statement remains necessary when sponsored. Only non-English/Irish documents need full certified translation with the original. Translations made outside the EEA/Switzerland also require foreign-ministry attestation/apostille in the translation country. Confirm the actual document language and translation location before ordering; no blanket notary requirement is established. 1. Prepare Applicant financial evidence in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Employment return evidenceProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. If employed: three recent payslips and employer letter covering tenure, absence and return. Conference letter also explains attendance and contributions. Only non-English/Irish documents need full certified translation with the original. Translations made outside the EEA/Switzerland also require foreign-ministry attestation/apostille in the translation country. Confirm the actual document language and translation location before ordering; no blanket notary requirement is established. 1. Prepare Employment return evidence in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Study return evidenceProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. If studying: provider letter with course, remaining study and expected return. Only non-English/Irish documents need full certified translation with the original. Translations made outside the EEA/Switzerland also require foreign-ministry attestation/apostille in the translation country. Confirm the actual document language and translation location before ordering; no blanket notary requirement is established. 1. Prepare Study return evidence in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Self-employed return evidenceProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. If self-employed: trading records, accounts/tax evidence and return plan. India visitor/medical checklist adds GST documents, professional letter, three barcoded ITR acknowledgements and six-month company statements; this overlay is not applied to conference cases. Only non-English/Irish documents need full certified translation with the original. Translations made outside the EEA/Switzerland also require foreign-ministry attestation/apostille in the translation country. Confirm the actual document language and translation location before ordering; no blanket notary requirement is established. 1. Prepare Self-employed return evidence in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Family return evidenceProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Where relevant, include civil records for spouse or dependent children remaining at home; property evidence may also support the return obligation. Only non-English/Irish documents need full certified translation with the original. Translations made outside the EEA/Switzerland also require foreign-ministry attestation/apostille in the translation country. Confirm the actual document language and translation location before ordering; no blanket notary requirement is established. Indian state-issued civil certificates also require issuing-state foreign-ministry attestation/apostille. That original-document condition is separate from the translation-location condition; a bank statement or ordinary hospital letter is not automatically a state-issued civil certificate. 1. Prepare Family return evidence in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Previous refusal or immigration-history evidenceProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. If applicable, provide the original refusal letter and explanation; disclose relevant deportation/entry/overstay history. Only non-English/Irish documents need full certified translation with the original. Translations made outside the EEA/Switzerland also require foreign-ministry attestation/apostille in the translation country. Confirm the actual document language and translation location before ordering; no blanket notary requirement is established. 1. Prepare Previous refusal or immigration-history evidence in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Fee-payment or exemption evidenceOffice-specific; include the VFS receipt and completed New Delhi checklist for visitor/medical submissions through VFS. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Fee-payment or exemption evidence in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Signed family/friend invitation and inviter IDProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Give dates, relationship and commitments; include inviter passport/national-ID colour copy. Separate invitations for different addresses. Only non-English/Irish documents need full certified translation with the original. Translations made outside the EEA/Switzerland also require foreign-ministry attestation/apostille in the translation country. Confirm the actual document language and translation location before ordering; no blanket notary requirement is established. 1. Prepare Signed family/friend invitation and inviter ID in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Relationship evidenceProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Family: civil relationship records plus relationship history. Friends: correspondence/photos or equivalent evidence; use the actual applicable branch. Only non-English/Irish documents need full certified translation with the original. Translations made outside the EEA/Switzerland also require foreign-ministry attestation/apostille in the translation country. Confirm the actual document language and translation location before ordering; no blanket notary requirement is established. Indian state-issued civil certificates also require issuing-state foreign-ministry attestation/apostille. That original-document condition is separate from the translation-location condition; a bank statement or ordinary hospital letter is not automatically a state-issued civil certificate. 1. Prepare Relationship evidence in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Inviter residence-permission copiesFor non-EU/EEA/Swiss inviters: current IRP and passport permission-stamp copies. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Inviter residence-permission copies in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Sponsor cost and means evidenceProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. If funded by another person: itemised support and relationship/contact details. Employed sponsor supplies statement, three payslips, latest tax record and employer letter; self-employed sponsor supplies trading evidence. Only non-English/Irish documents need full certified translation with the original. Translations made outside the EEA/Switzerland also require foreign-ministry attestation/apostille in the translation country. Confirm the actual document language and translation location before ordering; no blanket notary requirement is established. 1. Prepare Sponsor cost and means evidence in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Travel/medical insuranceApplication evidence only if requested; obtain it for travel/arrival after approval. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Travel/medical insurance in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
Official citations
- Irish Immigration Service DeliveryIrish Immigration Service Delivery: India to Ireland family or friend visit documentswww.irishimmigration.ieLast checked 2026-10-25; evidence version india-ireland-visit-short-stay-c-2026-10-25
The named ISD purpose page identifies application, purpose, funds and return evidence. Language and foreign-ministry authentication conditions depend on document type and where translations are made.
- Embassy of Ireland, New DelhiNew Delhi Visitor checklist, dated 8 July 2025assets.ireland.ieLast checked 2026-10-25; evidence version 20250708
VFS submission, passport-page and applicant employment/financial branches. Medical cross-reference is inconsistent; use the named ISD medical page for treatment documents.
Exceptions
- Requirements and accepted document formats can change. Follow the linked authority for your exact purpose and application stage.
- Use row-level processing labels: translation, notarisation, apostille, embassy attestation and MEA or HRD attestation are not interchangeable.
Relevant Enuncia services
- Document checklist review
FAQs
Are all documents for Ireland short family / friend visits automatically translated?
No. Translation is shown per document row because official sources may accept some documents as issued while requiring translation for others.
Can I order document processing from this checklist?
Build your checklist using the route facts first. A processing option can be selected only where supported by the document row. Rows needing language or authentication confirmation remain under review before pricing.
Related guides
- Ireland destination guide
Destination overview for all published source-backed routes.