1. Top 19 grounds for
Visa Refusal in
Ireland

2. Tourist and Student Visa
 There are many ways to reassess your application to avoid
‘refusal’ for a tourist or student visa in Ireland, more often an
immigration/visa officer will check all the information and
documents.
1. If there is no sufficient funds to cover the entire visit/study in
Ireland
2. Previous immigration history has not disclosed
3. One may use a certain sponsor for his travel/study expenses in
Ireland, but the sponsor has not provided all of his documents
that will deem to claim his/her financial capability
4. The applicant has not established a proof of relationship to his
sponsor

3. 5. If there are inconsistencies, misleading information and
fraudulent documents
6. There should always a Six (6) months bank statement and its
quality will be part of the assessment of the visa officer, in
addition to the sharp increases of money prior to submission of
application where an applicant cannot account to explain
7. If one cannot demonstrate a strong ties in his country of
residence i.e., social, economic, and family ties
8. If there is a gap with employment and qualification in particular,
with the student visa application where, an applicant cannot
account to explain
9. If the applicant could be a threat to the public policy in Ireland
and public health

4. 10. If there is an additional information or verification made by the
officer and the applicant or sponsor has failed to respond
11. The quality of documents, for example a certificate of
employment of the applicant, where there is no contact details or
email address of the employer, or even if there is a typographical
error from the public government documents that do not match
exactly with the details of the applicant or to his sponsor.
12. Insufficient or the leaking of documents as per requirement in
applying for the visa to travel/study in Ireland
13. If the visa officer is not convinced that the visa conditions will
be met by the applicant in coming up with the decision according
to the documents and information provided by the applicant
14. If your propose study has not had a logical pathway – one
cannot study the course that he/she has already taken from his
country of residence or overseas, unless, otherwise, there is a
compelling reason to undertake the course which may consider
the relevance of the course on a credible level
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5. 15. One may also submit an application for him to demonstrate his
obligation to return to his country of resident, though running a
business (with business name), however, as to assess on the
basis of the business the visa officer will also look into the
documents as the business’ profitability.
16. If there is no clear statement for the purpose of visit or study to
Ireland, i.e., a schedule for the itinerary as a tourist and or a
study plan for student.
17. If according to the documents you have provided, the visa
officer conducts an examination and investigation, where the
applicant has previous criminal offence, or criminal act. 18. If
after the examination of documents made in the individual
circumstances, the applicant may not follow the visa conditions,
resulting to overstay in Ireland and or be a burden to the state.
19. If the eligibility criteria has not met according to the
immigration policy of Ireland

6.  There may other reasons to refuse your
visa application under the family
reunification category as spouse,civil
partner of an Irsh Citezon or non- EEA
resident. Contact Visa Online Assistance
and send us an email at
info@visaonlineassistance.com for more
information.