On July 20 19, you can apply for a five-year multiple-entry visa to Ireland+application guide.

Tell you a good news. You can apply for a five-year multiple-entry visa, and you can apply from July. You can still learn about the relevant strategies for visa processing in Ireland. The following are the relevant strategies for other visa processing.

News Information On June 22nd, Irish Minister of Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan announced the new policy of issuing five-year multiple-entry visas to China citizens.

The new five-year multiple-entry visa will take effect on July 1, 2065438. If the applicant has a reliable travel record, such as visas previously issued by Ireland, Britain, Schengen countries, Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the United States, and meets the terms of these visas, you can choose this option.

This is a further development of the Irish visa program, which is very beneficial to China tourists. In addition to the standard Irish short-stay visa, China tourists can also enjoy the Irish visa program and the UK short-stay visa-free program.

At present, tourists can choose 1 year, 2 years or 3 years multiple entry visa. This new option will provide further flexibility for frequent vacationers (business visas already have this option). All applications can be made online.

How to apply: log in to the Irish visa application center, fill in the application form online, and go to the Irish visa application center (national 16) to apply. The Irish Visa Application Center has now opened the online payment function, accepting payment by WeChat and UnionPay.

Review time: 7- 10 days after Beijing office receives the application materials.

Special note: BIVS visa holders can stay in Ireland for up to 90 days.

Visitors with "British-Irish Visa" (BIVS) can stay in Ireland for up to 90 days, and at the same time enter the UK (including Northern Ireland) to enjoy the convenience of "one visa to visit two countries".

Visa processing strategy Ireland belongs to the European Union, but not to the Schengen visa. Because the complexity is the same as that in Britain (fingerprints are also needed), most people still choose to sign in Britain, which leads to the fact that visa agents are sometimes not particularly familiar with the recent visa policy, so I suggest you start early.

When PO applies, it faces a choice. Some documents need to be notarized by the embassy itself, which takes a long time, but they can be sent in without notarization, but the pass rate may be reduced. Fortunately, there is plenty of time, so it is better to start early.

Special visa for Ireland and Northern Ireland

Regarding Ireland and Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland belongs to Britain, so you need a British visa to go to the Giant's Road in Northern Ireland. However, China citizens have special visas, which can be passed by both countries, but the country where the plane lands must be the country where you apply for a visa.

This kind of visa does not require special application. As long as I want to go to these two countries in my itinerary and hotel reservation, the visa page will be marked.

In addition, this kind of visa is only available in China and is only useful for short-term visas, such as tourist visas. In other words, small partners who study or work in Europe need to apply separately! ! ! This is another BUGl I met before I went out. Friends in the same trade found that although the website of the embassy stated that all China citizens could enjoy this dual-country visa, the staff of the British and Irish embassies said that they could not and needed to apply separately.

Personal information needs to be submitted online for an Irish visa (the website of the Irish Visa Immigration Bureau), and the required materials can be viewed on the website of the Visa Office of the Irish Embassy in Beijing.

After submitting the online application, you need to make an appointment to submit the materials on site.

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It should be noted that the visa officer will decide whether your personal tourist visa is BIVS (British Irish Visa System) according to the materials you submit.

If you finally get a visa with the word BIVS, you can use an Irish visa to go to the UK, but only if you go to Ireland first.

Of course, you don't need to check your passport to travel from Ireland to Northern Ireland.