Visa Information
UPDATED 12 July 2023
If you are uncertain whether you require a visa to visit Ireland, please first consult the Irish Immigration Service Travel Path and our list of visa-required nationalities.
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Visa applications may be sent to the Embassy by registered post or courier.
Applications can also be submitted in person by appointment. Appointments may be requested by email to rome.visa@dfa.ie.
If you would like to submit your visa application through our Honorary Consulate in Milan, you may request an appointment from them by telephone.
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Please note processing times may take up to 6-8 weeks once a complete visa application has been received. At busy periods this time frame can vary. Once a decision has been made on your application, you will be contacted directly.
In order to ensure that resources can be used to best effect, we do not provide status updates on applications.
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Any visa queries not answered on this page or on the page of the Irish Immigration Service should be submitted by email only to rome.visa@dfa.ie.
For priority/emergency visa applications, please contact us directly so that we can guide you through the application process and advise you how to submit your documentation.
PAYMENT DETAILS
We accept the following forms of payment:
The Embassy accepts payments made in cash, by Italian bank drafts or personal cheques and by Italian postal order. Bank drafts, personal cheques and postal orders should be made payable to: Ambasciata d’Irlanda.
The Embassy does not recommend that important documents such as passports are sent via the standard postal system.
OTHER CONSULAR QUERIES
If you are unable to make a passport application online and you would like to do so at the Embassy, please contact us.
If you have a query regarding Nulla Ostas (CdCs) please contact us.
For all other consular queries, please email contact us.