Short-stay C visa to marry or enter a civil partnership

If you are a visa required national then you must make an application for a visa prior to travelling to the State. Unless you have an in date EUFAM card, or a BIVS visa.

When completing your Visa Application in AVATS please select Reason for Travel - Marriage/Civil Partnership.

The Short-Stay Visa Waiver Programme allows nationals of certain countries, who have entered the UK on foot of a UK short stay visa, to travel to Ireland without the requirement to obtain an Irish visa.

You may be able to visit Ireland, for less than 90 days, without an Irish visa if you can answer "yes" to each of these questions:

You can apply for a visa to travel to Ireland for up to 90 days for the following reasons:

To get married

Reason for Travel - Marriage/Civil Partnership.

You can apply for a marriage visa after you and your future spouse have received an acknowledgement from the Registrar confirming the date of receipt of notification of your intention to marry.

Work (paid or unpaid)

Use any public funds or publicly funded services, for example a public hospital.

You can apply for a visa to travel to Ireland for up to 90 days

The validity of your visa normally starts from the date your visa was granted and expires 90 days after this date. You should note that this is not always the case. In some circumstances it will be shorter. The visa officer determines the validity and you cannot appeal against the visa officer's decision on the validity period of your visa.

You can only travel to Ireland between the dates on the visa including the first and last dates printed on the visa. The visa must be presented to an Immigration Officer at a port of entry between those dates.

Select journey Type as 'Single ' or ' Multiple' and

You must leave Ireland before your permission to be in Ireland expires

That you (and the relatives or friends sponsoring your visit) have enough money to travel and support yourself in Ireland without accessing public funds/resources

Strong family, economic, social ties to your country of current residence/origin

That you will leave Ireland before any permission granted expires

You have appropriate travel/medical insurance for the duration of your trip

Documents must be original.

You must provide a full and certified translation into the English or Irish language of any documents not in English or Irish.

You may need to provide further additional documents depending on the purpose of your travel here.

When you are filling in your information on the online application form:

Select visa/preclearance type as ' Short Stay (C)'

Select the correct Reason for Travel.

You can apply for a Short Stay 'C' visa up to 3 months before your date of travel to Ireland.

You must make your visa application from the country where you are ordinarily resident, i.e. the country where you live.

After the end date the visa is no longer valid and you will be required to apply for new visa.