Short-Term Stay - Less Than 90 Days
About short stay business visa
If you are a visa required national you must apply for a visa before travelling to Ireland. You should not buy travel tickets before you receive a decision on your visa application. A short stay business visa allows you to travel to Ireland for up to 90 days for business purposes or for work that lasts 14 days or less, subject to conditions described below.
Reason for travel: ‘Business’
A short stay ‘C’ business visa allows you to travel to Ireland for up to 90 days for activities related to your job, including to:
- Attend meetings
- Negotiate or sign agreements or contracts
- Work for 14 days or less.
This visa does not allow you to:
- Work in any way (paid or unpaid) for 15 days or longer
Rely on Irish public services, for example public hospitals.
Rules for working 14 days or less
You should apply for a business visa if your work in Ireland starts and ends within a single 14 day period (2 calendar weeks).
Your work must start and end within a single 14 day period
For example, if you plan to work in Ireland for 7 days, then stop working for 10 days (while remaining in Ireland) and then work again for 7 days, your work will not start and end within a single 14 day period (2 calendar weeks).
In this example, you must apply for permission to work through the Atypical Working Scheme and if you are successful you then apply for a short stay employment visa.
You cannot work more than once during the 90 day period
For example, if you are granted a multiple entry visa you may plan to work in Ireland for 14 consecutive days, then leave Ireland for 1 month and return again to work for another 14 days.
In this example, you are working more than once for 14 days or less within 90 days. This is not permitted so you must apply for permission to work through the Atypical Working Scheme and (if successful) apply for a short stay employment visa.
An important required document - Proof of exam and registration
You must include a written invitation from a host in Ireland. Your host may be a customer, a supplier or a company or organisation. The invitation letter should have the information listed below:
- The reason they are inviting you to Ireland
- The dates they want you to work or meet with them
- Proof of an existing relationship between the host and you, for example: Ask your host to include copies of their emails or letters with you about your visit
- A statement by your host about what they will contribute to the cost of your visit :
- The statement must say if your host will pay for ‘all’, ‘some’ or ‘none’ of the costs of your visit
- If ‘all’ or ‘some’, the letter must include an estimate of everything your host will pay for, for example, airline tickets, accommodation. (see Finance plan below).
If you have been invited by more than one host you must obtain a separate letter of invitation from each host.
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