Gary Gannon
Question:141. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a breakdown of the awards of study visas, by country of origin of awardees, since the beginning of 2022, in tabular form. [46812/23]
View answerWednesday, 25 October 2023
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I can advise the Deputy that not every nationality is visa required to travel to the State. A full list of visa required and non-visa required countries is available at the following link:
www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Immigration-Service-Delivery-Visa-and-Non-Visa-Required-Countries.pdf
Any visa required national that wishes to enter the State, and remain, for up to 90 days must have a Type C Short Stay Visa. A Short Stay Study Visa can be sought for courses lasting less than 90 days, such as some intensive English language courses.
A visa required national that wishes to reside in the State for longer than 90 days must have a Type D Long Stay Visa. Long Stay Study Visas are suitable where the applicant wishes to attend a course of study lasting longer than 90 days.
The information requested by the Deputy in relation to Type C and D study visas for visa required nationals is available in the table below.
|
- |
2022 - Type C |
2022 - Type D |
2022 Total |
2023 - Type C |
2023 -Type D |
2023 Total |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|
7 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
Burundi |
|
|
|
|
9 |
9 |
|
Colombia |
11 |
175 |
186 |
9 |
149 |
158 |
|
India |
26 |
6,881 |
6,907 |
23 |
6,918 |
6,941 |
|
Jamaica |
|
6 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
Kazakhstan |
10 |
48 |
58 |
19 |
49 |
68 |
|
Kenya |
|
142 |
142 |
|
165 |
168 |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
|
27 |
27 |
|
12 |
12 |
|
Liberia |
|
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
Malawi |
|
13 |
13 |
|
12 |
12 |
|
Mauritius |
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
Mongolia |
6 |
1,324 |
1,330 |
6 |
717 |
723 |
|
Morocco |
6 |
47 |
53 |
6 |
77 |
83 |
|
Myanmar |
|
11 |
11 |
|
9 |
9 |
|
Nepal |
|
71 |
71 |
|
45 |
45 |
|
Nigeria |
7 |
653 |
660 |
6 |
457 |
463 |
|
Oman |
9 |
89 |
98 |
9 |
52 |
61 |
|
People's Republic of China |
47 |
2,446 |
2,493 |
169 |
3,161 |
3,330 |
|
Qatar |
|
9 |
9 |
|
17 |
17 |
|
Russian Federation |
285 |
261 |
546 |
254 |
244 |
498 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
90 |
248 |
338 |
112 |
160 |
272 |
|
Sierra Leone |
|
10 |
10 |
|
11 |
11 |
|
Somalia |
|
|
|
|
6 |
6 |
|
Sudan |
|
10 |
10 |
|
13 |
13 |
|
Turkiye |
140 |
2,246 |
2,386 |
134 |
878 |
1,012 |
|
Ukraine |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
United Republic of Tanzania |
|
34 |
34 |
|
49 |
49 |
|
Uzbekistan |
|
12 |
12 |
|
9 |
9 |
|
Zambia |
|
14 |
14 |
|
15 |
15 |
|
Zimbabwe |
|
47 |
47 |
|
21 |
21 |
|
Other |
143 |
2,009 |
2,142 |
103 |
1,940 |
2,040 |
|
Total |
780 |
16,860 |
17,640 |
850 |
15,205 |
16,055 |
*Please note all figures are correct at time of issue and may be subject to data cleansing.
**It is the policy of the Department not to release numbers where there are less than 5 in respect of any nationality, as there is a possibility that a person may be identifiable by releasing such information.
Once a non-EEA national aged 16 or over has received an ‘permission to land’ and intends to stay in the State for more than 90 days, they must register a ‘permission to remain’ in order to receive an Irish Residence Permit (IRP card) under Section 9 of the Immigration Act.
A Stamp 2 immigration permission indicates permission to study a full time course on the official Interim List of Eligible Programmes (ILEP) for a specified period, subject to restrictions.
The table below sets out the number of Stamp 2 registrations by nationality for 2022. Figures for 2023 will not be available until early 2024.
It is important to note that these figures contain both first time registrations and renewals of registration granted in the year. It is also important to note that not all registrations are granted for a 12 month period as some will have longer or shorter periods of validity and consequently will not register annually. A person may remain in the State on Stamp 2 student conditions for up to 7 years.
Stamp 2 Students Registrations 2022
|
Nationality |
No of Stamp 2 Registrations |
|
Albanian |
13 |
|
Algerian |
152 |
|
American |
2269 |
|
Argentinian |
1002 |
|
Australian |
77 |
|
Azerbaijani Republic |
12 |
|
Bahrainain |
17 |
|
Bangladeshi |
95 |
|
Belarusian |
10 |
|
Bolivian |
1205 |
|
Bosnian |
12 |
|
Botswanian |
42 |
|
Brazilian |
16235 |
|
Brunei |
41 |
|
Cameroon |
23 |
|
Canadian |
1382 |
|
Chilean |
2495 |
|
Chinese |
3451 |
|
Colombian |
133 |
|
Costa Rican |
262 |
|
Ecuadorean |
20 |
|
Egyptian |
63 |
|
Ethiopian |
20 |
|
Georgian |
25 |
|
Ghanaian |
70 |
|
Grenadain |
6 |
|
Guatemalan |
93 |
|
Guyanan |
7 |
|
Honduran |
157 |
|
Hong Kong |
32 |
|
Indian |
6924 |
|
Indonesian |
94 |
|
Iranian |
186 |
|
Iraqi |
13 |
|
Israeli |
13 |
|
Japanese |
606 |
|
Jordanian |
75 |
|
Kazakhstan National |
49 |
|
Kenyan |
142 |
|
Korean |
88 |
|
Kuwaiti |
782 |
|
Kyrgyzstani |
24 |
|
Lebanese |
34 |
|
Lesotho |
7 |
|
Liberian |
10 |
|
Libyan |
7 |
|
Malawian |
20 |
|
Malaysian |
1313 |
|
Maldivan |
9 |
|
Mauritian |
16 |
|
Mexican |
3227 |
|
Mongolian |
1195 |
|
Moroccan |
43 |
|
Motswana |
81 |
|
Mozambican |
7 |
|
Myanmar |
14 |
|
Nepalese |
96 |
|
New Zealander |
15 |
|
Nicaraguan |
35 |
|
Nigerian |
841 |
|
Omanese |
307 |
|
Pakistani |
519 |
|
Palestine |
27 |
|
Panamanian |
344 |
|
Paraguayan |
152 |
|
Peruvian |
45 |
|
Philippine |
58 |
|
Qatar |
29 |
|
Russian |
336 |
|
Rwandan |
10 |
|
Salvadoran |
295 |
|
Saudi Arabian |
581 |
|
Serbian |
16 |
|
Seychellois Seychelloise |
43 |
|
Sierra Leonean |
12 |
|
Singaporean |
178 |
|
South African |
140 |
|
South Korean |
280 |
|
Sri Lankan |
136 |
|
Sudanese |
17 |
|
Swazi |
7 |
|
Syrian Arab Republican |
15 |
|
Taiwanese |
196 |
|
Tanzanian |
30 |
|
Thai |
69 |
|
Trinidadian |
49 |
|
Tunisian |
13 |
|
Turkish |
2676 |
|
Ugandan |
95 |
|
Ukrainian |
76 |
|
United Arab Emirate |
75 |
|
Uruguayan |
230 |
|
Uzbekistan |
8 |
|
Venezuelan |
13 |
|
Vietnamese |
212 |
|
Zambian |
22 |
|
Zimbabwean |
74 |
|
Others |
124 |
|
Total |
52896 |