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iyemizee:
If you’re considering appeal, please change your mind because your documents will stay longer with them without getting a decision. You’ll eventually be forced to withdraw the application. Same thing happened to me plus the refusal rates are even higher.
The craziest part is that I tried reapplying and my agent told me I have to pay for another insurance of 200€. lol. Bruh, i didn’t even get the visa talk more of using the insurance. Everything about Ireland is just ridiculous

Your agent lied o, I used study and protect for my medical insurance and when my visa was refused, I personally emailed them that it was refused and I had to defer my application and if it’s possible for them to help move the starting date and they did.

Shally233:
That's not fair, what else do they want??
I even heard someone was rejected because of this same birth certificate issue, that the person dropped Attestation of birth instead of birth certificate from National Population council...it's well
What intake did you apply for initially?

September 2025… I don’t think they go through all those documents at all, everything they said I didn’t do/submit, I did and submitted but they said it was not there for some reasons. The only that made sense in the refusal letter was probably insufficient financial document, then I noticed I didn’t submit/add the financial summary sheet.

completed:
what type of birth certificate? is it from the national population commission?

Yes
Both my own and my sponsor and he got his own notarized there in ireland

Shally233:
I even heard some reasons do not even make any sense

They do not make sense at all, most of the reasons doesn’t. How other way do you want me to proof link to sponsor(my elder brother) after submitting his birth certificate, pictures of us since we were child to now, an affidavit kind of documents including both our parent’s signature confirmating we are sibling and all the documents were notarized.

Stupid reasons, they calm you didn’t submit documents are you obviously submitted…. The whole thing is just crazy

Lisi:
Likeeeee, what's even up with that lately, God abeg please oooo




Thei refusal rates has bene crazy lately

And it's so discouraging

[quote author=Ayo112 post=139276177]Appeal decision are been made in Abuja sis[/

Is there anyone here who did it and got a response recently or knows someone who did

Shally233:
I don't think so, decisions are being made in Dublin...Also, please is there anyone applying for September intake here?

Appeal decision are been made in Abuja sis

Toluannie:
Same here please. My reasons for refusal were insufficient finances(although I had a co-sponsor) twice the amount and proof of source of funds, obligation to return and reason for study in Ireland. Can anyone support on this or refer to a professional to help. Thanks 🙏🏾

This is my advice tolu, do not appeal. Submit a new application and address everything again. It’s faster than appeal… it’s rare to see people on appeal and it take 6months of processing officially but I’m in my 7th month going to 8th month without any reasonable feedback. I seriously I’ve dashed them this stuff, just want to see the outcome whenever they release it

Ireland Student Visa Appeal, Anyone with experience? Or knows anyone that did it??

MemeOg:
Hi guys. Please I need clarity on something. Is it necessary to include police character report in the application to the embassy? Some people have have it’s not necessary for a study visa application, some people have said it is absolutely needed. Would really appreciate your response on this.

Pls include it

Pls my people, I don’t know if this is a generic response. They acknowledged a mail/document I sent to them and replied with this but my application is a study visa not join family application and the portal they directed me to, directed me back to back embassy the my application isn’t in Dublin but Abuja embassy. Though I have messaged the embassy immediately telling them my application is a study visa and not join family.


Is there anybody who received a message like this from them in the exact form and mind you this is the first time they are replying with the join family and thr portal stuff

Jaypey21:
Normal application ooo

This people are playing with alot of people’s application both appeal and normal.

Jaypey21:
Hello, sorry to hear that
Please when did you apply for own
What date
Mine is since November 18
Nothing from the embassy at all

Appeal or normal application??

bigmills:
The recently rejected application was a re-application after the initial application was rejected in September 2025. I am not going through all that stress dealing with their incompetence of the Irish embassy visa officers anymore.

Can someone just brief me through UK study visa application especially how many month statement of account do I need to submit

iyemizee:
Omo. It’s over 6 months now that I submitted an appeal. These people haven’t still responded yet. Sent an email, but it’s still the same generic response

Iyemizee, I sent you a mail, pls kindly respond. I will need to ask you somethings

bigmills:
I resubmitted the same application from last year. The previous rejection cited three reasons: missing transcripts for all academic qualifications, no explanation for choosing Ireland as the preferred study destination, and unaddressed gaps between my last period of education and current employment. All of these were valid concerns, and every single one was fully addressed in the new application. It was still rejected and this time with entirely new reasons.



There is nothing more demoralising than doing exactly what was asked, fixing every flagged issue, and then watching them move the goalposts. It feels deliberately designed to wear you down. But that's precisely why we cannot give in.

What was their reason this time around

bigmills:
I resubmitted the same application from last year. The previous rejection cited three reasons: missing transcripts for all academic qualifications, no explanation for choosing Ireland as the preferred study destination, and unaddressed gaps between my last period of education and current employment. All of these were valid concerns, and every single one was fully addressed in the new application. It was still rejected and this time with entirely new reasons.

There is nothing more demoralising than doing exactly what was asked, fixing every flagged issue, and then watching them move the goalposts. It feels deliberately designed to wear you down. But that's precisely why we cannot give in.

I understand and thats extremely painful. I think it’s now an avenue to just make money and is painful.. I heard alot of this stories and that why I refused to submit another application cause I’m tired, tapped out and demoralized. One of the main reason I left my appeal with them till whenever they say something on it.. Only few people are given this visa now and I wonder what they did right and what I did wrong. it is well

The same application you pulled last year to apply for fresh application @bigmills

bigmills:
I received a response from the embassy regarding my visa application, and unfortunately it was rejected on 5 grounds. What makes this particularly frustrating is that every single reason cited was thoroughly addressed with documentary evidence in my application.

For instance, one of the reasons given was insufficient employment information, yet I had submitted offer letters, reference letters, payslips from all my previous and current employments, promotion letters, and salary review documents.

Similarly, the rejection cited insufficient finances, despite the fact that I had provided evidence of school fees paid, a €10,000 bond secured, additional savings in my account, and confirmed accommodation arrangements in Dublin with supporting documentation.

Every reason provided by the embassy had clear, corresponding documentary evidence included in my application. This raises serious concerns about the transparency and consistency of the decision-making process. It is difficult not to question whether these rejections are being used as a tool to broadly restrict immigration, rather than being based on a genuine assessment of individual applications.

I’m sorry about that bigmills




Thats what they do now. When I got my rejection last September, everything they said I didn’t do, I did… link to sponsor, insufficient funds, the course I did for bsc doesn’t correlate with the course I choose for masters(mind you I did Mass communication and going for human resources management which I included proof of how they align), failure to submit previous visa denial letters.. mind you I submitted all these things with proof but was rejected. Everything is just a ruse now.

iyemizee:
Yes I have requested for it to be withdrawn

Hi, how long did it take for you to get it and was it touched at all

iyemizee:
Yes I have requested for it to be withdrawn

Only God knows how fast a new application will be for September intake with all the rubbish they are doing

bigmills:
Documents still under review since January 5

A very slow and crazy system

bigmills:
Nothing Major yet.

Anything on your side bigmills??

iyemizee:
From September to January to April. I will withdraw the appeal. Yes, I sent emails with the documents and even via DHL. Do you know how long it takes to receive my passport back?

I want ask if you’ve withdrawn your application

iyemizee:
From September to January to April. I will withdraw the appeal. Yes, I sent emails with the documents and even via DHL. Do you know how long it takes to receive my passport back?

I think the same thing is happening with me. Got my refusal august 18th, submitted an appeal September 22 which was queued in Oct 2nd on their portal. By then I had deferred my admission to January and nothing came out by January and then deferred again to April(DBS). Judging by your own time frame, it’s nearly impossible to get this before resumption April. IRELAND processing is bleeped. It usually doesn’t take long to get the passport back.

iyemizee:
I submitted on August 11 bro

Bleep!!! Thats 8 months already and you’ve heard nothing…. Thats crazy.

When did you initially deferred to and did you communicate it to the embassy?

iyemizee:
Omo. It’s over 6 months now that I submitted an appeal. These people haven’t still responded yet. Sent an email, but it’s still the same generic response

When exactly did you submit, cause I’m on appeal too and I submitted last week of September and nothing yet

bigmills:
Yours is appeal?Isn't it?

Bigmills, any update??

List is out
Anyone who’s on the list should keep us updated pls

bigmills:
Yours is appeal?Isn't it?

Tbh, I’m not even expecting a response to that this early but I have friends with normal applications submitted in October that haven’t heard anything

bigmills:
Okay.
I don't even think they are following order of submission.
I know someone that submitted November 6 at VFS and landed last week here.

I don’t think they are. I know of someone that submitted nov 15 and his in Ireland already while someone from October including myself haven’t heard anything