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Good Morning everyone,

I collected my visa today from DHL and glory to God it has been approved.

After 16 weeks of waiting, i thank God. I pray everyone who is awaiting news will hear goodnews soon.

DHL messaged me on whatsapp on friday evening notifying me that my passport was on its way back to lagos from abuja, i went to pick it up this morning from their office.

I wish you all the best and thank you very much for sharing your updates with me.

akinola105:
hello , did any Griffith college applicate get a decision today .

Omo i havent recieved any decision yet o

Today makes it week 16 since my application got to the embassy in abuja.

I have emailed the embassy telling them that time is going and yesterday they replied me with the same generic response i have been recieving since (It is in queue for processing).

I emailed grffith college dublin on the 7th of jan this year and they didnt respond, i had to send another email today to let them know that i havent heard any news from the embassy.

rioeng:
Hello guys my big brother (26) is looking to go to study in Ireland, joining the September 2026 intake.

We have our uncle(my dad's brother) and cousin(our uncle's son) who are both working and are residents there. They have both agreed to sponsor my brother. We can prove his relationship with them with just 3-4 birth certificates. Wo already have a school near our cousin's place in mind, fees won't be a problem, we'll pay it in full.

I need guidance on various things:
1. How best can he explain the change of careers from electrical engineering to applied social care?
2. We have uncles, two in the UK and one in the US that will be depositing money in his bank account in euros, USD and pounds. Can i just explain is from my uncles and show the statements, because we all share one surname.
3. How does he show strong ties to return back to the country of origin. He has a daughter but not married yet. He has just finished school in 2025 so he has no job, no pay slips, no property, nothing at all.
4. If there is no employment history is that a negative?
5. Do i have to purchase the Ireland education bond and/or have money in his bank account for expenses if he is fully sponsored by our uncles, and he will be fully hosted by our uncle and cousin in Ireland for the whole 4 years. Like the €10,000 for the first year and fees and €10,000 expenses for subsequent years.
6. For example fees for the remaining 3 years is like €30,000, so does my uncle's account need to have that amount all at once to prove he can pay my fees and support me?

Thank you for your time lads, looking forward to hear from you.

Hi, Good afternoon

I feel you should paste these questions to chatgpt. it will give you sample to follow and give you ideas on how to compile everything.
Especially number 1.

akinola105:
someone told me that griffith is asking to differ to september , i submitted since october as well and no feed back

Omo.......
Are you fr ? After all the time taken ?

akinola105:
when did you submit .

Sept 22nd 2025

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Good Morning everyone,

Happy new year 🎊

Please has anyone heard any update on their visa, people going against jan/Feb intake.

Victorddev:
please do I need to aspotile or legalize my documents before applying for msc in Ireland

No

Please did anyone's IRL number come out on the list published today ?

tomide123:
I did . Just got my visa yesterday

Congratulations!!!!
The wait wasnt an easy one o

Ayo112:
Nawa o, Ireland embassy never give me decision and school talk say make I send passport picture for I.D card ..... God abeg ooooo

LMAO

Please what school

Ayo112:
Is that what you think

I have a friend that applied October, another one November and they both submitted at vfs Abuja and how long do you think it gets to the embassy in Abuja from vfs Abuja. Baba all their processing stuff no get manual and time frame again. Na when you see am you see am. So someone that said she submitted hers September, her application didn’t get sent quick baa?? Three month and counting.

Wow, they also havent heard anything right ?

Uche231213:
It's not unusual for it to take this long during this period. Visa decisions usually take 6-8 weeks during normal periods so I'd imagine it will be a bit longer now that it's their peak period. You submitted September, that's roughly 8 weeks by my calculations so who knows, you might hear something soon. Be positive. Good luck

Its 10 weeks and a day now

Ayo112:
What school you going to overthere and what's the resumption time

Griffith College Dublin

26th January 2026

abuhusna1:
Most of you experiencing delay, sorry to tell you it was because if your brothers and sister already in Ireland for study purpose and most of them are claiming asylum. They are trying to reduce study route application from Nigeria because if this act

What a pity !

Some nigerians no dey like see good things with their eyes, if them no spoil am dem no go rest.

Same reason UK and Canada are also tighten borders for nigerians too.

Is it really so hard to do things the right way ?

Ayo112:
It's usually like that before, visa decision comes out early. I got my initial visa decision in August and I applied late June but now seeing someone who has gotten decision since that August is now a huge task and this people are not rushing themselves based on the number of lists they release every Monday.

When i see 2 pages list, i dont even bother to search my number.

Extremely disappointing.

And our Passports are with them o, we cant even start looking or processing plan B for ourselves.

Uche231213:
When did you apply and when does your school resume?

I applied in april 2025 against February 2026 resumption in griffith college dublin. Got my admission that same april and started preperations for visa same april, gathered money, wrote english test and did all necessary processes.

I applied for my visa in september 2025 thinking id get it by october, buy ticket against early january so i can go and hustle accommodation before school starts.

This is December and nothing, I cant make any plans at the moment cause i dont know what they are doing again.

I have spoken to the school about visa application withdrawal and they said they will refund the tuition deposit but theyd take a few deductions but i should please exercise patience with the embassy.

Ayo112:
It’s because there’s no information out there about anything. I have gone through TikTok, insta and even twitter to just see someone that got visa from Ireland but I couldn’t find any. Know a lot of friend that are also waiting for response for fresh application and appeal… I guess people are just trying not to think about it

I swear down

Almost as if no nigerians have applied this year to study in ireland , all i see are advertisement to come and study in ireland

This is very bad

The only reason i chose ireland was because my friend told me she got her visa in 3 weeks last year against her september session resumption.

I wonder what is happening this year.

bigmills:
Was it appeal you sent in or fresh application?

Fresh application.

Since september 24th 2025, nothing.

I have emailed them twice and they send the same generic response.

Another list is out oooo

Sadly my number is not on it

Did anyone see their number on the list ?

Another list is out. 2 pages

check if your number is there.

Chiamyugwu:
lol Embassy finally picked my call today,the lady told me that the truth is that they aren’t processing study visa for January intake yet 🙂

Please what number did you call ?

The number on thier website ?

Chiamyugwu:
lol Embassy finally picked my call today,the lady told me that the truth is that they aren’t processing study visa for January intake yet 🙂

JESUSSSSSSSSSSSSS

My goodness ! for 2 months plus

This isnt fair at allllllll, they didnt even say anything on the website

Ayo112:
When did you apply

I submitted at vfs on the 22nd of September 2025 and my documents got to the embassy on September 24th 2025

Another list is out

3 pages

Sadly my number wasn't listed

Is there anyone here whose number was listed today ?

Ayo112:
Saw this on their page this morning
Is appeal not in trouble like this
6 months for processing

I cant imagine the influx of applications they had this year.

It is a total mess. They have terrible systems.......

At the same time i think its a ploy to reduce the amount of people migrating to the country.

completed:
please house, how do you know when the embassy receives your application. VFS sent a message that application has been dispatched to abuja. thanks

https://www.vfsvisaonline.com/Global-Passporttracking/Track/Index?q=shSA0YnE4pLF9Xzwon/x/KgjqpWLKpJv1+Cz1ga9/6EJfiYm1eKv4NloVE0HSGxAhM91o/mqIRHo8VDqxu/PD3GLunT4EQNAWkkdOWkUr1U=


Put your IRL Number and date of birth

Good Morning all,

Please is there anyone who applied in for their study visa in september here and has recieved a response ?

Ayo112:
Any update from anyone who has gotten a decision today( both appeal And normal application pls)

Omo nothing yet.....

This is very stressful i swear, almost 2 weeks without any new list of decisions posted on the website.

akinola105:
you can use your scanned passport to verify just make sure you use an iPhone to snap it or upload a very clear picture of your passport

Omo i have tried using a photocopy of my passport twice and it didnt work

They rejected it.

akinola105:
https://portal.irishimmigration.ie/en/ you can track your application here

Thank you very much id register for the portal now

Hi Good Afternoon Everyone,

Please i want to ask how long it takes for a nigerian to get response from the abuja irish embassy about their study visa.

My documents got to the abuja embassy on the 24th September 2025 and till now no response.

The Irish Embassy Abuja website is slow with giving weekly updates.

I am a bit worried, Please can the people who have successfully gone share how long you waited to get a response for visa.

Thank you very much for your time and response.