Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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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