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Schengen visa appointment in Ireland: VFS Global in Dublin
VisaBot works independently of VFS Global and of every embassy. Every appointment goes into the applicant's own name through the official VFS Global centre; the visa itself is decided by the destination's consulate.
If you live in Ireland on an Irish Residence Permit and need a Schengen visa, you book an appointment with the visa centre of your main destination. VisaBot follows the VFS Global calendars in Dublin for ten Schengen countries, sends an alert when a date is released and, with AutoBooking, books it in your name. The destination country's consulate alone decides on the visa.
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How VisaBot watches the VFS Global calendar in Dublin, in three steps
- 1
Pick a country and a category
Sign up through visabot.eu or the VisaBot app for iPhone or Android, then select the destination and the visa category exactly as VFS Global names it for Dublin.
- 2
VisaBot refreshes VFS Global
The bot checks the VFS Global booking calendar for your route day and night, so you do not have to keep refreshing it.
- 3
An alert or a booked date
Notifications puts a push message in the app, or an email if you prefer, and you make the booking. AutoBooking books a suitable date for everyone on the plan.
Where in Ireland VisaBot catches Schengen dates
VisaBot's coverage in Ireland comes down to one city, Dublin, where it follows VFS Global booking calendars for ten Schengen destinations.
Dublin — VFS Global
Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, the Netherlands and Slovakia, each with both Notifications and AutoBooking.
Schengen countries on offer from Ireland
- Netherlands
- Denmark
- Austria
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Finland
- Slovakia
- Latvia
- Estonia
Coverage changes when VFS Global adds or withdraws categories, and the booking form shows the current list. The embassies of Estonia and Slovakia in Dublin also describe booking by email, so confirm on the embassy's visa page that your category goes through VFS Global before paying.
Notifications or AutoBooking: which plan suits your Dublin appointment?
Notifications and AutoBooking are both offered on every route from Ireland; the choice is who presses the booking button once VFS Global releases a date.
| What you compare | Notifications | AutoBooking |
|---|---|---|
| Who books the date | You do, on the VFS Global website, after a push alert or an optional email. | The bot does, on the VFS Global website, in the names of the applicants you added. |
| When it makes sense | You can react within minutes and already have a VFS Global account set up. | Work, lectures or travel keep you away from your phone when dates appear. |
| Applicants per plan | One subscription for everyone on the application. | Up to five per subscription on every Dublin route, with the price counted per applicant. |
| What you provide | Destination, visa category and where alerts should go. | Passport and personal details for each applicant, plus an optional date range on most routes at extra cost. |
| How you pay | One payment for a 30-day term. | Two stages on VFS Global routes: a prepayment per applicant, then the balance after a date is booked. |
| Renewal | None: the plan ends after 30 days. | None: AutoBooking also runs for 30 days and then ends. |
Two students, one Croatia trip
A single Notifications plan covers both travellers, which works if one of you can open the VFS Global site quickly once the alert comes in.
A family of five to Austria
Austria's Dublin route takes up to five applicants per AutoBooking plan, so two parents and three children fit on one subscription, with the price counted per applicant.
A conference in Copenhagen
Denmark's Dublin route has a conference category; set an AutoBooking date range that ends well before the event, leaving the embassy time to decide on the visa.
AutoBooking on a Dublin route, step by step
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Enter applicants exactly
Copy every name and passport number as printed. On the Netherlands route VFS Global locks all booking fields, so an error cannot be fixed later.
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Pay the first stage
VFS Global routes are paid in two stages. The first payment for each applicant is due when you subscribe, and the app itemises the amount for your route.
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The bot books a fitting date
When a released date has room for your whole group and falls inside your chosen window, if you set one, the bot books it on VFS Global for all applicants.
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VFS login codes go to VisaBot
The one-time login code from VFS Global lands in VisaBot's system mailbox. If you want to sign in to VFS Global yourself, support passes the code on.
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Pay the balance in 48 hours
A payment link follows the booking, and an unpaid appointment is cancelled after 48 hours. Skipping payment declines an unsuitable date, but the bot then books no other.
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Attend the centre in person
Each applicant attends VFS Global in Dublin on the booked day with the embassy's document list; children usually come too, and fingerprints are taken unless exempt.
AutoBooking secures at most one date per subscription and cannot guarantee that one: no matching release from VFS Global means no booking.
How long a Dublin appointment can take, and what comes after it
Nobody at VisaBot knows in advance when VFS Global will release dates in Dublin, and VFS Global itself says it opens Netherlands appointments at random times. New dates are not necessarily released every day, so quiet stretches of several days before the first alert are normal, and on sought-after routes each released appointment draws many applicants at once.
VFS Global's pages for Hungary, Iceland and Latvia in Ireland warn that appointments around Easter, in July and August and at Christmas are booked very quickly, because each of those missions processes a fixed number of applications a day; the Hungary page advises securing the appointment before making travel bookings.
An appointment date is not a visa date. The Schengen Visa Code sets 15 calendar days as the standard decision period, extendable to 45 days when an application needs closer examination or extra documents. Some Dublin routes send files to a mission in London, which adds time, so check the embassy page for processing times before booking travel.
A consulate accepts an application from six months before departure up to 15 days before it. Start watching for a Dublin date once the trip falls inside that window, keeping in mind that each VisaBot subscription runs for 30 days, and set a date range in AutoBooking where the route offers one.
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Schengen visa rules for applying from Ireland on an IRP
- Who applies in Dublin
- Non-EU nationals with a valid Irish Residence Permit whose passport needs a Schengen visa. Irish, EU, EEA and Swiss citizens need none for short stays.
- Short-stay Irish visa holders
- Apply from your country of residence: the Dublin centres take applicants who hold an Irish residence permit, not visitors.
- Which country to apply to
- Your main destination by length or purpose of stay; with equal stays, the first Schengen country you enter.
- Ireland and Schengen
- Ireland is outside the Schengen Area, so an IRP does not replace a Schengen visa.
- Fees
- A visa fee for the destination plus a VFS Global service fee; amounts are on the embassy and VFS Global pages.
- Who decides
- The destination country's consulate or embassy. VFS Global collects applications and returns passports but does not decide.
Holders of an Irish Stamp 4 EU FAM residence card, issued to family members of EU citizens, need no short-stay visa for EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway, with or without the EU citizen, so check before subscribing. Family members without that card who travel with or join an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen may get a free, faster visa.
What stays outside VisaBot's job in Ireland
- VisaBot does not issue visas or influence decisions, and it does not check documents, fill in forms or handle your visa application at any stage.
- VisaBot has no affiliation with VFS Global or any embassy in Dublin and does not sell or hold appointments; each date it books carries the applicant's own name.
- Neither Notifications nor AutoBooking can guarantee a Dublin appointment, because VisaBot reacts to dates that VFS Global actually releases and cannot create new ones.
VisaBot is a trading name of TREVOR PHILIPS LTD, a company registered in England and Wales, Companies House number 14986978.
Questions about Schengen appointments in Ireland
Where are Schengen visa appointments booked in Ireland?
You book online with the visa centre of your main destination; for the ten countries it covers, VisaBot watches the VFS Global calendar in Dublin: Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, the Netherlands and Slovakia. Each applicant normally attends in person on the booked day. The embassies of Estonia and Slovakia in Dublin also describe booking by email, so check the embassy page before paying.
Why does VFS in Dublin show no available appointments?
An empty VFS Global calendar in Dublin means no bookable date is open for your category at that moment. VFS Global adds new dates at unannounced times, and on its Netherlands route it asks applicants to join a waitlist when no slots appear. VisaBot checks the calendar around the clock and sends an alert, or books the date with AutoBooking, when a matching appointment is released.
Can I apply for a Schengen visa from Ireland with an IRP?
Yes, a valid Irish Residence Permit is what allows a non-EU national to lodge a Schengen application in Dublin, but the permit itself does not open the Schengen border: Ireland sits outside the Schengen Area. If you are in Ireland on a short-stay Irish visa, the visa centres in Dublin expect you to apply from your country of residence.
Can I apply to whichever Schengen country has the earliest appointment?
No, a Schengen application belongs with your main destination: the country of the longest stay or main purpose, or the country you enter first when stays are equal. An open date for a different country does not change the main-destination rule, so set VisaBot up for the country where you will actually spend most of the trip, even if its calendar is slower.
Does VisaBot cover France, Germany, Italy or Spain from Ireland?
No, VisaBot does not cover France, Germany, Italy or Spain from Ireland. VisaBot's Irish coverage is ten countries at VFS Global in Dublin, from Austria to Slovakia, so appointments for France, Germany, Italy and Spain get no alerts or AutoBooking. If one of them is your main destination, book through that country's own embassy or visa centre.
Can I book Schengen appointments for my whole family from Dublin?
Yes. A Notifications subscription is shared by all travellers on one application. AutoBooking accepts up to five applicants per subscription on every Dublin route and charges per applicant, so a family of five needs one plan. Each applicant needs their own VFS Global appointment, so the bot waits for a release with enough places for the whole group.
Does VisaBot sell VFS Global appointments?
No. Appointments at VFS Global cannot be bought from VisaBot, which neither resells nor reserves them and is not linked to VFS Global or any embassy. What you pay for is the round-the-clock check of the Dublin calendar and, on AutoBooking, the booking itself, made on the official VFS Global website in each applicant's own name. Some official pages, NetherlandsWorldwide among them, warn against booking through intermediaries, so pick Notifications if you want to press the booking button yourself.
How much does VisaBot cost in Ireland?
Notifications cost from €35 a month, and one subscription covers every applicant on it. AutoBooking costs from €100 per applicant; the final amount depends on the visa centre's fee.
What happens to my payment if no appointment is booked?
Notifications are not refunded once alerts have started. For AutoBooking, the initial fee can be refunded if VisaBot has not booked an appointment for your destination and visa type within a reasonable time frame of no less than 14 calendar days from when your application becomes fully active; up to 10% may be kept to cover administrative costs. The charge paid after a successful booking is not refundable. Full terms: Refund Policy.
Schengen appointment guides from Ireland
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