Published DBS master's tuition on this list starts at €14,500 for the year. The visa file also needs living-cost funds; check the current figure on irishimmigration.ie. Confirm both figures before you rely on them. The partial scholarship DBS publishes is conditional, so build the file for the full published fee.
The right tone for this file is documentation and transparency. An advisor can help you organise it. Nobody on this website can tell you that a visa will be approved.
Salary savings
Salary that you saved is straightforward when the statements show the salary arriving and the balance building. Keep employment letters and salary records beside the statements so the two tell the same story.
Savings accounts
A savings balance needs a history, not only a closing figure. Show when the money went in, and from where. A statement that starts the month before you apply is a weak explanation.
FDR and fixed deposits
A fixed deposit or FDR can be part of the file when you can show that you funded it, when it was opened, and that it is available for the tuition and living costs you have to meet. A certificate on its own does not explain the source.
Business income
Business owners should show the business itself: registration, how money moves from the business to the person who will pay the fees, and accounts or tax records that match the bank trail. A single large transfer from a company account needs that context.
Rental income
Rental income needs the tenancy and the deposits that match it. If a family member receives the rent and then sponsors you, show both the rent and the relationship.
Investment income
Dividends, returns, or a redeemed investment need the holding and the credit into the account you will rely on. Name the investment. Do not leave a credit described only as a transfer.
Spouse or parental sponsorship
A sponsor is a person with funds and a reason to pay, not a second unexplained account. Show the relationship, the sponsor's own source of income, and their consent to use the funds for this programme.
Sale of property or other assets
A sale belongs in the file only when it really happened. Keep the sale deed or equivalent, the receipt of funds, and the path from the buyer into the account. A planned sale is not the same document as a completed one.
Large deposits
Any large deposit needs a sentence that says what it is. Cash deposited without a source, or several round-figure credits just before the application, is the pattern that creates questions. Explain each one while the paperwork still exists.
Tuition-payment trail
Irish immigration sets a minimum tuition payment before a visa application (check the current amount on irishimmigration.ie). DBS may ask for more in the offer letter. Pay what the offer asks, keep the transfer receipt, and do not treat the immigration minimum as the college's bill.
Banking history
Plan on six months of statements for the accounts you will rely on, and confirm the current evidence standard before you lodge the file. The point of the history is to show that the funds existed and where they came from, not to reach a number on the last page.
Source-of-funds explanation
Write a short note in plain language: who earned or held the money, over what period, and which documents prove it. The note and the statements should be readable together. Transparency is the standard. A larger balance with no story is weaker than a smaller balance with a clear one.
Permitted work is not the funding plan
People who hold a valid Irish study permission may have a limited right to work. That right is an additional permission. It is not a way to raise the tuition or the living funds. Prepare the money before you travel. This site does not set out retail, restaurant, hospitality, or tutoring work as a budget.