Embassy information
Address and contact details
Embassy of Ireland, India
Connaught Place,
New Delhi, 110001
India
Closure dates 2026
| Holiday | Date | Day of the week |
|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day | 01 January | Thursday |
| Republic Day | 26 January | Monday |
| St Brigid's Day | 02 February | Monday |
| Holi | 04 March | Wednesday |
| Id-ul-Fitr(in lieu of) | 23 March | Monday |
| St Patrick's Day (in lieu of) | 24 March | Tuesday |
| Good Friday | 03 April | Friday |
| Easter Monday | 06 April | Monday |
| Buddh Purnima | 01 May | Friday |
| June Bank Holiday | 01 June | Monday |
| August Bank Holiday | 03 August | Monday |
| Embassy Closed for Relocation | 13 & 14 August | Thursday and Friday |
| Gandhi Jayanti | 02 October | Friday |
| October Bank Holiday | 26 October | Monday |
| Diwali | 09 November | Monday |
| Post Diwali | 10 November | Tuesday |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | Friday |
| St Stephen's Day | 28 December | Monday |
Opening hours
The Embassy's public phone line is open Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 12:00, and 14:30 to 16:30.
The Embassy is open to the public by appointment only. Please use the Contact Us section to make an appointment.
Visa office
How to contact us
The Visa Office phone helpline ceased to operate on 1 April 2016. VFS will continue to operate a visa phone helpline on behalf of the Visa Office. Click on VFS for further information. The Visa Office will continue to respond to emails sent through this website.
The majority of queries can be answered by reading the information pages on this website. If you have a question that isn't answered on the website, you can email the Visa Office by clicking on, contact the Visa Office. 98% of email queries sent between Monday and Friday are replied to within 24 hours. The majority, if emailed during the working day, will be replied to within the working day.
We do not reply to status check requests on visa applications unless the visa application processing time has exceeded our visa processing time guidelines - latest visa decisions can be found on the Visa Decision Page.
Note the Visa Office does not operate a public office.
Directions to the Embassy
The Embassy is located at Embassy of Ireland Thapar House, 124, Janpath Rd, Connaught Place, New Delhi, 110001.
When driving north on Janpath Road toward Connaught Place, make a left turn just before you reach The Imperial New Delhi hotel. This turn puts you directly on the approach path to Thapar House 124 where you will cross the Modern Service Station (Bharat Petroleum Pump) on the right-hand side just as you arrive.
The nearest metro station is Janpath Metro Station (Violet Line), which is just a 1 to 2-minute walk away from the building. Upon exiting the station (exit from Gate Number 1), walk along Janpath Lane and Thapar House 124, will be immediately on the right.