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Refund Policy

Refund Policy

The school assumes that all prospective students will have made a committed decision to study a given course before applying for admission. Consequently, the school policy on the refund of any fees upon withdrawal from a course is as follows:

I.   An Administration Fee of €250 applies to all approved refunds and cancellations.

II.   Approved refunds and cancellation payments are net of any bank charges.

III.   Refund requests must be made in writing through this by the student (if enrolled directly with the school) or by the agent. It takes up to 20 working days to process a refund, once a request is approved and the approval is communicated to the student.

IV.   For student bookings through agents, the student should direct the refund or cancellation request to the agent. DCAS policies and T&Cs still apply.

See sections A), B), and C) below for more details on REFUNDS, DEFERRALS, and CANCELLATIONS, respectively.

A) REFUNDS

     Below terms apply to all students

V.   No refund will be made when a student withdraws less than two weeks prior to the course start date. See CANCELLATIONS section below for more details on course cancellations.

VI.   No refund will be made when a student is expelled from the school, due to breach of school policies, including ‘Attendance Policy’ and ‘Student Disciplinary Policy’ ones.

VII.   Accommodation charges and fees are non-refundable if cancelled with less than 28 days’ prior to check-in date.

VIII.   Registration fees are non-refundable.

IX.   No refunds or compensation of any kind will be given for days missed during the course, late arrival or early departure, days missed due to adverse weather conditions, acts of governments, interruption of electrical power, fire, floods, war, other natural disasters, disease outbreaks or other force majeure event that would lead to no classes being delivered.

X.   In the event that students are unable to attend lessons due to illness, these sick days will not be added to the end of the course period, unless an unscheduled break is requested and approved in advance, on longer certified illness cases.

XI.   Where it is proved that a prospective student has submitted a forged document(s) with a view to registering as a student, fees will not be refunded by the school and relevant authorities will be notified.



     Additional refund terms for Long-term ‘Study & Work Programme’ (Study Visa | IRP Stamp 2) students

XII. The course period consists of induction week, classes, and study breaks (a full 8-month period).

1st VISA STUDENTS, APPLYING FROM ABROAD, NO PRIOR VISA REQUIRED

XIII.   No refund will be made if a student enters the country on an international student status obtained on the basis of the school's Acceptance Letter.

XIV.   For refunds where relevant authorities refuse student entry to the country, or ask the student to leave the country:

            a.   Student needs to provide:

                  i.   Confirmation of denied entry into Ireland,

                  ii.   a full copy of the passport (all pages), which should include a page showing the stamp confirming their return to home country.

            b.   School would provide a partial refund, amounting to full fees deducted:

                  i.   Administration Fee,

                  ii.   Medical Insurance charges.

1st VISA STUDENTS, APPLYING FROM ABROAD, PRIOR VISA REQUIRED

 

XV.   For international students applying from a Visa Required Country, please note that in cases of visa refusals, the student must provide:

            a.   Student needs to provide:

                  i.   an original copy of the refusal letter from the appropriate immigration authority or Irish embassy, within 30 days from the refusal date,

                  ii.   a full copy of the passport (all pages).

            b.   School would provide a partial refund, amounting to full fees deducted:

                  i.   Administration Fee,

                  ii.   Medical Insurance charges, if the refund request is made after the original course start date.

2nd AND 3rd VISA STUDENTS, APPLYING FROM IRELAND (RENEWALS)

XVI.   In cases of Study Visa renewals, it is the student’s responsibility to check with relevant authorities that their application for a study permit residence (IRP Stamp 2) extension is eligible for approval.

XVII.   For refunds where relevant authorities refuse student re-entry to the country, refuse student immigration permission extension, or ask the student to leave the country:

            a.   Student needs to provide a copy of:

                  i.   Email communication from immigration refusing their visa extension,

                  ii.   Bank statement showing the €300 IRP renewal fee refunded by immigration,

                  iii.   Flight ticket to leave Ireland, along with a copy of the passport page with the stamp confirming the student’s departure from Ireland.

            b.   School would provide a partial refund, amounting to full fees paid, deducted:

                  i.   Administration Fee,

                  ii.   Medical Insurance charges, if the refund request is made after the original course start date,

                  iii.   Tuition fee related to the studied weeks, charged at Short Term rate, relating to the weeks the student was assigned a class, regardless of whether the student has attended classes or not.

B) DEFERRALS

XVIII.   Course deferrals are only accepted up to 4 weeks prior to a new student’s arrival date in Ireland.

XIX.   Course deferrals are not available for students studying on a student visa, except in cases where the student visa decision is pending, or on appeal. In such cases, the school can defer the course start date until a final decision on the immigration status has been reached. It is the student’s responsibility to inform the school about the visa application outcome or status before the course start date. Failure to do so will result in additional charges, such as a new medical insurance to be issued, or tuition fees difference if the visa application process extends to a new academic year with different tuition fee.

XX.   Students not studying on a student visa may defer the course start datefor up to 12 months, provided the school receives written notice at least 4 weeks prior to the original course start date.

XXI.   In cases of deferral, any fees or deposits paid by the student will be carried forward to the following calendar year. Should fees (tuition, exams, accommodation, insurance, registration) change between the date of deferment and the course commencement, the student must make up that difference in fees, prior to the school issuing an updated Acceptance Letter.

XXII.   Any credit notes held on student or agent accounts will remain valid for a maximum of 12 months from the original course start date; they will thereafter become void.

XXIII.   If a course is postponed for more than 12 months from the date the student was registered, the regular cancellation fees apply and the booking will be treated as a new booking, i.e. new fees (course, accommodation, registration and placement fees, insurance and exam fee) will apply, if applicable.

XXIV.   Course deferrals incur Administration Fee, if the course start date is postponed more than twice, after a course invoice is issued.

 

C) CANCELLATIONS

XXVI.   Courses are not transferable.

XXVII.   Cancellations are accepted up to 2 weeks prior to course commencement date indicated on the Acceptance Letter.

XXVIII.   For cancellation requests within 7-13 days of course commencement date indicated on the Acceptance Letter, 50% of the tuition fees are forfeited.

XXIX.   For cancellations of less than 7 days of course commencement date, no refund is given.

XXX.   No cancellation is permitted after student’s arrival, as students are required to complete their full course period (induction week, classes, and study breaks).

XXXI.   Medical insurance cannot be cancelled after the insurance cover start date, once policy is active, in effect.

Please make sure you read and understand the Refund Policy above before filling out the form below.

Refund Request Form

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