What is voluntary return?
You can get help to return to your home country. This is known as ‘voluntary return’.
The voluntary return programme can give you financial and other support.
It can help you to return to your home country or another country where you can legally stay.
This programme may be for you, if any of the following apply to you:
Support
Support available includes assistance with travel arrangements, travel documentation, and some financial assistance to help you to settle back in your country of origin.
Contact
More information and assistance
If you leave voluntarily, you travel like any other passenger. You can legally return to Ireland or another EU country in the future. You can contact us on [email protected] or visit Voluntary Returns.
Support available includes assistance with travel arrangements, travel documentation, and some financial assistance to help you to settle back in your country of origin.
Leaving Ireland without help
If you leave Ireland without the help of the voluntary returns programme, you must tell the Voluntary Returns Unit of the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration so they can close your case and stop you getting a deportation order.
You can get a deportation order even if you have left Ireland. If you don’t tell the Department that you have left Ireland, your case will stay open, and you will be issued with a deportation order.
