Solicitor Carol Sinnott has been elected as chairperson of the Irish Immigration Lawyers Association (IILA). Ms Sinnott is the principal of Sinnott Solicitors, a firm specialising in asylum and immigration law based in Dublin and Cork. The IILA was founded in 2021 by solicitors specialising in immigration law to promote and improve advice and representation [...]
Carol Sinnott was on Newstalk speaking with Pat Kenny about the rise in demand for the Irish Passport. Listen here: https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGeiKepbuulh
Read full article here. Applications for Irish passports from the UK have topped 20,000 per month since January, with indications suggesting demand this year could surpass the previous record. As the post-Brexit drive for citizenship continues apace, with the Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom among the latest to fill out the forms, Department [...]
On the 2nd of April 2025 the Immigration Service Delivery published an official guidance document for persons applying for Irish citizenship based on Irish Descent or Associations. Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 (as amended) there is provision for the Minister for Justice to exercise absolute discretion and waive the normal residency requirements where [...]
The Immigration Service Delivery have announced that English language students who have successfully finished their second or third English language course and who have enrolled on a Higher Education Programme commencing by the end of October 2025, will be granted a short-term Stamp 2 Bridging Permission until the 30th of September 2025. The Bridging permission [...]
The Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan, recently signed an Order to commence legislation for the purpose of revoking Irish citizenship in exceptional cases. Power to revoke Irish citizenship is granted to the Minister for Justice pursuant to Section 19 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 (as amended). The Supreme Court decision in the [...]
Increase to Quota for Care Workers and Home carers The Minister for Enterprise Tourism and Employment Peter Burke last week announced that effective from the 10th of March 2025, an additional 1000 General Employment Permits have been added to the quota for care workers and carers in the home. This reflects the significant need for [...]
The Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan has announced that effective from the 10th of March 2025 citizens of Eswatini, Lesotho and Nauru are required to an obtain entry visa before travelling to the Republic of Ireland. Temporary transitional arrangements will be implemented where persons have already booked their travel however the arrangements must have been [...]
The Employment Permits Act 2024 was enacted on the 2nd of September 2024, introducing a new Seasonal Employment Permit at the time. On the 19th of February 2025, the Seasonal Employment Permit program was formally commenced. What does this mean The Seasonal Employment Permit will allow non-EEA nationals to work from the 14th of April [...]
Over the past month, the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment have posted a number of updates regarding minimum remuneration requirements and quotas for employment permits. Here is a summary of the updates. Deferral of increase to Minimum Annual Remuneration In December 2023, the DETE announced a number of changes to the minimum salary requirements [...]
