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Nonito Barbero joins Sinnott Solicitors as immigration consultant

Barrister Nonito Barbero has joined Sinnott Solicitors as an immigration consultant. The firm, which specialises in immigration and personal injury litigation, has offices in Dublin and Cork and recently celebrated its 15th anniversary. Mr Barbero joined the firm in March from Fragomen, where he also worked as an immigration consultant. Writing on LinkedIn, he said: [...]

2023-04-19T14:19:55+00:00April 19th, 2023|Latest News|

Bridging Permission For English Language Students

The Minister for Justice has announced that a temporary immigration permission (bridging permission) will be granted to non-EEA national English language course students who have fully completed a 2nd or 3rd English language course and who have enrolled in third level (Higher Education Programme) course commencing prior to the 31st of October 2023. The permission [...]

2023-04-19T12:48:01+00:00April 19th, 2023|Immigration Law|

Immigration Service Delivery Travel Confirmation Notice

The Minister for Justice has issued a Travel Confirmation Notice for persons residing in the State as beneficiaries of the Temporary Protection Directive. The EU Temporary Protection Directive was activated in March 2022 in response to the conflict in Ukraine granting persons fleeing the war in Ukraine permission to reside in Ireland for one year [...]

2023-04-19T12:44:18+00:00April 19th, 2023|Immigration Law|

Prime Time – Carol Sinnott

More than 60% of those who applied for asylum in the last 12 months at Dublin Airport had no identity documents, according to Department of Justice figures provided to Prime Time. The category does not include Ukrainians. In the period from February 2022 to January 2023, of the 6,926 people who applied for asylum at [...]

2023-02-24T10:42:41+00:00February 24th, 2023|Uncategorized|

Employment Permit News

Here is the latest Irish employment permit news. CHANGES TO EMPLOYMENT PERMIT FORMAT The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment have announced that from the 1st of September 2022 the Employment Permit Section will issue all employment permits in electronic format only.  Each electronic permit will be signed by a senior official of the [...]

2022-09-08T14:20:54+00:00September 8th, 2022|Immigration Law|

New Irish Citizenship Application Form

The Immigration Service Delivery have released a new version of the Form 8 Application by a person of full age for naturalisation as an Irish Citizen (CTZ3) application form. The new application form Version 6.7 was released in July 2022. It is important to always submit the correct version of the Form 8 application form [...]

2022-08-10T08:31:06+00:00August 10th, 2022|Immigration Law|

Changes to Irish Employment Permits System

The Minister for Business, Employment and Retail has announced that the government is to introduce new laws in the Autumn of 2022 which will revise and improve the Irish Employment permit system. The new laws are set to modernise the current employment permit’s structure which is highly restrictive due to the legislation governing same and [...]

2022-07-29T14:46:34+00:00July 29th, 2022|Employment Law|

Visa Waiver Suspended For Refugees

The Irish Government has announced that it has suspended the operation of the Council of Europe Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees (Council of Europe) for 12 months from the 19th of July 2022 to the 19th of July 2023. This means that recognised refugees who hold Convention Travel Documents issued by the [...]

2022-07-20T07:11:59+00:00July 20th, 2022|Immigration Law|

Changes to Irish Employment Permit System

The Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, has announced some important changes to the Irish Employment Permit system. The changes are as follows: New Occupations Added To Critical Skills List The following occupations have been added to the Critical Skills Occupation List: Cardiac Physiologist Medical Scientist Occupational Therapist Physiotherapist Podiatrist / Chiropodist Psychologist [...]

2022-06-22T07:26:14+00:00June 22nd, 2022|Immigration Law|

Suspension of Minor Re-Entry Visas

The Department of Justice has announced that it is suspending re-entry visa requirements for children under the age of 16 years with immediate effect. In Ireland, non-EEA nationals who are aged over 16 and who hold a valid immigration permission to live in Ireland are issued with an Irish Residence Permit (IRP card).  Holders of [...]

2022-06-17T09:59:29+00:00June 17th, 2022|Visa Applications|
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