Statement: INIS on the High Court Decision in Jones v Minister for Justice

The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service posted a statement on the INIS website last week advising people to continue to submit their applications for Irish citizenship and assuring Applicants that urgent attention was been given to the findings and implications arising from the case of Jones v Minister for Justice and Equality. In the meantime, [...]

2020-09-07T10:38:21+00:00July 29th, 2019|Uncategorized|

Changes to the Employment Permit System to Address Certain Labour Shortages

The Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation has announced updated changes to the Employment Permit system today to address certain labour shortages in the agricultural and food sector. The changes are as follows: 100 extra general employment permits to be issued in the dairy industry for dairy farm assistants. This scheme was previously capped at [...]

2020-09-07T10:38:40+00:00July 25th, 2019|Uncategorized|

Update: Roderick Jones v. Minister for Justice and Equality

The case of Roderick Jones v Minister for Justice and Equality challenging the continuous residency finding of the High Court concerning citizenship applications was listed before the Court of Appeal this morning for case management directions. We are pleased to confirm that the Court of Appeal has given the case extreme priority and have listed [...]

2020-09-07T10:39:09+00:00July 25th, 2019|Uncategorized|

High Courts Decision to Refuse to Grant Certificate of Naturalisation

The immigration team at Sinnott Solicitors were delighted to receive another positive result recently for one of our clients in the case of Vishteh v. Minister for Justice 2010 IEHC 131 wherein Mr Justice Barrett granted an order of Certiorari quashing the decision of the Minister for Justice and Equality to refuse to grant our [...]

2020-09-07T10:41:45+00:00June 20th, 2019|Uncategorized|

Abolition of Irish Re-Entry Visas

The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service announced yesterday that the Re-Entry Visa system for visa required nationals entering the Irish State will be abolished from the 13th of May 2019. This is a significant development in the Irish Immigration System and a further positive change which will benefit approximately 40,000 non-EEA nationals living in Ireland [...]

2020-09-03T13:14:47+00:00April 13th, 2019|Immigration Law, Uncategorized|

Critical Skills Employment Permits & Ineligible Categories of Employment

The Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation has announced important changes to the Employment Permit system which will help ease the current burden on employers in filling key labour shortages in certain areas. The construction industry, engineering and high-performance sports sector are the principal beneficiaries of the changes which take effect from the 22nd of [...]

2020-09-07T10:43:09+00:00April 3rd, 2019|Uncategorized|
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