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 [...]
The Minister for Justice has announced that from Monday 13th of January 2025, the responsibility for Irish Immigration Registrations will transfer fully from An Garda Síochána to the Immigration Service Delivery of the Department of Justice (ISD). What does this mean Up until 2020, registration of all Irish immigration permissions was the responsibility of [...]
Due to delays in issuing renewed Irish Residence Permits (IRP) cards by post, the Immigration Service Delivery have issued a Travel Confirmation Notice for the Christmas period. The notice allows non-EEA nationals to travel between the 2nd of December 2024 and 31st of January 2025 using expired IRP cards, provided that an application to renew [...]
The Immigration Service Delivery has announced that from the 4th of November 2024, full responsibility for immigration registrations will transfer from the Garda National Immigration Bureau to the Immigration Service Delivery Registration office. Permission to Remain Renewals Commencing 4th of November 2024, the Immigration Service Delivery Registration Office will take over the processing of [...]
