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The Critical Skills Employment Permit is Ireland's flagship permit for occupations in short supply, issued under the Employment Permits Acts by the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment.
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The General Employment Permit is Ireland's broad work permit, issued under the Employment Permits Acts for occupations that are not on the Critical Skills list but are not excluded either.
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Historic golden-visa equivalent; closed to new applications from 15 February 2023.
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Ireland's Internship Employment Permit — issued by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment under the Employment Permits Act 2006 as amended, replacing the old Internship class of Work Permit — admits full-time students, including post-graduates, enrolled in a third-level institution outside the State, pur…
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The Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permit moves non-EEA senior management, key personnel and trainees from an overseas branch of a multinational to its Irish branch — the 'connected person'.
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Ireland treats family reunification differently depending on whether your sponsor is an Irish national or an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen exercising free movement rights, and Immigration Service Delivery runs the two as separate schemes.
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Studying in Ireland for more than three months requires a long term (D) study visa if you are a visa-required national, and, once you arrive, registration of an immigration permission recorded as Stamp 2.
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Ireland's Sport and Cultural Employment Permit — issued by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment under the Employment Permits Act 2006 as amended — replaced the old sports professional class of Work Permit.
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Stamp 4 is not a visa you apply for.
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The Start-up Entrepreneur Programme (STEP), introduced by the Irish Government in 2012, lets a non-EEA national with an innovative business proposal apply for permission to establish that business and reside in Ireland full time.
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The Critical Skills Occupations List, effective 13 May 2026 under SI 213 of 2026. A job on this list qualifies for a Critical Skills Employment Permit. Many entries are eligible only with a named specialism — the source page states which, occupation by occupation, and the labels here are shortened.
Being on this list does not by itself make you eligible. Salary floors, qualification recognition and — on most routes — an employer still apply.
Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (Ireland) · read 2026-08
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