Those who are non-EU/ EEA nationals who want to immigrate to Ireland can get a work permit from the Irish immigration authorities. Two different authorities issue the Irish Work permit in Ireland.

Before a visa subject work permit gets issued to a foreign national, he will have to find a job in Ireland and apply for the Ireland work permit to the department of business, Enterprise and Innovation ( DBEI).

If you are not a non-EU / EEA person, then you will have to go through Border control and ask for permission to enter the country.

Types of Ireland work permit

• For Ireland, there are nine different types of work permits
• Critical Skills employment permit
• General employment permit
• Dependent/ partner/ spouse Employment permits
• Intracompany transfer employment permits
• Internship employment permit
• Contract for services employment permit Sport and cultural employment permit
• Exchange agreement employment permit
• Reactivations employment permit

How to apply for a work permit in Ireland?

Ireland is part of the European Union and EU/ EEA, and Swiss nationals are ready to move to Ireland, whereas if you are not a citizen of the EU or Switzerland, then you will have to start by applying for an Ireland work permit and the requirements for the same are –

• Get a job offer and get a work contract from an Irish Company.
• Except for the critical skills employment permit, the Employer has to pass the labor market needs test, which ensures that the Irish employer ties to finds an Irish /EU/EEA or Swiss national for the post but couldn’t find one.
• In the critical skills employment permit, the minimum salary should be at least €30,000 or €80000 depending on the occupation.
• In the case the applicant is need of a general employment permit, the minimum salary should be €30,000.
• For any other type of Ireland Work permit, the annual minimum salary should be as per the national minimum wage.
• At least 50 % of employers in the Irish company that hires you should be EU/ EEA/ Swiss nationals.

Some occupations that are popular in Ireland and can get work permits easily are –

Informational Technology Specialist

• Qualification – A bachelor’s degree or higher
• Experience - A minimum of two years, A job letter from the Employer and minimum remuneration
• Salary offered - -€ 39,176 - € 45,123

Automation engineer

• Qualification - A bachelor’s degree in level 8 or higher
• Experience- A minimum of two years, A job letter from the Employer, and minimum remuneration. IELTS score of 6.5 bands with no section below 5.5
• Salary offered - € 52500 - € 85922

Financial Services – Compliance & Risk professionals

• Qualification - A bachelor’s degree 8 or higher
• Experience- Labour Market test required, A minimum of two years, a job letter from Employer
• Salary offered - € 30,000 - € 40,000

Sales and Accounts managers

• Qualification - A bachelor’s degree 8 or higher
• Experience- Labour Market test required, A minimum of two years, a job letter from Employer
• Salary offered - € 45,000 - € 53000