Employing Foreign Nationals (Sponsorship)

If you wish to employ a foreign national (including those from the EU) who does not have the current documents to work in Ireland (see Employing Foreign Nationals) the position you are recruiting for must fall under the

Critical Skills Occupations List The fees must be paid by the applicant, which in the case employers applying for the visa, falls to them.

General Employment Permit applications will be initially screened across a small number of key mandatory criteria to ensure compliance with the requirements of this permit type, prior to it being accepted for formal processing.

Should the application fail to provide the required valid information it will be returned together with a full refund. The potential employee must meet all of the requirements to be...

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Information regarding employing foreign nationals.

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