Immigration services in Ireland

A visa to Ireland

An end-to-end Irish visa service: the appointment, the application form, bookings, insurance, covering and sponsorship letters, and a consultation on the document pack. Applying in person.

from ≈ $170

2–6 weeks

In person

Reference

Immigration routes: Ireland

10 routes to move to Ireland: grounds, requirements, documents and timelines. Each route carries a link to the official source and the date we checked it. The terms change several times a year, so we check the requirements for your case on a free consultation.

Critical Skills Employment Permit

Shortage occupations.

General Employment Permit

Employment.

International Protection (asylum)

Stamp 1G — Third Level Graduate Programme

An extension of permission after an Irish qualification, in order to find graduate-level work.

Start-up Entrepreneur Programme (STEP)

Permission to live in Ireland and run an innovative start-up here. The details are set out in the STEP Guidelines document on the same domain.

Student Permission (Stamp 2)

Permission to stay for full-time study on a programme from the ILEP list. Separate criteria for higher education programmes and language courses are published on the same domain in a PDF dated 21 March 2025.

Join non-EEA family member

A long stay category D visa and permission to live in Ireland with a family member who is not an EEA national. The financial thresholds have been moved to the Financial Thresholds for Non-EEA Family Reunification page and were changed on 12 June 2026.

Naturalisation (Irish citizenship)

Acquiring Irish citizenship by decision of the Minister for Justice after a set period of residence. The list of stamps that count towards reckonable residence is published separately by the ISD and calculated with the Naturalisation Residency Calculator.

Stamp 0

Residence permit for financially independent people

Grounds: Independent income/pension.

Financial requirement

You have to show financial self-sufficiency; the threshold depends on the case

Documents

Passport, proof of means/pension, address in Ireland, private medical insurance, the basis of the application

Timelines and rights

Review time

Depends on the basis and on registration

Validity

Issued on a limited basis, renewed as long as the grounds remain

Right to work

No — work is not permitted on Stamp 0

Residence conditions

You must meet the basis of the permission and have means and insurance

Citizenship by descent (Irish citizenship through descent / Foreign Births Register)

Citizenship

Grounds: Entitlement to Irish citizenship through a parent or a grandparent born in Ireland. The fee for registration in the Foreign Births Register is not published on the pages checked — it has to be looked up with the DFAT.

Documents

The application is made online on the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Where the entitlement comes through a grandparent, you attach the documents for the Irish parent plus a certified copy of their valid identity document — passport, driving licence or national ID card — or a certified copy of the death certificate.

Timelines and rights

Review time

The expected processing time is 12 months.

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