Work pertmit in Ireland

If you intend to work in Ireland, let’s see who need a work pertmit and the related reguilation when you work in Ireland.

If you are from an EU member state or one of the countries of the EEA or Switzerland, you are entitled to come to work in Ireland. You do not need an employment permit. You are entitled to have your dependants come to live with you.

If you are an EEA or Swiss national, you are entitled to be treated in the same way as Irish citizens when you apply for work in Ireland. You are free to apply for any job vacancy, including jobs in the public sector. If you are from another country then generally you need an employment permit.

If you are from a country whose nationals normally require an employment permit and you are studying in Ireland on an approved course, you may take up casual work – a maximum of 20 hours a week in term time and full time during the holidays – without an employment permit.

Who does not need an employment permit?

You do not need an employment permit in order to work legally in Ireland if you are in one of the following categories:

• Citizens of the EEA member states and Switzerland, and their spouses, civil partners and dependants (regardless of their nationality)
• People who have been granted refugee status in Ireland
• People who have been refused refugee status but have been given permission to remain on humanitarian grounds
• People who have been given permission to remain because they are the spouse, civil partner or parent of an Irish citizen
• Postgraduate students where the work is an integral part of the course of study being undertaken
• Non-EEA nationals carrying out scientific research for an approved research organisation
• The Van der Elst process generally allows a non-EEA national, legally employed by a company in an EU country, to provide services on a temporary basis to a company in another EU country on behalf of his/her employer without the need to obtain an employment permit.
• The Atypical Working Scheme allows eligible non-EEA nationals to do certain short-term contract work in Ireland.

Country : Ireland