Ireland immigration rule changes
4 dated rule changes to Ireland programmes, from 2020-01-31 to 2024-01-17. Each item links to the programme page and the official source we recorded it from. This is a record of what we captured, not a complete legislative history.
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2024 (1)
Ireland Critical Skills Employment Permit: Critical Skills Occupations List expanded; salary thresholds updated.
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2023 (2)
Irish Citizenship by Descent / Foreign Births Registration: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced a new online Foreign Births Registration system to partially replace the paper-based process, aiming to reduce the processing backlog. As of early 2025, the backlog remains approximately 30 months.
source →Ireland Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP): Ireland Immigrant Investor Programme closed to new applications.
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2020 (1)
Irish Citizenship by Descent / Foreign Births Registration: Following Brexit, demand for Irish FBR surged significantly from British residents with Irish-born grandparents, contributing to the multi-year processing backlog.
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