Hello, I have been residing in Ireland for 5 years. I originally immigrated to Ireland March 28, 2008 and have resided here legally ever since. I am currently on a holiday but just got an email from my boss saying that they might be making me redundant. I have already made copies of all of my work p...

I was under the impression that once I had been here for five years that the immigration officer would give me a stamp 4 automatically. I had my wallet stolen a few days ago and went to my local immigration officer to get another GNIB Card. While I was there, I asked about this since I am only a few...

Hello, I have been living in Ireland on a Work Permit since March of 2008 so obviously this year is a very important one for me. I am changing jobs but I am staying in my same field and keeping the same job title. We started the process early. I originally sent off my work permit application in Octo...

Thanks for the clarification. That is actually a big relief. I know things are tough all over right now but, there are several part time jobs available in my area that I would be interested in.....but I can't legally until I get the stamp 4. It is very frustrating seeing that job sitting there with ...

So I am a little confused by what I just read. I am getting very close to the 5 year mark in terms of residing in Ireland. I currently hold a stamp 1 and a work permit. Last time I went to see my local immigration officer to pay for my registration, I mentioned to him that I was getting close and he...

So I just changed jobs back in May. I applied for my new work permit and it wasn't approved until May. I changed jobs only because my former employer completly closed from Oct to Mid December then again from the first of January to April. That was just to long to be with out work. I cam to my curren...

Thanks for the information guys. Looks like I was grossly misinformed and things don't work the way I thought they did at all. I think the easiest way for me is going to be to say with my current employer for the next two years, when this permit expires, stay with the employer and apply for a renewa...

Hi 9jeirean, Thanks for the clarification and the link. See I don't know as much about all of this as I should but I was under the impression that if you had a work permit in Ireland, and you received a renewal valid for three years that you didn't have to apply for a work permit anymore but I wasnâ...

Ok so I have just received my second work permit in Ireland and when it expires in 2012, I will have resided in Ireland for four years. So basically, I will be one year away from being eligible to apply for a Stamp 4 permanent residency. I was talking with my location immigration officers last week ...

Sorry for the late reply. I'm currently having internet problems. I filled out a New work permit application. I am changing jobs because my last job was seasonal and I was forced to live three months out of every year unemployed. This new job is year round. I have been granted temporary three month ...

That sounds good but I am not sure if my employer will go for it without holding a work permit. I can understand their situation. I am the first Non Eu national they have EVER hired so they honestly have no idea about how all this works. I personally filled out all the paper work and even paid for m...

Hi, I have posted on here several times about the problems I have had renewing my work permit. Again, first I was delayed by the Revenue office taking for ever to send me the appropriate documentation I needed for my application and now I am waiting on my work permit which is very slow. My employer ...

Right, well I have already submitted my application. I sent it registered mail so that I could be certain they received it and the tracking shows it was delivered to their office today. Yeah I am changing employers but I do have the same job title and make about the same money. By the way, now that ...

Hello, I have been paying on my students loans in the United States since I have moved here two years ago, it is a complicated story but, two of my loans are with the same loan company. The company was supposed to have consolidated the loans into one. I have been paying on the one thinking that this...

Hello All, I am a chef and have been employed for the past two years at a 5 star hotel. Now I am going to work for a resort. Do you guys think I should go ahead and send this temporary visa application in now or should I wait till my current work permit expires? Woudl the Garda immigration officer b...

Hello, I just wanted everyone to know that I finally broke down and called the work permits help line. I hate using them because previously I was given incorrect information from them which also delayed my application. But they told me that if I had the registration number and the p30 to just go ahe...

Hello. Yes, we have the p30, that is not the problem. The application also requests a letter from the Revenue commisioners office stating that they are a registered company. It is this letter I am waiting on. Personally, If I have a p30 and the companies revenue registration number, I don't understa...

This is great, thank you for pointing it out but, how could I possibly prove isn't my fault? We did send a request to Revenue Department in writing but I am almost positive my company doesn't have a dated copy of it.

Hello, I have been living in Ireland on work permit for the past two years. I am applying for a new permit with a different company. The company who is hiring me has never hired a non-Eu national before so we must include a P30, Registration number and a letter from the Commissioners office stating ...

Hello, I have been living in Ireland for the past two years on a Work Permit. It is getting close to time for my work permit to expire so I was thinking about instead of renewing my work permit for another three years to get permanent residency, that I would apply for a Green Card instead and save m...

Hello, I was wondering if the Recession has had an affect on Work Permits in Ireland. Are they harder to get now than they were this time last year? I have been living and working in Ireland for over a year on a work permit. I have been working as a Pastry Chef at a Major Hotel. Recently, I was invi...

I have been living and working in Ireland since march. The company who hired me and got my work permit is a seasonal hotel. They will be closed for the months of January, Feb. and March. So my first question is, I have found another Hotel that is not seasonl and is open year round who is willing to ...

The housing is for as long as I want it. I said it was free but they have it worked out into packages. If I did not pick the live in package, I would be making more money per week so I guess technically it is not free, I am just not seeing it come out of my check. If I decide later to get my own pla...

Hey, joesoap101, I have read the information page you linked to and I think I should be fine but I want to run the job details by you to see what you think. I am being hired by a hotel as a Chef. I have an associates degree from a Le Cordon Bleu School in the United States and also hold the Cuisine ...

Thank you both very much. I feel a lot better about the situation now. My work permit is being mailed to my employer not me as I figured that they would need it before I would but I will send them an email and tell them what you said about a Green Card. Since I have two degrees. I shoudl be eligable...