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 when I went to register and he told me that current processing time for a Stamp 4 application is about 2 years.
Now I know their is a difference between the Visa stamps and the work permit. Work permit just gives me permission to work, not to reside in Ireland and the Visa stamp gives me permission to remain in Ireland but not to work and I need both to legally live and work in Ireland. I understand all that, but my question is, when am I eligible to apply for a permanent work permit? My reason for asking, since I now know that three years from now, my stamp 4 application will take about 2 years so at this moment, I am about 4 years away from received a Stamp 4. I have read something somewhere about getting a permanent work permit but I don't understand the criteria of it or how it works. So this is my third year in Ireland. I worked in Ireland for two years on a work permit then when it expired, I changed jobs so I had to apply for a new work permit which just arrived last week. So, how much longer before I can apply for a permanent work permit and how long does that process take?
Thanks
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