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The fee for migrants from outside the EEA to register with the Garda National Immigration Bureau has increased by 50 per cent – from €100 to €150 , effective from Saturday August 23.
All migrants from outside the EEA must register with the GNIB.
ICI Chair John Cunningham said work permit holders , particularly those with families , and international students will be particularly hard hit by the fee increase.
International students must register with the GNIB when they arrive in Ireland , then , under proposed new rules , they would have to apply for a work permit if they want to take up part-time employment to subsidise their living expenses. Once they find a job and get a work permit , they would have to re-register with the GNIB and pay another €150.
The additional fee will raise €7.5m from the 150,000 people affected, while the total revenue from registration will exceed €20m in a full year. More than 1,500 non-EU nationals have already been issued with new ID cards, with a further 148,500 expected to register in the coming year.
Immigration officials say they are currently processing and fingerprinting approximately 200 people a day at the headquarters of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) at Burgh Quay in Dublin.
Among those applying for cards are Brazilian factory workers and junior doctors from Asia, who are required by law to register with the immigration service.