All family members are South African only passport holders

In this section we will look at the paths of coming to Ireland if you and your immediate family do not have Irish/ EU or British Passports: you all hold SA passports.

 To come to Ireland for the residence longer than 90 days, usually for the purpose of immigration/ residency, for the purpose of work, business, study or retirement you will need to investigate one of these 4 most regularly used options for a visa:

   Work Permits

1. Critical skills work permits how they work: The Basics of applying
2. Critical skills going deeper into the information and getting a job offer and work permit
3. General Work permits how they work: The Basics of applying
   
4. General Work permits going deeper into the information and getting a job offer and work permit
5. General Work permits how to get your family processed when they arrive after 12 months
6. Spouses and Children of Work permits and their Stamps explained

AM I ELIGIBLE for a work permit?

You can follow the steps to check your SOC code or you can get a full report from SA2Eire, EUR5 (around R100)  on your and your spouse's careers to see:

1. Are we eligible?

2. What kind of work permit are we eligible for?

3. Can we both work or are there restrictions?

4. How does this affect our children?

See: 4. Eligibility check/ report

   Study Permits

   Business and Investors Stamps

   Retirement and Stamp 0

Entry to Ireland for less than 90days:

• At entry, Border Management Unit (BMU) will discuss your reason for entry and stamp into your passport up to a maximum of 90days.
• At entry this stamp makes it clear you are NOT allowed to work, seek work and engage in business, unless you are given expressed permission to do so.
• This entry is for holiday purposes only. (Exception will be coming for a job interview.) See below for less than 90 day visits

Visiting Ireland

Letter of Invitation

Tips on the Flying Process

Flights from South Africa to Ireland

Important links:

  Our coaching Services - Confused or lost and need some direction, book a session with us to help untangle the confusion and work out your route of immigration

    Admin before the move

    Admin once you're in Ireland

Other less used visa types here, usually short-term or limited conditions visas:

• Intra-company transfer
• Internship Employment Permit
• Sport and Cultural Employment Permit
• Exchange Agreement Employment Permit
• Atypical Work permit scheme- Nurses
• Atypical Work permit scheme- Doctors