BM Solicitor SMC PVT LTD: Work Permit

BM Solicitor SMC PVT LTD

Work Permit

information regarding Dependant/Partner/Spouse Employment Permits

A Dependent, or Partner, or Spouse of a Critical Skills Employment Permit Holder is permitted to work in Ireland while they are resident here and accompanying the Critical Skills Permit Holder. In order to take up employment in Ireland they must have a job offer and then apply for a Dependant/Partner/Spouse Employment Permit (see link below).

A dependant, partner or spouse of a Critical Skills Employment Permit Holder is issued with a Stamp 3 immigration permission by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS). A Stamp 3 permission does not, of itself, entitle a foreign national to work. Only those Stamp 3 holders that are accompanying the Critical Skills Permit Holder as a dependant, partner or spouse, can apply for an Employment Permit which would allow them to work in the State.

This Dependant/Partner/Spouse Employment Permit has a number of benefits including:

The application is free of charge.
All jobs are eligible for a Dependant/Partner/Spouse Employment Permit, except that of domestic operative.
Remuneration must be at, or above, the National Minimum Wage.
The prospective employer is not required to undertake a Labour Market Needs Test, i.e. advertise the position.

Once the dependant, partner or spouse of a Critical Skills Employment Permit Holder has been offered an eligible job, they can then apply for a Dependant/Partner/Spouse Employment Permit. When an employment permit has been granted, the foreign national applies to INIS to have their immigration status changed to a Stamp 1 permission.