IRELAND - WORK PERMITS

Hi,

My name is Nirman Kadel. My query is in regards to my sister who is currently on a work visa in New Zealand. Her husband has recently passed away leaving behind with her their 9 month old baby. I am currently living in Ireland with a stamp 4 visa and will be eligible to apply for citizenship next year. I plan to help her come and live here in Ireland so she can have some family with her and the child can have a father figure around.

Her profession at the time is funeral director’s  assistant. She however has a bachelors degree with 94% (gold medalist, first place in her university) in Interior design which she acquired from a university in India. She however has no work experience in the field. She also has a diploma certificate for hairdressing she got while was in Australia. If I can find someone willing to offer her employment (even without experience) would any of these avenues be suitable for her to apply for a work permit in Ireland?

If you can think of any other options she has, eg. coming in on a student visa and converting into work permit etc, any advice would be highly appreciated.

Kind regards,
Nirman Kadel

nirmankadel wrote:

Hi,

My name is Nirman Kadel. My query is in regards to my sister who is currently on a work visa in New Zealand. Her husband has recently passed away leaving behind with her their 9 month old baby. I am currently living in Ireland with a stamp 4 visa and will be eligible to apply for citizenship next year. I plan to help her come and live here in Ireland so she can have some family with her and the child can have a father figure around.

Her profession at the time is funeral director’s  assistant. She however has a bachelors degree with 94% (gold medalist, first place in her university) in Interior design which she acquired from a university in India. She however has no work experience in the field. She also has a diploma certificate for hairdressing she got while was in Australia. If I can find someone willing to offer her employment (even without experience) would any of these avenues be suitable for her to apply for a work permit in Ireland?

If you can think of any other options she has, eg. coming in on a student visa and converting into work permit etc, any advice would be highly appreciated.

Kind regards,
Nirman Kadel

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

Your sister and her baby are not citizens of any EU nation, to be frank, there is very little chance of your sister getting a work visa in Ireland; neither would she be classed as close family for a family visa.  My advice would be to approach the Irish Social services and ask if there is anything in the Irish social laws that would permit you to look after her and her child.  Also, speak to your local MP in Ireland, see what he/she can do to help.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

God bless your little family, best wishes to everyone. Do whatever it takes to give that baby security. I am a US citizen, wishing I could move to Ireland. It can be difficult.....these are terrible times we are living in.

@Cynic I am an Australian citizen (29 years old) who has recently signed a 5 month contract with a school in Ireland. What type of visa should I apply for? I would be hoping they could do extend my work contract after the 5 months but this is undecided 

Hi, i have a quick question about the critical skills visa.. So, my occupation is part of the list which is IT, and I'm just wondering if i need to apply for the visa it is required to have a job offer to be able to apply ?

Hi, i have a quick question about the critical skills visa.. So, my occupation is part of the list which is IT, and I'm just wondering if i need to apply for the visa it is required to have a job offer to be able to apply ?
-@alikadd

Please read the post (in particular post 48) above yours.

Hi, good I would to find out about work permits

@michellebennettrichardson

Hello and welcome !

Do you have any particular question ?

Regards

Bhavna

Hi Cynic,

I am a software engineer with over three years of experience, currently looking to relocate from India to Ireland for career opportunities. However, I am encountering difficulties in securing a job offer without a work permit. Every companies that i am applying to is rejecting me saying i don't have a work permit. But to obtain it i need a job offer. I am confused on what to do next.

    Hi Cynic,
I am a software engineer with over three years of experience, currently looking to relocate from India to Ireland for career opportunities. However, I am encountering difficulties in securing a job offer without a work permit. Every companies that i am applying to is rejecting me saying i don't have a work permit. But to obtain it i need a job offer. I am confused on what to do next.
   

    -@Ha66y

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

I suspect the issue you are encountering is the issue of EU residents and citizens being given priority for jobs in all EU countries.  In order to qualify, you need to be looking for jobs that nobody else can do; perhaps they have enough software engineers with 3 years experience.  I know that Ireland has recently been affected by a sudden influx of refugees who they are struggling to find homes/work for.

Assuming that English is your mother tongue, perhaps you would be better off looking at the other countries in the world that share that language (UK, USA, Canada, Australia etc).

My advice is to join LinkedIn and reach out to your peers who are already working in roles similar to what you are looking at and see if they are aware of any who are actively recruiting people such as yourself.  You could also sign up with recruiting agencies (use Google to find the ones who may be interested in your speciality).

I hope this helps.

Cynic

Expat Team

To Avoid Disappointment: A Note on Irish Work Permits

Most non-European nationals may not get a work permit for Ireland.

This includes people from the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand.

However, if your employer plans to send you to Ireland for a temporary assignment, that’s a different situation.

If you are student and want to study here for a semester or two, you may get the permission for a temp role, like 10 hours a week. You are here to study, and not to work. Your prospective Irish university can tell you more about that.

For those who wanna open up their own business in Ireland.

Is the business in your home country doing well?

If not, it may become difficult to get the work permission for Ireland.

For those who are married with a European, it is more likely to get a work permission.

Adult brothers and sisters are again a different story.

Whatever you do, don’t waste money on consultants or advisors.

The best source of truth is the official government websites.

Read them carefully.