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Working in Ireland
European Economic Area
Architects and architectural staff from EU Member States, Ireland, Liechtenstein and Norway do not need work permits.
Outside European Economic Area
Architects and Architectural Staff from outside the EEA need work permits. The procedure from employers and employees is set out below. The rapid growth of Irish economy in recent years is resulting in shortages of skilled employees in some sectors such as information and computing technologies and building professionals. Employers in Ireland wishing to employ people from non-EEA* counties of whose skills there is a shortage may obtain work permits from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Davitt House, 65a Adelaide Road, Dublin 2 (Tel : 6313079 Fax : 6313268 e-mail: marywalsh@entemp.ie).
Information on skill shortage and job vacancies in Ireland is available from Internet websites of FAS, the State Training and Employment Authority, and Forfas, a State Body, which promotes industrial and technological development. The FAS site is www.fasjobs-ireland.com and the Forfas site is www.askireland.com.
To facilitate the recruitment of suitability qualified people from non-EEA countries for designated sectors of the employment market where skill shortages are particularly acute, a working visa and work authorisation scheme has been introduced. This makes it possible for perspective employees with job offers from employers in Ireland obtain immigration and employment clearance in advance from the Irish Embassies and Consulates. (Immigration Officers retain discretion in specified circumstances to refuse entry to any non-national;). The new scheme does not replace but is faster alternative to the work permit procedure, which continues to be available to employers in Ireland. Application for working visas and work authorisations are accepted from persons outside the country only.
The European Economic Area comprises the EU member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
At present the designated categories are:
- Information and computing technologies technicians
- Architects
- Construction Engineers
- Quantity Surveyors
- Building Surveyors
- Town Planners
- Registered Nurses