Ireland
Work Permit for
Spouses/ Dependants

Once you contact us on the phone or on the web to request information for one of our services we will provide you with a free eligibility assessment which will determine the most appropriate visa for you. The assessment will include preliminary information on the visa conditions and how you meet the eligibility requirements. Once you agree to use our service we will process your visa application through to completion. Our service covers the checking of your documents and personal details for correctness before we lodge your application with the relevant Government/Embassy. In the event that we spot any missing information/documents from your application we will follow up by giving you a phone call or sending you an email to request the necessary details.

Thousands of customers choose Visa First to organise their working holiday visas every year because:

• We make getting the visa you need fast and hassle-free.
• We provide a free initial assessment on the process.
• We developed the unique online visa status engine which allows you to check the status of your visa 24/7. Check your status now.
• We're visa experts and have organised over 130,000 visas for people like you.
• We have a price and service promise to you to ensure a low cost effective service.
• We offer a step-by-step consultation as we do the visa.
• We provide an end-to-end service from assessment, through gathering and processing the documents till visa grant.
• We have local offices supporting the visa process.

 

 

Only spouses and dependant unmarried children under the age of 18 who have been admitted to Ireland as family members of a work permit holder can apply. The primary Irish work permit holder must have had their permit for at least 12 months before you can apply for a spouse/dependant permit.

A work permit under this scheme will normally be issued for the period up to the expiry date of the permit of the existing Irish employment permit holder.

Once your receive your Ireland Spouse Work Permit, or your Ireland Dependant Work Permit, you will need to check with the National Garda Registration Office to ascertain if your current permission to remain in Ireland needs to be updated. This must be done in order to have the correct immigration status for permission to remain in Ireland.

Any work permit granted to a spouse or dependant will be issued to the employee and will allow them to be employed in Ireland by the employer and in the occupation specified on the permit. Permits can be renewed after the initial period granted.

If this is your first employment permit in Ireland then (other than in exceptional circumstances) you are expected to stay with your initial employer for a period of 12 months, after which you may move employers, provided that a new application for a spousal/dependant permit is made.

Yes.

Yes. This Dependant Work Permit is available, on an exceptional basis, to dependants who have reached the age of 18. These applications will be dealt with strictly on a case-by-case basis and can only be considered for dependants who arrived in Ireland while still minors and whose immigration status in Ireland is in order.

No. This particular scheme is only available to people who arrived in Ireland while still minors (i.e. under 18 years of age), and who have now completed their education and wish to take up full time employment.

At Visa First we do everything we can to make sure you receive the best possible service. If you feel that we have not achieved this goal we have set up a complaints handling process:

Complaints Process:

1. Where an official complaint is received by Visa First, the company will record the nature of the complaint and issue an acknowledgement email to the client within 5 business days of receiving the complaint. The acknowledgement will provide the client with the contact name who is responsible for dealing with the complaint. The official complaint must be made by email (you may also write, although this will slow down the process), and confirm that the client wishes to enter this process. Please email your complaint to complaints@visafirst.com
2. Visa First will investigate the complaint as swiftly as possible and where applicable, the complainant will receive a regular written update on the progress of the investigation at intervals of not more than 20 business days.
3. Visa First will try to resolve the complaint within 40 business days of having received the complaint. If the complaint cannot be resolved within 40 business days, the Firm will write to the complainant notifying them of the anticipated timeframe for the conclusion of the investigation.
4. Within 5 business days of the conclusion of the investigation of the complaint, Visa First will issue a resolution letter detailing the outcome of the investigation. This letter will include, if applicable, an explanation of the terms of any offer that the company is prepared to make in settlement of the complaint.