SA passport holders cannot fly without a visa
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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:
- Critical skills work permits how they work: The Basics of applying
- Critical skills going deeper into the information and getting a job offer and work permit
- General Work permits how they work: The Basics of applying
- General Work permits going deeper into the information and getting a job offer and work permit
- General Work permits how to get your family processed when they arrive after 12 months
- 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
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
Flights from South Africa to Ireland
Important links:
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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