Stamp 4 after Critical Skills employment

Instead, Critical Skills Employment Permit  can apply directly to the Dept of Justice for a Stamp 4.

Please note as of 30 November 2023 a Stamp 4 Support Letter from the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment is no longer required.

Subject to their having complied with their previous immigration and employment permit conditions and being of good character

will be for 2 years, which is then renewable

Registration of a Stamp 4 permission granted to persons based on a Critical Skills Employment Permit or Hosting Agreement is usually valid for 24 months.

On achieving 60 months residency permission, Critical Skills Employment Permit or Green Card Employment Permit holders will then be permitted to make an application for long term residence

Employees residing in the State on a Stamp 1 or 1H permission are eligible for a Stamp 4 upgrade upon **completion of 21 months from commencement of employment in the State, on the basis of**: **(i)** a Critical Skills Employment Permit **(ii)** a Hosting Agreement as a Researcher **(iii)** a Multi-Site General Employment Permit as a Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor

**Please Note:** - In determining eligibility, categories (iv) **is not interchangeable** with (i), (ii), and/or (iii). - The **[documents required at registration](https://www.irishimmigration.ie/required-documents/#stamp4)** have not changed. - Commencement of employment in the State on the basis of an employment permit will be determined via an ‘ _Employment Detail Summary_’, available on **[revenue.ie/myaccount](http://www.revenue.ie/myaccount)**. - Where individuals commenced employment under an alternative permission and subsequently moved to a Stamp 1, commencement of employment on the basis of an employment permit will be determined by the validity dates of the employment permit under which the Stamp 1 permission was registered.

Note: You may be eligible for a Stamp 4 permission upon completion of 21 months from commencement of employment in the State on the basis of a Critical Skills employment permit

With a valid Critical Skills Employment Permit for 2 years

and have registered that permission under Stamp 1 conditions.

However, only applications that meet the 21 months eligibility requirement at the time of expiry will be processed.

That you are continuously resident in the State for the duration of your permission with allowance for reasonable periods of absence from the State for holidays, exceptional family circumstances or commitments outside the State arising from business or employment carried on within the State.

Delay in registering with Garda National Immigration Bureau could affect applications in the granting of long-term residency and/or citizenship.

Instead, Critical Skills Employment Permit  can apply directly to the Dept of Justice for a Stamp 4.

Please note as of 30 November 2023 a Stamp 4 Support Letter from the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment is no longer required.

Subject to their having complied with their previous immigration and employment permit conditions and being of good character

will be for 2 years, which is then renewable

Registration of a Stamp 4 permission granted to persons based on a Critical Skills Employment Permit or Hosting Agreement is usually valid for 24 months.

On achieving 60 months residency permission, Critical Skills Employment Permit or Green Card Employment Permit holders will then be permitted to make an application for long term residence