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Irland

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Irland travel, immigration and PR

Ireland is EU but not Schengen: an Irish visitor visa is not a UK ETA. Work is Critical Skills; settlement is Stamp 4.

EinwanderungDaueraufenthalt

Openness rank

#140

Entry openness

78

Visumfrei

78

Briefing updated

2026-09

Länderprofil

Hauptstadt

Dublin

Bevölkerung

5.5 million

Fläche

70,280 km²

Währung

Euro EUR

Sprache

English, Irish

Zeitzone

UTC+00:00

Im Ausland geboren

1.2 million · 2024

Migrantenanteil

23.1%

Ethnische Gruppen · 2022

  • Irish76.6%
  • other White9.9%
  • Asian3.3%
  • unspecified2.6%
  • other2%
  • Black1.5%
  • Other0.6%

Im Ausland Geborene: UN-Migrantenbestand über die Weltbank (meist 2024). Ethnische Gruppen folgen den veröffentlichten Kategorien des Landes. Die meisten Staaten erheben keine Hautfarbe. Nur Richtwerte.

Visa und EinwanderungswegeVisa-freie ListeUnterlagen und PassfotosVisa siteImmigration site

Für wen dieser Ratgeber ist

For tech and health hires, study, and Stamp 1 / 4 holders counting five years’ residence.

Einreise und Aufenthalt

Ireland keeps its own visitor visa and waiver list, separate from Schengen and the UK. Chinese passports usually need a visitor visa. Short stays are not work. A UK ETA is not permission to enter Ireland.

Arbeiten und Wohnen

The Critical Skills Employment Permit targets listed, well-paid roles and is family-friendly. The General permit needs a labour-market test. Graduates may use the Third Level Graduate Programme.

Niederlassung und Staatsangehörigkeit

After about five years of lawful work residence you may obtain Stamp 4, i.e. stay without an employment permit. Citizenship also usually needs five reckonable years and is sensitive to absences. Confirm with ISD.

Time to PR：2 years Critical Skills or 5 years general work

Einreise beliebter Pässe

FAQ

Does a UK ETA let you enter Ireland?

No. Ireland has its own entry system. The Common Travel Area does not waive Irish visa rules for third-country nationals.

Is Critical Skills the same as PR?

No. It is a work permit. Stamp 4 after about two years is the closer equivalent to permit-free residence.

Does a Chinese passport need a visa?

On this site’s matrix the result is “Visum erforderlich”. confirm length of stay with the destination. The port and mission are authoritative.

Does a US passport need a visa?

On this site’s matrix the result is “Visumfrei”. typical stay on the matrix is 90 days. The port and mission are authoritative.

Verwandte Ratgeber

Handbooks summarise public sources so you can cross-check the visa matrix and policy playbooks. They are not legal advice. Quotas, stay lengths and visa-free lists move — confirm with the destination government and its missions before you travel or file.