REVISED ARRANGEMENTS FOR GREEN CARD SCHEME, APRIL 2009
(See separate information note on changes to the Work Permit Scheme)
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REVISION OF THE LIST OF OCCUPATIONS ELIGIBLE FOR GREEN CARDS IN THE SALARY RANGE ¤30,000-¤59,999
The Green Card list is reviewed periodically to ensure that it remains relevant to the needs of the Irish labour market. A recent review has shown that skills shortages no longer exist in respect of the occupations listed by industrial sector below. On that basis the following occupations are being removed, with immediate effect, from the Green Card eligible list where the salary payable for the job is in the range ¤30,000-¤59,999 per annum:
• Healthcare: Registered midwives; physiotherapists; psychologists; social workers; medical physicists; and speech and language therapists.
• Financial Services: Economists; statisticians; underwriters; claims assessors and analysts; securities specialists; fund and investment management specialists; common law jurisdiction lawyers; investment fund professionals; fund accountants; fund valuations professionals; fund administrators; custody specialists; transfer agents; and hedge fund specialists.
• Industry/Services: Marketing Managers and Specialist Managers
These occupations continue to be eligible for Green Cards where the salary payable to the jobholder is ¤60,000 or more per annum.
POLICY FOR GREEN CARD HOLDERS WHO ARE MADE REDUNDANT
You should notify the Employment Permits Section of the Department when you are informed of your redundancy. You will have up to three months from the date of your redundancy to seek alternative employment. New Green Cards will be issued in accordance with the Green Card scheme salary requirement and for jobs where there is strategic skills shortage.
Where a Green Card holder has been made redundant in a job title that is now ineligible for a Green Card permit, should they obtain a subsequent 2 year job offer with same job title then a Green Card application may be considered.
If you cannot get another job within three months of being made redundant you should contact the immigration authorities to establish your immigration status beyond that period. Should you opt to leave the country, and are later successful in getting another job offer in Ireland, you are free to apply for a new employment permit.
Employment Permits Section
April 2009
Last modified: 08/10/2009
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