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General Employment Permit (New)

19 June 2026CURRENTConfirmed Monday 27 July 2026 at 20:31 UTC

What does this mean?

The General Employment Permit covers a broad range of occupations not listed on the Critical Skills or Ineligible Occupations lists. Applicants must have a job offer from an Irish employer and meet minimum annual salary requirements. New applications are processed in the order they are received.

The processing date shown is the most recent application receipt date that DETE has decided. Applications received after this date are still being processed.

Official source: enterprise.gov.ie →
Looking for your individual application status? This page shows the public DETE queue date — not the status of any individual application. Check your application status directly on the DETE Employment Permits Online (EPO) system.

Processing date history

Processing date history, newest first
Processing dateChangeConfirmed
19 Jun 2026First snapshot27 Jul 2026
10 Jun 2026First snapshot19 Jul 2026
15 May 2026First snapshot25 Jun 2026

Showing up to 12 most recent confirmed dates. History begins from when IrelandStatus first tracked this category.

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