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General Employment Permit (New)

14 October 2026CURRENTConfirmed Friday 13 November 2026 at 13:01 UTC

DETE is processing General Employment Permit (New) applications received on 14 October 2026, 31 days ago. Since 16 October 2026, this date has moved forward 33 days.

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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
14 Oct 2026+6 days13 Nov 2026
08 Oct 2026+3 days10 Nov 2026
05 Oct 2026+3 days9 Nov 2026
02 Oct 2026+2 days6 Nov 2026
30 Sept 2026+5 days5 Nov 2026
25 Sept 2026+1 days3 Nov 2026
24 Sept 2026—2 Nov 2026
24 Sept 2026+13 days1 Nov 2026
11 Sept 2026+1 days16 Oct 2026
10 Sept 2026+35 days16 Oct 2026
06 Aug 2026+48 days15 Sept 2026
19 Jun 2026+9 days27 Jul 2026

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

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