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Ireland
Ireland has no visa for remote workers and no freelance permit. Non-EEA nationals who want to live there on foreign income are pushed towards Stamp 0 (person of independent means), which demands €50,000 a year plus a lump sum and bars work unless the approval letter says otherwise, or towards a Working Holiday Authorisation if they are young and from one of eleven countries. EU, EEA, Swiss and British citizens live and work freely; everyone else should know that a visa-free 90-day visit confers no work rights, and that refused short-stay visas can no longer be appealed since 1 June 2026.
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The routes
Researched 11 September 2026 · rules as of September 2026 · as published, not legal advice
Long stay
Stamp 0 for a person of independent means
Temporary Permission to Remain (TPER) – Stamp 0, Independent Means (Immigration Service Delivery, Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration)
Financially self-sufficient people, typically retirees or those living on pensions and accessible funds, who want to reside in Ireland without working there; the closest thing Ireland has to a nomad route, and a poor fit for most working nomads.
- Income floor
- Individual income of €50,000 per year from outside the State, plus access to a lump sum to cover sudden major expenses 'equal to, for example, the price of a residential dwelling in the State'; finances must be presented monthly in euro spreadsheet form and certified by an Irish accountancy firm; investment sums are not normally counted, only pension income or readily accessible funds. Secondary advisers report that couples are in practice assessed at roughly €80,000–€100,000 combined; ISD publishes only the €50,000 individual figure.
- Duration
- Temporary permission; renewed through the TPER Renewal Form on the ISD Customer Service Portal, after which an approval letter is used to renew the Irish Residence Permit. ISD does not state the initial validity on its page; advisers commonly report one-year grants.
- Cost
- No application fee is published for the TPER permission itself. Visa-required nationals then pay the D-Reside visa fee (€60 single entry, €100 multiple entry). Registration for the Irish Residence Permit costs €300 per registration.
- Processing
- ISD states an average of four months, processed in chronological order, with delays when documents are missing (page updated 25 June 2026). Advisers report 8–24 weeks and suggest allowing six months from decision to arrival.
- Eligibility
- Any non-EEA nationality. Must be fully financially self-sufficient with no recourse to State benefits or publicly funded services; private medical insurance with full cover in private hospitals; police clearance certificate; health declaration. Must apply and be approved before arriving in Ireland. Must not work or engage in any business, trade or profession unless specified in the ISD letter of permission.
- Work rights
- None by default: no employment, business, trade or profession, including remote work, unless the ISD approval letter expressly permits it. Advisers report that permission letters rarely authorise remote work for a foreign employer.
- Dependants
- Each adult is assessed on individual income; dependants are not covered by a family provision on the ISD page and family members must apply in their own right. Applicants must declare all family members resident in the State.
- Leads to
- Stamp 0 is a temporary, conditional permission with no published path to long-term residence, and time on it is widely reported as not reckonable for naturalisation; treat it as not leading to permanent residence or citizenship.
- Apply
- By post to Stamp 0 – Independent Means Section, Domestic Residence and Permissions Division, Immigration Service Delivery, 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2, before travel. Visa-required nationals then apply to their local Irish visa office for a D-Reside visa with the approval letter. On arrival, register within 90 days via an appointment booked on the ISD Customer Service Portal. Renewals are submitted through the same portal.
Documents TPER application form · Clear copy of passport (all pages) · Birth certificate and, if applicable, marriage certificate · Written reason for the request and details of family members in the State and their status, plus any Irish associations · Evidence of all finances, e.g. six months of bank statements · Finances verified by an Irish-based accountant listing yearly income and liabilities · Evidence of private medical insurance with full cover in private hospitals · Police Clearance Certificate · Health Declaration
Working holiday
Working Holiday Authorisation
Working Holiday Authorisation (WHA), issued under bilateral working holiday agreements by the Department of Foreign Affairs; Taiwan programme run by Immigration Service Delivery
Young nationals of Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the United States and Taiwan who want a year in Ireland funded by casual work; the only route that lets a young non-EEA national live in Ireland and legally earn without an employer sponsor.
- Income floor
- Applicants must show sufficient funds to support themselves for at least the initial part of the stay; the amount is set by each embassy and immigration officials may ask for evidence at the port of entry. ISD publishes no single figure.
- Duration
- Up to 1 year (up to 2 years for Canadians); not renewable and cannot be applied for from inside Ireland. Taiwan's 2026 programme has 400 places, applications opened 1 November 2025.
- Cost
- Fee set by the issuing embassy or consulate; not published on the ISD page. Irish Residence Permit registration on arrival costs €300 if staying more than 90 days.
- Processing
- Not published by ISD; Taiwan applications are processed in one batch at year end in chronological order.
- Eligibility
- Citizenship of one of the eleven participating countries and the age limits set in each bilateral agreement; private medical insurance; sufficient funds; not already in Ireland. Places are limited.
- Work rights
- Casual employment 'as an incidental aspect' of the visit, plus study courses of up to six months; local employment is allowed on that basis. Remote work for a foreign employer is not addressed by the published rules.
- Dependants
- Not provided for; the authorisation confers rights only on the named holder.
- Leads to
- No; a one-off youth mobility stay. Holders who want to stay must switch to an employment permit route.
- Apply
- The Irish embassy or consulate for the applicant's country via the Department of Foreign Affairs (ireland.ie); Taiwanese citizens apply to Immigration Service Delivery. Register with immigration after arrival if staying more than 90 days.
Documents Application form of the relevant embassy or ISD (Taiwan) · Passport · Evidence of sufficient funds · Private medical insurance · Proof of eligibility under the bilateral agreement (age, study status where required)
Other route
Critical Skills and General Employment Permits
Critical Skills Employment Permit (CSEP) and General Employment Permit (GEP) under the Employment Permits Act 2024
Remote workers whose employer will hire them through an Irish entity, or who take a local job; the mainstream way a non-EEA professional actually settles in Ireland.
- Income floor
- Minimum annual remuneration from 1 March 2026: CSEP €40,904 with a relevant degree (was €38,000) or €68,911 without (was €64,000); GEP €36,605 (was €34,000); graduate bands €36,848 (CSEP) and €34,009 (GEP). Thresholds are indexed annually to average earnings from 2027 to 2030.
- Duration
- CSEP two years, GEP two years, renewable; CSEP holders can move to Stamp 4 after two years.
- Cost
- Government permit fees are published by the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and were not re-verified for this piece; Irish Residence Permit registration is €300.
- Processing
- Varies by permit type and employer status; the Department publishes current processing dates online.
- Eligibility
- Job offer from an Irish-registered employer meeting the salary threshold; CSEP roles must be on the Critical Skills Occupations List or pay the higher threshold; GEP roles must not be on the Ineligible List and generally need a labour market needs test.
- Work rights
- Local employment with the named employer; permit holders are not free to freelance for others.
- Dependants
- Family reunification policy tightened from 26 November 2025: a GEP holder sponsoring a spouse or partner needs €30,000 gross a year, more with children; only unmarried minors under 18 qualify; CSEP families are admitted on more favourable terms.
- Leads to
- Yes: CSEP to Stamp 4 after two years; five years of reckonable residence is the general threshold for naturalisation.
- Apply
- Online through the Employment Permits Online System of the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment; visa-required nationals then apply for a D employment visa; register on arrival.
Documents Employment contract or job offer · Passport · Qualifications and CV · Employer registration details
Temporary stay
Short Stay 'C' visa and visa-free visit
Short Stay 'C' Visa (Immigration Service Delivery)
Anyone visiting for tourism, business meetings or family for up to 90 days; the only stay most non-EEA nomads actually use in Ireland.
- Income floor
- No fixed figure; applicants must show they can support themselves for the visit.
- Duration
- Up to 90 days per visit at the immigration officer's discretion; a C visa is single or multiple entry and cannot be extended into a residence permission from inside the State.
- Cost
- €60 single entry, €100 multiple entry, €25 transit; some nationalities are fee-exempt.
- Processing
- Typically several weeks; refused C visas can no longer be appealed from 1 June 2026.
- Eligibility
- Visa-required nationals apply in advance; visa-free nationals receive a landing stamp. Ireland is outside Schengen and ETIAS does not apply; a Schengen visa does not admit to Ireland.
- Work rights
- None. The visit does not authorise employment or business; remote work for a foreign employer is not expressly addressed and is described by Irish advisers as a grey zone that can prejudice future applications.
- Dependants
- Each traveller applies individually.
- Leads to
- No.
- Apply
- Online via the ISD AVATS portal, with documents lodged at the relevant embassy or visa office; visa-free nationals present at the port of entry.
Documents Passport · Evidence of funds and accommodation · Return travel and purpose of visit
Residence
EU free movement and the Common Travel Area
EU Treaty rights (Free Movement Directive 2004/38/EC) and the Common Travel Area for British citizens
EU, EEA and Swiss citizens, and British citizens, who can simply move to Ireland and work remotely or locally with no permission.
- Income floor
- None for the first three months; EU citizens staying longer must be working, self-employed, studying or self-sufficient with health insurance. British citizens have no such test.
- Duration
- Indefinite; EU citizens acquire permanent residence after five years' lawful residence; British citizens reside by right under the Common Travel Area.
- Cost
- None; no residence card or registration is required for EU or British citizens.
- Processing
- Not applicable.
- Eligibility
- Citizenship of an EU or EEA state, Switzerland or the United Kingdom. Non-EEA family members of EU citizens apply for an EU Treaty Rights residence card.
- Work rights
- Full: remote work, local clients and local employment.
- Dependants
- Non-EEA spouses and dependants of EU citizens can join under EU Treaty Rights; non-EEA family of British citizens use the national scheme.
- Leads to
- Yes; EU citizens qualify for naturalisation after five years' reckonable residence like other residents.
- Apply
- Nothing to apply for; obtain a PPS number and register with Revenue.
Documents Valid passport or national ID card · For non-EEA family members: EUTR1 application and proof of relationship
Without a visa, by passport
The stay you get on arrival, and whether working remotely on it is tolerated
- EU / EEA / SwitzerlandUnlimited under free movementRemote work, local clients and local employment all permitted; no registration required.
- United KingdomUnlimited under the Common Travel AreaBritish citizens may live and work in Ireland without permission; remote work is fully lawful.
- United StatesVisa-free, landing permission of up to 90 daysNo work rights; remote work for a US employer is not expressly permitted and is described as a grey area. A 12-month Working Holiday Authorisation exists for US students and recent graduates.
- CanadaVisa-free, up to 90 daysNo work rights on the visit; Canadians can instead obtain a two-year Working Holiday Authorisation.
- AustraliaVisa-free, up to 90 daysNo work rights on the visit; Working Holiday Authorisation available.
- New ZealandVisa-free, up to 90 daysNo work rights on the visit; Working Holiday Authorisation available.
- JapanVisa-free, up to 90 daysNo work rights on the visit; Working Holiday Authorisation available.
- BrazilVisa-free, up to 90 daysNo work rights; remote work on a visit is not expressly permitted.
- IndiaVisa required (Short Stay 'C', €60 single entry)No work on a C visa; refusal cannot be appealed from 1 June 2026.
- South AfricaVisa required since 10 July 2024Previously visa-free; now needs a C visa for any visit or transit. No work on a visit.
- TurkeyVisa requiredShort Stay 'C' visa; no work rights.
- ChinaVisa requiredShort Stay 'C' visa; no work rights.
Tax
When the country starts counting you as its taxpayer
- Residency trigger
- Resident for a tax year (calendar year) if present 183 days or more in that year, or 280 days or more over that year and the previous year with at least 30 days in each; presence at any time in a day counts, and 30 days or fewer in a year never makes a person resident. Ordinarily resident from the fourth year after three consecutive years of residence, and it persists for three years after leaving. Residents who are domiciled in Ireland are taxed on worldwide income.
- Special regime
- No nomad or newcomer flat-tax regime. Two things matter in practice. First, the remittance basis: a resident who is not Irish-domiciled pays Irish income tax and CGT on foreign income and gains only to the extent remitted to Ireland, though foreign employment income for duties performed in Ireland is taxable in full. Second, the Special Assignee Relief Programme (SARP), an employer-driven relief for assignees, was extended in Budget 2026 (October 2025) to 2030 with the minimum salary raised from €100,000 to €125,000 for new arrivals; it is of no use to a self-directed remote worker.
- Social security
- Self-employed residents pay PRSI Class S at 4.2 per cent from 1 October 2025 (up from 4.1 per cent), with a further 0.15-point rise legislated for 1 October 2026; employees pay the same rate through PAYE. Remote employees of EU or EEA employers can stay in their home scheme with an A1 certificate; Ireland also has bilateral social security agreements with several non-EU countries, including the US, Canada and Australia, under which a certificate of coverage can keep a posted worker in the home system.
- Treaties
- Ireland has a wide double-taxation treaty network including the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, India and South Africa. For a remote employee the treaty allocates employment income to where the work is physically done once the person is Irish resident, so home-country PAYE usually has to stop or be credited; for a contractor, Irish residence makes the profits taxable in Ireland with credit for foreign tax paid.
Practicalities
- Registration and residence permit
- Non-EEA nationals staying more than 90 days must register within the 90-day landing period by booking an appointment on the ISD Customer Service Portal (Burgh Quay in Dublin, Garda immigration offices elsewhere); fingerprints are taken and an Irish Residence Permit card issued for €300. Failure to register promptly may cause future applications or renewals to be refused.
- Renewals
- IRP renewals are done online; the grace period for travelling on a recently expired card while a renewal is pending was widened from 8 to 12 weeks at the end of 2025.
- Health insurance
- Stamp 0 holders must hold private medical insurance with full cover in private hospitals and may not use public health services. EU citizens can use the EHIC for necessary care; Working Holiday holders must carry private cover.
- Tax number
- A Personal Public Service (PPS) number is needed to work, pay tax or be paid by an Irish payroll; it is issued by the Department of Social Protection on proof of identity, address and a reason for needing it.
- Bank account
- Irish banks require photo ID and proof of Irish address; newcomers without an address commonly use EU fintech accounts with Irish or other EU IBANs, though some Irish payers reject non-IE IBANs despite EU rules.
- Visa fees
- Short Stay 'C' visas cost €60 single entry, €100 multiple entry, €25 transit; long-stay 'D' visas carry the same fee scale.
- Overstay and unlawful work
- Overstaying a landing stamp or working on a visit is a breach of permission; ISD warns that it prejudices future visas and permissions, and a deportation order bars re-entry. There is no published fixed fine schedule.
Ireland: no nomad visa, a hard-to-get Stamp 0, and 90 visa-free days that do not permit work
What Ireland offers, and what it does not
Ireland has no digital-nomad visa and no self-employment permit for non-EEA nationals. Proposals have been floated in the Oireachtas and in policy papers but none has reached legislation, and the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has published no plan for one as of September 2026. The routes that exist are built for other people: Stamp 0 for the financially independent who will not work, the Working Holiday Authorisation for the young, and employment permits for those with an Irish employer.
For EU, EEA, Swiss and British citizens the picture is the opposite. Free movement and the Common Travel Area mean a Berlin or Manchester-based remote worker can arrive, rent a flat and keep working with nothing to file beyond a PPS number and, once resident, a tax return. That is why the remote-work community in Dublin, Cork and Galway is overwhelmingly European and British.
Non-EEA nationals with money but no Irish job are steered to Stamp 0. The Immigration Service's page, last updated 25 June 2026, asks for €50,000 of individual annual income, a lump sum comparable to the price of a house, Irish-accountant certification of the figures, private hospital cover and a police certificate, and it forbids any work unless the approval letter says otherwise. Advisers report that letters rarely authorise remote work, which makes the route awkward for anyone still earning.
How the process runs in practice
Stamp 0 is a two-stage process: approval by post from the Independent Means Section in Dublin, then, for visa-required nationals, a D-Reside visa from the local visa office, then registration within 90 days of landing. ISD states an average processing time of four months and warns that incomplete files go to the back of the queue; advisers describe 8 to 24 weeks and advise budgeting six months before moving. Entry remains at the discretion of the immigration officer even with an approval letter.
The Working Holiday Authorisation is administered by embassies and is quota-limited; Taiwan's 400 places for 2026 opened on 1 November 2025 and were processed in one batch. Holders may take casual work and short courses, must show funds and private insurance, and must register if staying beyond 90 days. ISD's own note cautions that the casual labour market is crowded with school leavers and EU nationals.
Visitors from the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and Brazil get a landing stamp of up to 90 days with no work rights. The rules do not mention remote work for a foreign employer; Irish immigration solicitors describe this as a grey zone rather than an authorised activity, and warn that it can count against a later application. Since 1 June 2026 a refused short-stay visa cannot be appealed, which raises the stakes for Indian, South African, Turkish and Chinese applicants.
Tax and money once resident
Residence follows day counts: 183 days in a year, or 280 across two years with at least 30 in each. A resident who is not Irish-domiciled is taxed on foreign income only when remitted, but income for work physically done in Ireland is Irish-source and fully taxable, so the remittance basis does little for someone working from an Irish desk. Ireland's treaties allocate employment income to where the work is performed, and home-country payroll withholding usually has to be unwound.
Self-employed residents pay PRSI Class S at 4.2 per cent since 1 October 2025, rising again in October 2026. EU or EEA employees can stay in their home social-security system with an A1 certificate; there is no special nomad exemption. The only newcomer relief, SARP, was extended to 2030 in Budget 2026 but now requires a €125,000 salary and an employer assignment, so it does not touch independent remote workers.
Banking is the routine frustration reported by arrivals: Irish banks want proof of an Irish address before opening an account, so most newcomers run on an EU fintech account until they have a lease and a PPS number.
What is changing
The direction of travel is tighter and more digital. Employment permit thresholds rose on 1 March 2026 and are now indexed to average earnings through 2030; family reunification was tightened in November 2025 with income floors and an under-18 rule for children; registration and renewals have moved to an online portal; and the short-stay visa appeal was abolished in June 2026. The Immigrant Investor Programme closed in February 2023, so there is no residence-by-investment route left.
Nothing published points to a remote-work visa. Anyone planning more than a 90-day stay without an EU or British passport should assume the choice is an employer-sponsored permit, a youth working holiday, or Stamp 0 without the right to work.
Researched from irishimmigration.ie · irishimmigration.ie · irishimmigration.ie · irishimmigration.ie · irishimmigration.ie · revenue.ie · citizensinformation.ie · lewissilkin.com · mhc.ie · kpmg.com · the authority