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Written by Team Gacimi
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Friday, 05 January 2007 17:49 |
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The first Irish "green cards" for foreign workers will be issued "early" in 2007.
According to a report on Workpermit.com , Micheàl Martin, T.D., Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment confirmed in an interview last week that the first Irish "green cards" for foreign workers will be issued "early" in 2007. The Minister said that the regulations providing for the green cards will be signed into law sometime during January.
The minister expected that as many as 10,000 people from all over the world would come to Ireland to avail of the scheme when it was fully operational - with a take-up of about 5,000 in the first year.
The scheme, first revealed in 2005, is designed to attract highly-skilled foreign workers to Ireland. It is the first time that Ireland has introduced a category of residency card that does not require a potential immigrant to obtain sponsorship from an employer.
A complete overhaul of the Irish Immigration and Residence Bill has been in the works since April of 2005. There have been a number of delays, among them the premature announcement that the "green card" for Ireland would first be issued in early 2006, something that now appears to happen within the next few months.
Another scheme currently operational in Ireland is the Working Visa and Work Authorisation scheme, whose information can be found here .
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Last Updated ( Friday, 05 January 2007 18:01 )
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