April 3rd, 2024

On 15 November 2023, Immigration Delivery Service (ISD) placed a web notice regarding the cessation of the provision of Stamp 4 support letters by the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment.

The web notice is here: Notice regarding Stamp 4 support letters.

Eligibility for a Stamp 4 upgrade has been under review by ISD since the effective date of this change to the application process.

This review has since concluded with the below-listed change to eligibility now effective.

Employees residing in the State on a Stamp 1 or 1H permission are eligible for a Stamp 4 upgrade upon completion of 21 months from commencement of employment in the State, on the basis of:

(i) a Critical Skills Employment Permit
(ii) a Hosting Agreement as a Researcher
(iii) a Multi-Site General Employment Permit as a Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor

Or, upon completion of 57 months from commencement of employment in the State on the basis of:

(iv) General Employment Permits

Please Note:

In determining eligibility, categories (iv) is not interchangeable with (i), (ii), and/or (iii).
The documents required at registration have not changed.
Commencement of employment in the State on the basis of an employment permit will be determined via an ‘Employment Detail Summary’, available on revenue.ie/myaccount.
Where individuals commenced employment under an alternative permission and subsequently moved to a Stamp 1, commencement of employment on the basis of an employment permit will be determined by the validity dates of the employment permit under which the Stamp 1 permission was registered.