Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permit — trainee

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permit is designed for the transfer of senior management, key personnel or trainees who are non-EEA nationals from an overseas branch of a multinational corporation to its Irish branch. For trainees, the permit is for personnel undergoing a training programme.

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Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permits
The Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permit is designed to facilitate the transfer of senior management, key personnel or trainees who are non-EEA nationals from an overseas branch of a multinational corporation (Foreign Employer) to its Irish branch (Connected Person).
Foreign national criteria
Personnel undergoing a training programme earning a minimum annual remuneration of € 36,605.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The applicant must be transferred from an overseas branch of a multinational corporation (foreign employer) to its Irish branch (connected person). The connected person must be linked with the foreign employer, either as subsidiary, both subsidiaries of a holding company, or through an agreement to carry on business or provide services in more than one state.

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Foreign employer and connected person criteria
The connected person must be linked with the foreign employer, that is, Either one is a subsidiary of the other; Both are subsidiaries of a holding company; or Have entered into an agreement with another person whereby each of them agree to carry on business or provide services with each other in more than one state and to carry on business or provide services in the manner provided for in the agreement.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

For trainees, the foreign national must have been working for the foreign employer for a minimum period of 1 month prior to the transfer. Trainees must earn a minimum annual remuneration of €36,605.

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Minimum periods of employment with foreign employer prior to transfer
If the application is in respect of Training the foreign national must have been working for the foreign employer for a minimum period of 1 month prior to the transfer.
Foreign national criteria
Personnel undergoing a training programme earning a minimum annual remuneration of € 36,605.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Trainees transfer for a maximum of 12 months under a detailed training programme and remain on the foreign employer's payroll; if they stop being employed by the foreign employer or stop participating in the programme, or when the permit expires, they must return to their country of origin. Unlike the general 9-month bar on a new permit for a different employer, a trainee may apply for a Critical Skills or General Employment Permit during that period. Holders may change employer after a transfer under the 2003 Transfer of Undertakings Regulations. Spouses, partners and dependants must apply for their own Employment Permit.

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https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits/permit-types/intra-company-transfer-employment-permit
refer to persons transferring for training purposes for a maximum of 12 months, provided it is adequately demonstrated that a detailed training programme will be undertaken.
https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits/permit-types/intra-company-transfer-employment-permit
The main attraction of this permit is that it facilitates the temporary injection of corporate or HQ personnel and also provides for such employees to stay on the foreign payroll.
https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits/permit-types/intra-company-transfer-employment-permit
Where the foreign national ceases to be employed by the foreign employer or ceases to carry out duties for, or participate in the training programme, or when the permit expires the foreign national in question must return to their country of origin.
https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits/permit-types/intra-company-transfer-employment-permit
In accordance with the Employment Permits Act 2024 as amended, a new Employment Permit (for a different employer) cannot be considered if less than 9 months has elapsed since the permit holder first commenced employment in the State pursuant to an Employment Permit. However, the Department will permit a Trainee on an Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permit to apply for a Critical Skills Employment Permit or a General Employment Permit during the 9-month period
https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits/permit-types/intra-company-transfer-employment-permit
The holders of Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permits may change employers where a transfer of employment has taken place under the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 (SI No 131 of 2003).
https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits/permit-types/intra-company-transfer-employment-permit
Spouses/partners/dependants of Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permit holders are not eligible for a Dependant/Partner/Spouse Employment Permit and must apply for a separate Employment Permit in their own right

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

Applications may be granted for a maximum period of up to 24 months in the first instance and may be extended upon application to a maximum stay of 5 years. Holders of Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permits do not accrue rights for long term residency purposes as the Employment Permit is available on the basis that the employment is temporary.

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Renewals
Applications may be granted for a maximum period of up to 24 months in the first instance and may be extended upon application to a maximum stay of 5 years.
Residency
Holders of Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permits do not accrue rights for long term residency purposes as the Employment Permit is available on the basis that the employment is temporary.

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Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permit — trainee

What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

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