Digital Nomad & Residency · Ireland
Ireland digital nomad visa: requirements (2026)
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Digital nomad visa in Ireland: via other route.
Ireland has no dedicated digital-nomad or remote-work visa for non-EEA nationals as of 2026. EU/EEA/Swiss citizens may live and work remotely without a visa, while other relocators of independent means typically use the Stamp 0 permission (requiring ~€50,000 annual income and self-sufficiency), under which remote work is permitted only if expressly stated in the ISD permission letter. Ireland's residency-by-investment 'golden visa' (Immigrant Investor Programme) was closed in February 2023.
Key points
Ireland has not introduced a digital-nomad or remote-work visa allowing non-EEA nationals to reside in Ireland while working remotely for a foreign employer; immigration is structured around employment permits, study, family, or independent-means routes.
EU, EEA and Swiss nationals do not need a visa or permission to enter, live, or work (including remotely) in Ireland; this is the simplest path for relocating remote workers from those states.
Stamp 0 is a temporary, fully self-sufficient residence permission requiring a verifiable annual income of at least €50,000 (€100,000 combined for a couple) plus a lump sum for emergencies; holders may not work or run a business unless explicitly authorised in their ISD permission letter and cannot use publicly funded services.
The short-stay C visa permits up to 90 days but does not allow taking up employment or using public services; working remotely on tourist permission risks refusal of future visas.
Non-EEA nationals coming to work for an Irish employer use the long-stay employment visa tied to permits such as the Critical Skills Employment Permit; these target local employment rather than location-independent remote work for foreign companies.
Ireland's residency-by-investment Immigrant Investor Programme closed to new applications on 15 February 2023 amid EU/OECD concerns over money laundering and due-diligence weaknesses; no replacement investment-residency scheme exists.
Timeline - major decisions & events
Minimum Annual Remuneration rises for every permit category (General Employment Permit €34,000→€36,605; Critical Skills €38,000→€40,904), the first step in a phased roadmap raising the bar for skilled-worker residency through 2030.
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment ↗DETE published a phased plan to lift permit salary floors (which had stagnated since 2014) gradually to 2030, softening earlier steeper increases and reshaping who qualifies to relocate and reside in Ireland for work.
gov.ie ↗Ireland has no dedicated digital nomad visa; non-EEA remote workers and persons of independent means rely on Stamp 0, which permits residence (income ~€50,000/yr plus reserves and private health insurance) while working for an overseas employer but bars working in Ireland.
Immigration Service Delivery ↗Commencement of the modernised permit regime (enacted 25 June 2024): nine permit types, a new Seasonal Employment Permit, ability to change employer after nine months, and scrapping of newspaper advertising in favour of online job posting.
Irish Statute Book ↗S.I. No. 92/2024 brought into operation the Workplace Relations Commission code activating the statutory right of employees to request remote work, setting the process employers must follow for in-country remote arrangements.
Irish Statute Book ↗Act No. 8 of 2023 introduced a statutory right for employees to request remote working, the first legislative framework in Ireland addressing remote work arrangements (though it grants a right to request, not a right to work remotely).
Irish Statute Book ↗The Minister for Justice closed Ireland's residency-by-investment programme to new applicants, citing concerns raised by the EU Commission, Council of Europe and OECD over money laundering and security, removing a major residency route for non-EEA nationals.
gov.ie ↗Ireland introduced the CSEP to attract highly skilled workers (ICT, engineering, etc.) with no labour market needs test and a fast track to permanent residence, becoming the principal skilled-migration pathway still in use today.
Citizens Information ↗Ireland created two residency routes for non-EEA nationals: the IIP (investment-based) and STEP (innovative business with €50,000 funding), establishing the investor/entrepreneur residency framework, STEP remains open after the IIP's 2023 closure.
Citizens Information ↗Established the modern statutory employment-permit system (including the Green Card scheme) that governs how non-EEA nationals obtain the right to work and reside in Ireland, the foundation later reformed by the 2014 amendments and 2024 Act.
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