Official sources
Built on the official record
Every calculator, checker and tracker on Visawebs computes from the published government rules: DETE for employment permits, Immigration Service Delivery for stamps, visas and citizenship, Revenue for tax, and the Department of Social Protection for welfare. We mirror those rules carefully, but the government sites are always the authoritative record, so we link you straight to them.
Calculator rules last verified 18 and 19 August 2026 ยท Occupation lists effective 13 May 2026
Employment permits
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) runs Ireland's employment permit system: the permit types, the occupation lists and the salary thresholds our eligibility checker mirrors.
- Employment permits overview (DETE)
- Critical Skills Employment Permit (DETE)
- General Employment Permit (DETE)
- Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permit (DETE)
- Contract for Services Employment Permit (DETE)
- Reactivation Employment Permit (DETE)
Occupation lists effective 13 May 2026
Apply, fees & processing
DETE processes permit applications strictly in date order and publishes where the queue stands each week; ISD publishes visa decisions. These are the pages our processing tracker reads from.
Processing dates refreshed weekly by DETE
Registration, stamps & renewal
Immigration Service Delivery (ISD), part of the Department of Justice, handles registration, residence permissions and IRP renewals. Our 12 week renewal window, fees and document checklists come from these pages.
- Immigration Service Delivery (home)
- Registering your immigration permission (ISD)
- Renewing your registration permission (ISD)
- Registration and renewal FAQ (ISD)
- Required documents and fees (ISD)
- Immigration permission stamps (ISD)
- Notice to Employers (ISD)
- Interim notice to employers, 13 July 2026 (ISD)
Rules last verified 19 August 2026
Stamp 4, work visas & family
Stamp 4 upgrades, long stay work visas and family reunification are all ISD processes. Our Stamp 4 planner uses the submission window and fee published on these pages.
- Stamp 4 upgrades for permit holders (ISD)
- Coming to work in Ireland (ISD)
- Atypical Working Scheme (ISD)
- Coming to join family in Ireland (ISD)
Rules last verified 18 August 2026
Irish citizenship
Naturalisation is decided by ISD. Our citizenship calculator mirrors the official reckonable residence rules, the residence day targets and the final year absence allowances, with Citizens Information as the plain-language companion.
- How to become a citizen (ISD)
- How to become an Irish citizen guide (ISD)
- Naturalisation residency calculator guidance (ISD)
- Change to the refugee route, 8 December 2025 (ISD)
- Becoming an Irish citizen through naturalisation (Citizens Information)
Rules last verified 18 August 2026
Income tax, USC & PRSI
The Office of the Revenue Commissioners publishes the tax bands, USC thresholds and exemption rules behind our take-home and tax back calculators, with Citizens Information covering Class S PRSI and auto-enrolment.
- Tax rates, bands and reliefs charts (Revenue)
- USC standard rates and thresholds (Revenue)
- Age exemption and marginal relief (Revenue)
- Taxation of DSP payments (Revenue)
- The 4-year rule for claims (Revenue)
- Class S PRSI for the self-employed (Citizens Information)
- Auto-enrolment, My Future Fund (Citizens Information)
Rules last verified 18 August 2026
Credits, reliefs & benefit-in-kind
Every credit and relief in the take-home engine is checked against the Revenue page that defines it, from the Employee Tax Credit to company car benefit-in-kind and preferential loans.
- Employee Tax Credit (Revenue)
- Earned Income Credit (Revenue)
- Pension tax relief limits (Revenue)
- Health expenses relief (Revenue)
- Medical insurance premiums relief (Revenue)
- Remote working relief (Revenue)
- Rent Tax Credit (Citizens Information)
- Residential premises rental income relief (Revenue)
- Company car benefit-in-kind (Revenue)
- Preferential loans (Revenue)
Rules last verified 18 August 2026
Jobseeker supports
The Department of Social Protection publishes jobseeker payment rates and estimators on gov.ie and MyWelfare, with Citizens Information covering the means test detail our benefits estimator applies.
- Jobseeker's Pay-Related Benefit (gov.ie)
- Jobseeker's Benefit (Citizens Information)
- Jobseeker's Allowance (Citizens Information)
- Means test: work and Jobseeker's Allowance (Citizens Information)
- Means test for Jobseeker's Allowance (Citizens Information)
- Claiming for a child dependant (Citizens Information)
- Budget 2026 factsheet (DSP)
- Benefit of Work Estimator (MyWelfare)
- Benefit of Work Estimator (gov.ie)
Rules last verified 19 August 2026
Redundancy & job loss
Statutory redundancy is a Department of Social Protection scheme, Revenue sets the lump sum tax exemptions, and DETE explains what happens to an employment permit after redundancy.
- Redundancy calculator (MyWelfare)
- Redundancy Payment Scheme (gov.ie)
- Redundancy calculation examples (gov.ie)
- How much redundancy pay will I get? (Citizens Information)
- Redundancy notice periods (Citizens Information)
- Lump sum tax exemptions (Revenue)
- Losing your job on an employment permit (DETE)
Rules last verified 19 August 2026
What last verified means
On that date we re-read the official page and matched our engines against it, figure by figure. Rules can change after that date, and when anything differs the linked government page always wins.
Estimates, not advice
Every result on Visawebs is an estimate, not an official decision or legal advice. Only the relevant government body can decide an application or entitlement.
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