The Intra-Company Transfer scheme was introduced to facilitate the transfer of foreign senior management, key personnel or trainees from an overseas branch or a multinational corporation to its Irish branch.
 

 

Overview

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The Intra-Company Transfer scheme entitles the employer to hire the foreign national for the duration of the permit. As soon as employment ends or when the permit expires, the employee/transferee must leave the country.

Who can apply?

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• Application for an Intra-Company Transfer Permit can only be made by the employer.
• Intra-Company Transfer Permits are strictly limited to senior management, key personnel, or those undergoing a training program.

They must be

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• Earning a minimum annual salary of EUR 40,000, and
• The employee/transferee in question must have been working for a minimum period of 12 months with the overseas company prior to transferring

Definitions

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Senior Management is defined as persons who:

• Manage the organization, department, subdivision, function or component of the organization
• Supervise or control the work or other supervisory, professional or managerial employees, or manage an essential function within the organization, or a department or subdivision of the organization.
• Have the authority to hire and fire or recommend these, as well as other, personnel actions (such as promotion and leave authorization) OR if no other employee is directly supervised, function at a senior level within the organization hierarchy or with respect to the function managed and,
• Exercise discretion over everyday operations of the activity or function for which the employee has the authority

Key Personnel are defined as persons who have special knowledge in the establishments:

• Service
• Research equipment
• Techniques or management

In assessing such knowledge, high level of qualification or prior experience will be taken into account.

Trainees will be considered for a maximum of 12 months, provided it can be adequately demonstrated that a detailed training program will be in place.

Duration of Permit

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The duration of the permit depends upon the reason for transfer. Persons transferring to an Ireland branch for the purpose of training will only be allowed a permit for a maximum of 12 months. Other permits may be granted for a maximum period of up to 24 months for the first application and may be extended upon application to a maximum stay of five years.

Processing Fee

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The following must be attached with the application:

• For a period of up to six months: EUR 500
• For any period between 6 and 24 months: EUR 1,000
• For any period between 25 and 36 months: EUR 1,500

Price List, Fee Schedule & Refund Policy

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Our service fee is Competitive & among the best you will find in the industry. At any given time, our state-of-the-art Processing Centre is processing over 5000 active cases from across the world. Our processes are standard & Process Consultants are the best in the world.

Our Prices are standard across all our offices. We guarantee that other than company offers & promotions, you will not be quoted a higher price & eventually pay a lower price. Prices are determined by the company & are fixed for all clients, offices & cases. You know you are paying the right price – the same as all our 10000+ clients around the world.

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Please Note

We are not a placement agency, we are Overseas Career Consultants. We do not provide/guarantee/assure jobs, we do not arrange for any direct employment through employers. We use technology, resources and our