Financial threshold
—
no minimum listed
Stay
24
months, renewable
Application fee
$1,725
Tax
Worldwide
Path to staying
- Residence permit24 months
- Renew36 months at a time
- Permanent residencyafter 5 years
- Citizenshipafter 5 years
- Permanent residency 5 years
- Citizenship 5 years
- Dual citizenship allowed
Overview
- Country
- Ireland
- Program
- Ireland Immigrant Investor Programme
- Local name
- Clár Infheisteora Inimircigh
- Type
- Golden visa
- Status
- Discontinued (ended Feb 15, 2023)
- Initial duration
- 24 months
- Renewable
- Yes (36 mo)
- Min stay
- 1 days per 12 months
Permanently closed February 15, 2023. Was a residency-by-investment program requiring EUR 1M+ enterprise investment or EUR 500k endowment. Existing approvals continue to be processed.
Financial requirements
- Net worth required
- $2,300,000
- Application fee
- $1,725
Eligibility
- Minimum age 18+
- Criminal record check required
- Health check not required
- Health insurance not required
Work rights
- Employment allowed
- Self-employment allowed
- Own a business allowed
- Work permit included
Family and dependents
- Dependents allowed
- Yes
- Spouse included
- Yes
- Max child age
- 18
- Parents allowed
- No
Benefits and mobility
- Bank account can open
- Property purchase allowed
- Public healthcare access granted
Tax
- Tax regime
- Worldwide
- Foreign income taxed
- Yes
- Capital gains taxed
- Yes
How to apply
- Method
- online
- Processing time
- 90–180 days
- Apply from abroad
- Yes
Notes
CLOSED: Programme closed to new applications February 15, 2023. Approx 1,500 pending applications still being processed. Over 11 years, approved 1,788 applications totalling EUR 1.293B investment. 93.8% from China. Ireland NOT in Schengen. Only 1 day/year presence required.