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Ireland, care assistant permit

care work in a nursing home, a disability service or home care

You apply to employers yourself. Rekoja walks you through it, free.

Who pays
Where your employer applies, the €1,000 permit fee is its own. You pay nobody for a job or a place.
Costs you
About ₦540,940 to ₦602,167 in fixed fees: the visa (€60 or €100) and your registration (€300).
How long
To your flight, about four months from an employer's yes by the official pages, about six months or more by the 2025 and 2026 reports.
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What you need
Proof of your care work in Nigeria, with letters from your employers and payslips, and an offer from a nursing home, a disability service or a home care company that sponsors, at €32,691 a year or more.
Family
Your family can apply after you have worked in Ireland for 1 year; for a child, your pay must be over €50,200.

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Figures are each authority's own, updated on the date beside them. Naira at the official rates of 20 October 2026 and 27 October 2026. Canadian, Australian and New Zealand figures are cross rates through the US dollar. Confirm before filing.