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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.