An Irish employment permit is only half of a Filipino hire. The employer must be known to the Philippine state, the contract verified, the job order registered, the worker medically cleared and briefed, the exit documented, and the Irish visa obtained in Manila — through a licensed agency and in the right order. This page sets those steps out so the Irish calendar and the Philippine one meet on the day of departure.
Recruitment runs through our own DMW-licensed agency, Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc. in Makati (licence DMW-027-LB-11182024): your company is accredited at the Migrant Workers Office in London, which covers the United Kingdom and Ireland, the job order is registered with the DMW, and every worker leaves Manila with a verified contract, medical clearance, pre-departure orientation and an Overseas Employment Certificate. Recruitment follows the employer-pays principle: no applicant pays for an interview, a trade test or a place on a shortlist. Your company is the employer from day one; we never employ or lease the workers.
Ireland sits under the Migrant Workers Office in London, which verifies the employer and the contract for both the United Kingdom and Ireland; the Philippine Embassy in Dublin, reopened after twelve years with a chancery on Mount Street Upper since November 2025, provides consular services to the community but has no labour office. Verification establishes that the employer exists, can pay what the contract says and offers acceptable conditions; for a company hire the file is the signed contract, the company registration, the Irish employment permit and the signatory's authority.
An Overseas Employment Certificate is checked at Philippine immigration on departure; a worker without one does not board. The Irish visa is the longest single step and the one most often refused on paper — incomplete bank statements, an employer letter that omits accommodation — so the file is prepared to the ISD checklist before the appointment. Family-reunification rules differ sharply between the General Employment Permit and the Critical Skills permit; we brief them in Manila so that nobody discovers them in Dublin.
The permit decides family life as well as work. Critical Skills permit holders may bring their nuclear family immediately with no income test; General Employment Permit holders may apply after twelve months in the State and must meet an income test under the Family Reunification Policy of 12 June 2026 — above €30,000 gross for a spouse, and for children a net income above Working Family Payment levels, which for one child corresponds to roughly €50,200 gross. A tradesman at €36,605 can bring a spouse after a year and, in practice, not his children; we say so in Manila before anyone signs.
Recruitment runs through our own DMW-licensed agency, Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc. in Makati (licence DMW-027-LB-11182024): your company is accredited at the Migrant Workers Office in London, which covers the United Kingdom and Ireland, the job order is registered with the DMW, and every worker leaves Manila with a verified contract, medical clearance, pre-departure orientation and an Overseas Employment Certificate. Recruitment follows the employer-pays principle: no applicant pays for an interview, a trade test or a place on a shortlist. Your company is the employer from day one; we never employ or lease the workers.
Everything here is subject to the Employment Permits Act 2024 and regulations, the occupations lists in force (S.I. 213/2026), DETE and ISD practice, Irish employment law and Philippine DMW rules.
No — accreditation and contract verification are done by us as your licensed agency, on documents. You sign the contract and provide company documents.
Through VFS Philippines, which has handled all Irish visa applications since 5 September 2022; decisions take about eight weeks. The Philippines is a visa-required nationality.
Registration with Immigration Service Delivery in Dublin within 90 days (€300) for the Irish Residence Permit, Stamp 1; PPS number and bank account in the first week.
No — it provides consular services; labour matters for Ireland run through the Migrant Workers Office in London.
General information for employers, not legal or migration advice. Rules change; we re-verify before each hire.