♻️ 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐: 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 ♻️

🗣️ Human migration and mobility of professionals, students and skilled labour are age-old phenomena touching almost every society around the world. Immigration is a constantly changing world. A chapter of 2022 in immigration history will be remembered with so many changes.

🇮🇪 Ireland is one of the immigration hubs for many skilled professionals and international students in Europe. The year 2022 has seen many ups and downs in immigration history; from the delays in visa decisions to adjusting nearly 67000, facing a housing crisis to paying massive higher rent bills, from regularising long awaited undocumented migrants to offering the Afghan Admission Programme. We all have adjusted ourselves for the betterment of immigrant society as a family. The comment section is all yours to add what we missed and all your thoughts related to the concerned discussion here. 👇

✌️ 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 “𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃” ☘️

ℹ️ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 A long-awaited decision to regularise Long Term Undocumented Migrants came into effect and Long Term Undocumented Migrants were given 6 months to submit their application to regularise themselves with the mainstream. 17000 people benefited from this scheme till July 2022. This decision by The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD positively changed so many lives

ℹ️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 Since the beginning of the pandemic, Minster McEntee has announced nine temporary extensions of immigration and international protection permissions (IRP cards). This temporary permission has meant that those who held valid permission to be in the State in March 2020 have been legally permitted to remain in Ireland until 31 May 2022, even if their Irish Residence Permit (IRP) card has expired. This was a major relief for the Internation immigrants in Ireland

ℹ️ 𝟓-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐚 ‘The 5-year Multi Entry Short-Stay Visa for all visa-required countries is a very positive measure taken by the MoJ. This decision has enabled people who visit Ireland regularly, for business or family reasons in particular they can make one application and if it is granted then the person can travel over five years for a specific number of days in a year. This decision made travelling to Ireland a more convenient and attractive option at a time when travel worldwide is resuming and our tourism industry, in particular, has reopened following the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic.’

ℹ️ 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐁𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭 Different departments like the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; the Department of Transport and the Department of Health jointly addressed the shortage of labour and added the above professions to the employment permit list

ℹ️ 𝐈𝐒𝐃 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 & 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. To facilitateNon-EEAA Nationals legally resident in the State who are required to renew their current permission and who wish to travel internationally during the Christmas & New Year 2022 until 31st Jan 2023, the Minister issued a travel confirmation notice requesting carriers to allow individuals to travel on their recently expired IRP card where an application to renew their IRP card was submitted in advance of the expiry date of their IRP card

🤞 Certainly, there were more and a lot of major changes to be seen yet. Overall the year 2022 was another challenging year for the migrant community & family but we all overcome with it helping each other always. 🤲

🤝 We are looking forward to welcoming a single platform for an employment permit and entry visa to Ireland. This change will be the biggest revolution to streamline the immigration process. Together we all are stronger than ever. 🙌

🙏 At Immigration Ireland (Updates) and SKT CONSULTANTS we welcome all of the above changes which have directly or indirectly impacted immigrants lives. 🤟

☘️ 🙏 We would like to thank everyone who has participated in the world of immigration and helped each other to make our lives more comfortable as a migrant in a foreign land. Receiving an endless number of immigration problems and queries from all of you has sharpened our knowledge and allowed us to showcase the migrant community's voice at a bigger platform. 📢

“𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐀 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄”