In brief
Employment-based Long Term Residency grants further five-year permission; it is not unconditional lifelong status or an EU long-term resident permit.
Start with Immigration Service Delivery: Long Term Residency (opens in a new tab)
Your next steps
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Verify qualifying permission
Next stepISD calculates qualifying employment-based residence using passport stamps and IRP validity, not simply employment-permit dates. Five years living in Ireland alone does not establish eligibility; gaps and excluded categories matter.
Respect continuous-residence conditions
Long Term Residency requires full-time residence with short absences for holidays, family emergencies or Irish work commitments. ISD says annual absences generally should not exceed 90 days; this qualified guidance is not routine permission to relocate for that period.
Check renewal and family permission
Renewal requires continued compliance and evidence of living and working in Ireland. Spouses and dependants have separate qualification and stamp consequences. Ask ISD about an extended absence before relying on renewal from India.
Assess naturalisation separately
Citizenship has its own reckonable-residence, continuity and evidence requirements. Follow current ISD instructions and preserve travel records. Meeting Long Term Residency conditions does not establish citizenship eligibility.
Resolve citizenship sequencing before Form 13
ISD directs adults outside Ireland to the current Form 13 declaration of alienage. Simplified reacquisition is limited to people born on the island of Ireland. Obtain Indian eligibility and sequencing advice before declaring; do not assume easy reversal.
Suggested preparation sequence. Your authority may require a different order. Progress stays on this device.
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Evidence for these steps
Checked 20 October 2026. Links support the statements within their scope; preparation lists are editorial suggestions. Access limitations are disclosed below.
- Verify qualifying permission: Immigration Service Delivery — Long Term Residency
- Respect continuous-residence conditions: Immigration Service Delivery — Long Term Residency
- Check renewal and family permission: Immigration Service Delivery — Long Term Residency
- Assess naturalisation separately: Immigration Service Delivery — Citizenship by naturalisation
- Resolve citizenship sequencing before Form 13: Immigration Service Delivery — Renounce or reacquire citizenship
What to have ready
0 of 4 preparedKeep documents in your own secure records. Tick what you have; nothing is uploaded.
Questions to take to an adviser
- Which stamps count?
- Does my proposed absence fit the permission?
- What route exists if I later return?
Who can help
A qualified Ireland adviser and an Indian cross-border tax or citizenship specialist, as appropriate. The responsible authority decides applications.
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National Portal of India (opens in a new tab)
Employment-based periods, continuous residence and renewal.
Separate reckonable-residence and application route.
Form 13 and restricted reacquisition route.
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