Renewal of permission to remain following expiry of initial Working Visa/work Authorisation.
Applicants in the Working Visa/Work Authorisation scheme may renew their permission to remain beyond initial two years period subject to their satisfying certain criteria - the most important being that they continue to come within the terms of the sacheme and that there are no public policy objections to their remaining in Ireland.
To apply for extension to remain applicant must visit their local Garda Registration Office (Immigration Registration Office, Garda National Immigration Bureau, Harcourt t. for persons residing in Dublin area or the Grada Superitendent's office in the relevant Garda District for persons residing outside Dublin) with the following documents:
1. A valid Passport.
2. A valid Garda certificate of registration (In either the "Green  Book" or Card format as appropriate).
3. The applicant's current P60.

After receiving the permission to remain, in case the employee wishes to depart from and return back to Ireland, he/ she should make an application to the Visa Office of the Department of Foreign Affairs for a re-entry visa (see Annexure Ireland-III for form) to allow him/her to re-enter the state at the following address:
Visa Office,
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Hainault House,
69-71 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin - 2
Tel: 01 4082764-65
E-mail: visa@iveagh.irlgov.ie