Stamp 4 Eligibility and Processing Time

Once you have completed 21 months on Critical Skills Work Permit (CSWP) or 5 years or General Work Permit, you are eligible for Stamp 4. Stamp 4 stands for long term resident which is equivalent to Permanent Residence (PR) as well.

Assuming you have met the criteria and are now ready to request your stamp 4 Support letter, you have to collect the following documents and send it via email. 

Important to note that, you can send your documents on 20 completed months on your CSWP but your application will be considered once 21 months have lapsed.

The processing time for stamp 4 support letter usually takes about 2-3 weeks. At the time of writing, I have seen majority people receiving their support letter within first week after 21 complete months.

Documents Required:


1) You have to download a form from DETE website , print ,fill and scan the form and save it in your list of documents.

2) Along with that, you need to have confirmation of employment letter from your company, it must be dated within last 3 months, stating your job title and job commencement date. Usually HR department of all companies can provide this document.

3) Your last 3 payslips.

4) Copies of employment detail summaries for last 2 years of employment. This can be downloaded from Revenue.ie account.





Sending Documents:

Once you have collected the above 4 documents, you can email them at epms@enterprise.gov.ie

Subject of the email should include- Support Letter request for Stamp 4- (EP-XXXXXX-XX) (your work permit reference number)

Content of the email: You can phrase it the way it suits you, as an example, you can follow the below template:

"Hi,

I hope this email finds you well.

I am writing this email with reference to request a support letter in order for me to apply for Stamp 4.

I have successfully completed 20 months on Critical Skills Work Permit, please find my documents attached to this email.

1) Critical Skills Work Permit
2) Confirmation of employment
3) Last 3 months payslips
4) Employment Summary from Revenue.

Please let me know if you have any queries and I'll be more than happy to help.

Kind regards,
Your Name"


Tracking:


Once your email is sent, you will receive a reference number for your request, you can quote that reference number should you wish to inquire further about your application status with DETE.

Once you receive your stamp 4 letter, you can apply for your Stamp 4 IRP card as you would do usually when renewing any IRP. You have to pay 300€ for online renewal but the good part about Stamp 4 IRP card is that this IRP is valid for 2 years.